2000 Bassetlaw District Council election

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2000 Bassetlaw District Council election
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 19994 May 2000 (2000-05-04) 2002  

One third of seats to Bassetlaw District Council (50 seats)
26 seats needed for a majority
Turnout23.5%
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Lab
Con
LD
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Seats won1151
Seats after31143
Percentage45.4%41.8%9.3%

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  No election

Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results.

Council control before election

Labour

Council control after election

Labour

The 2000 Bassetlaw District Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect one third of the members of Bassetlaw District Council in Nottinghamshire, England as part of the 2000 United Kingdom local elections. [1]

Contents

Election result

One third of seats (17 seats) were up for election with one councillor elected per ward with the exception of East Retford West ward, where two seats were elected due to a by-election being combined with the ordinary election. [2]

The Labour Party won a majority of seats and retained control of the council.

Overall result
PartySeats
(2000)
Seats
(Council)
Seats
(Change)
Labour 11 31
Conservative 5 14
Liberal Democrats 1 3
Independent 1 2
Registered electors63,573
Votes cast14,933
Turnout23.5%

Ward results

Beckingham

Beckingham (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kenneth Bullivant 454 76.8%
Labour Robert Payne13723.2%
Turnout 59631.7%
Registered electors 1,878

Carlton

Carlton (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alastair Williams 618 51.4%
Conservative Edward Banks58548.6%
Turnout 1,20526.2%
Registered electors 4,605

Clayworth

Clayworth (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Irene Balding 427 77.8%
Labour Geoffrey Chapman12222.2%
Turnout 55334.7%
Registered electors 1,595

East Retford East

East Retford East (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Wendy Quigley 1,048 52.7%
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Dobbie57328.8%
Labour Pamela Cook36618.4%
Turnout 1,35135.0%
Registered electors 5,679

East Retford North

East Retford North (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Pamela Skelding 700 51.6%
Conservative Gordon Morley65748.4%
Turnout 1,35125.2%
Registered electors 5,354

East Retford West

East Retford West (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Storey 655 48.7%
Labour Philip Skelding 607
Liberal Democrats John Bragger46734.7%
Liberal Democrats David Dobbie450
Conservative Heather Taylor22316.6%
Conservative Maureen Trigg207
Turnout 1,30424.4%
Registered electors 5,354

Elkesley

Elkesley (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Stanley MoodyUnopposed

Harworth East

Harworth East (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Margaret Muskett 269 57.8%
Independent LabourGeorge Burchby15533.3%
Independent William Macaulay418.8%
Turnout 46917.4%
Registered electors 2,703

Hodsock

Hodsock (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gill Freeman 298 72.0%
Conservative Derrick Connolly11628.0%
Turnout 41922.4%
Registered electors 1,873

Sutton

Sutton (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Alan Kitchen 406 62.4%
Conservative Norman Myers24537.6%
Turnout 65438.3%
Registered electors 1,707

Tuxford

Tuxford (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Keith Isard 329 50.9%
Labour Marilyn McCarthy31849.1%
Turnout 65134.1%
Registered electors 1,912

Worksop East

Worksop East (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Elliott 635 64.7%
Independent Matthew Keywood34635.3%
Turnout 98521.3%
Registered electors 4,625

Worksop North

Worksop North (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Roy Barsley 579 61.4%
Conservative Carole Mangham36438.6%
Turnout 95218.6%
Registered electors 5,106

Worksop North East

Worksop North East (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Janet Pimperton 573 50.0%
Conservative Philip Bird57250.0%
Turnout 1,15522.0%
Registered electors 5,252

Worksop North West

Worksop North West (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Pressley 645 65.1%
Conservative Richard Durr34634.9%
Turnout 99621.5%
Registered electors 4,627


Worksop South

Worksop South (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Dibb 912 62.4%
Labour Charles Espin54937.6%
Turnout 1,46822.6%
Registered electors 6,501


Worksop South East

Worksop South East (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Brian Hopkinson 598 72.9%
Conservative Juliana Smith22227.1%
Turnout 82417.2%
Registered electors 4,802

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