2012 Bassetlaw District Council election

The 2012 Bassetlaw District Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Bassetlaw District Council in Nottinghamshire, England as part of the 2012 United Kingdom local elections. One third of the council was up for election. After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Labour 34
• Conservative 11
• Independents 3

Election result

Bassetlaw election result 2012

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	34
	Conservative	11
	Independent	3
	Liberal Democrats	0

Ward results

Beckingham

Beckingham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Joan Sanger	258	38.6
	Independent	Raymond Arthur	163	24.4
	Conservative	Simon Taylor	153	22.9
	Labour	Phillip Goodliffe	95	14.2
Turnout				36.36
	Independent gain from Conservative

Carlton

Carlton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Val Bowles	1,001	62.3
	Labour	David Pidwell	607	37.7
Turnout				36.63
	Conservative hold

Clayworth

Clayworth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Kath Sutton	408	69.3
	Labour	Gavin Briers	181	30.7
Turnout				38.58
	Conservative hold

East Retford East

East Retford East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Michael Storey	1,033	51.9
	Conservative	Mike Quigley	842	42.3
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Hunter	115	5.8
Turnout				37.25
	Labour gain from Conservative

East Retford North

East Retford North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Michelle Gregory	1,144	55.7
	Conservative	Anthony Tromans	610	44.3
Turnout				36.41
	Labour hold

East Retford South

East Retford East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ann Batty	831	71.5
	Conservative	Bryn Jones	331	28.5
Turnout				34.90
	Labour hold

East Retford West

East Retford West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Alan Chambers	707	66.7
	Conservative	Graham Ince	353	33.3
Turnout				31.13
	Labour gain from Conservative

Harworth

Harworth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David Challinor	1,402	88.1
	Conservative	Dianne Hare	190	11.9
Turnout				28.01
	Labour hold

Sutton

Sutton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Tracey Taylor	340	67.6
	Labour	Tony Brown	163	32.4
Turnout				30.93
	Conservative hold

Tuxford and Trent

Tuxford and Trent

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Shirley Isard	543	52.0
	Labour	Andy Jee	502	48.0
Turnout				31.55
	Conservative hold

Worksop East

Worksop East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jo White	1,135	75.1
	Independent	Geoff Coe	376	24.9
Turnout				31.07
	Labour hold

Worksop North

Worksop North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Gwynneth Jones	1,323	76.8
	Conservative	David Alan Hare	400	23.2
Turnout				25.88
	Labour gain from Conservative

Worksop North-East

Worksop North-East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Rebecca Leigh	1,265	77
	Conservative	Emma Auckland	378	33
Turnout				32.88
	Labour gain from Conservative

Worksop North-West

Worksop North-West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Sybil Fielding	1,209	78.9
	Conservative	James Halpin	323	21.1
Turnout				26.75
	Labour gain from Conservative

Worksop South

Worksop South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Sylvia May	985	54.9
	Conservative	Alec Thorpe	635	35.4
	Liberal Democrats	Leon Duveen	174	9.7
Turnout				33.05
	Labour gain from Conservative

Worksop South

Worksop South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Shephard	1,232	87.3
	Conservative	Catherine Parrish	179	12.7
Turnout				24.91
	Labour hold