2004 Bassetlaw District Council election

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2004 Bassetlaw District Council election
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  2003 10 June 2004 (2004-06-10) 2006  

One third of seats to Bassetlaw District Council (16 seats)
25 seats needed for a majority
Turnout42.1%
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Con
Lab
Ind
Party Conservative Labour Independent
Seats won1033
Seats after24185
Seat changeIncrease2.svg5Decrease2.svg7Increase2.svg3

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  No election

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

Council control before election

No overall control

Council control after election

No overall control

The 2004 Bassetlaw District Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of Bassetlaw District Council in Nottinghamshire, England as part of the 2004 United Kingdom local elections. One third of the council was up for election.

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Election result

The Conservative Party won a majority of seats in the election and the Labour Party lost control of the council for the first time since 1976. Following the election, the council was under no overall control as no single party held a majority, with the Conservatives one seat short of a majority.

Overall result
PartySeats
(2000)
Seats
(Council)
Seats
(Change)
Conservative 10 24 +5
Labour 3 18 -7
Liberal Democrats 0 1 -1
Independent 3 5 +3
Registered electors67,177
Votes cast28,266
Turnout42.1%

Ward results

Beckingham

Beckingham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kenneth Bullivant 610 67.5%
Labour Joan Sanger29432.5%
Turnout 90451.8%
Registered electors 1,768

Carlton

Carlton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Valerie Bowles 1,039 50.3%
Labour William Walters1,02749.7%
Turnout 2,06645.5%
Registered electors 4,605

Clayworth

Clayworth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kathleen Sutton 702 81.5%
Labour Gillian Freeman15918.5%
Turnout 86155.2%
Registered electors 1,582

East Retford East

East Retford East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Quigley 1,346 55.4%
Labour Pamela Skelding64626.6%
Liberal Democrats Lawrence Hudson43718.0%
Turnout 2,42646.0%
Registered electors 5,308

East Retford North

East Retford North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony Tromans 1,084 51.9%
Labour James Napier1,00648.1%
Turnout 2,09044.8%
Registered electors 4,716

East Retford South

East Retford South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lionel Skelding 746 56.5%
Conservative Andrew Dibb57543.5%
Turnout 1,32141.4%
Registered electors 3,259

East Retford West

East Retford West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Perry Offer 575 46.0%
Labour James Anderson39931.9%
Liberal Democrats Tegfryn Davies27622.1%
Turnout 1,25039.1%
Registered electors 3,212

Harworth

Harworth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Sharon Randall 1,137 53.4%
Labour Keith Muskett99346.6%
Turnout 2,13037.8%
Registered electors 5,662

Sutton

Sutton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Elizabeth Yates 572 75.1%
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Chapman19024.9%
Turnout 76248.1%
Registered electors 1,594

Tuxford and Trent

Tuxford and Trent
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Jenkins 675 46.8%
Labour Albert Hunt40728.2%
Liberal Democrats Peter Lock36225.1%
Turnout 1,44445.8%
Registered electors 3,181

Worksop East

Worksop East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Geoffrey Coe 1,204 54.9%
Labour James Elliott98845.1%
Turnout 2,19243.8%
Registered electors 5,053

Worksop North

Worksop North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Allan Makeman 1,283 53.7%
Conservative Christopher Wanless1,10546.3%
Turnout 2,38839.6%
Registered electors 6,117

Worksop North East

Worksop North East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Graham 1,156 50.1%
Labour David Walsh1,15349.9%
Turnout 2,30946.0%
Registered electors 5,130

Worksop North West

Worksop North West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Ivor Jones 1,166 57.9%
Labour Glynn Gilfoyle84942.1%
Turnout 2,01538.9%
Registered electors 5,277

Worksop South

Worksop South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Bennett 1,628 70.0%
Labour Roger Dyas-Elliott 69730.0%
Turnout 2,32545.1%
Registered electors 5,265

Worksop South East

Worksop South East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Shephard 1,281 71.9%
Conservative Carole Mangham50228.1%
Turnout 1,78333.4%
Registered electors 5,448

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