2008 Bassetlaw District Council election

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2008 Bassetlaw District Council election
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One third of seats to Bassetlaw District Council (16 seats)
25 seats needed for a majority
Turnout30.8%
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Con
Lab
Ind
Party Conservative Labour Independent
Seats won1231
Seats after30162
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Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results.
Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

Conservative

The 2008 Bassetlaw District Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Bassetlaw District Council in Nottinghamshire, England. One third of the council was up for election.

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Election result

Overall result
PartySeats
(2008)		Seats
(Council)		Seats
(Change)
Conservative 1230+3
Labour 316-
Independent 12-3
Registered electors67,876
Votes cast20,936
Turnout30.8%

Ward results

Beckingham

Beckingham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kenneth Bullivant51870.38
Labour Joan Sanger21829.62
Turnout 73635.2%
Registered electors 1,801

Carlton

Carlton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Val Bowles 980 60.1%
Labour Maurice Stocks65039.9%
Turnout 1,63051.8%
Registered electors 4,660

Clayworth

Clayworth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kath Sutton46156.8%
BNP David Otter24330.0%
Labour Philip Goodliffe10713.2%
Turnout 81151.8%
Registered electors 1,568

East Retford East

East Retford East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mike Quigley 1,148 57.7%
Independent Michael Jenkins42221.2%
Labour Robert Clyndes42021.1%
Turnout 1,99036.9%
Registered electors 5,409

East Retford North

East Retford North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony Tromans 965 57.9%
Labour Pamela Skelding70342.2%
Turnout 1,66834.4%
Registered electors 4,847

East Retford South

East Retford South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bryn Jones 526 53.4%
Labour Philip Skelding45946.6%
Turnout 98530.0%
Registered electors 3,279

East Retford West

East Retford West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Perry Offer 570 63.8%
Labour Rod Pickford32436.2%
Turnout 89425.8%
Registered electors 3,483

Harworth

Harworth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Challinor 1,009 64.0%
Conservative Tracey Taylor56836.0%
Turnout 1,57727.1%
Registered electors 5,851

Sutton

Sutton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Liz YatesUnopposed

Tuxford and Trent

Tuxford and Trent
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Shirley Isard 756 71.6%
Labour Marilyn McCarthy30028.4%
Turnout 1,05631.5%
Registered electors 3,390

Worksop East

Worksop East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Scott 663 41.4%
Independent Geoff Coe58136.3%
Independent Geoff Hurst35722.3%
Turnout 1,60131.6%
Registered electors 5,081

Worksop North

Worksop North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Vicky Wanless 907 51.8%
Labour David Potts84348.2%
Turnout 1,75027.1%
Registered electors 6,530

Worksop North East

Worksop North East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bill Graham 926 53.2%
Labour Shirley Toms81346.8%
Turnout 1,73934.3%
Registered electors 5,097

Worksop North West

Worksop North West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Ivor Jones 961 61.4%
Labour Robin Carrington-Wilde60438.6%
Turnout 1,56528.7%
Registered electors 5,635

Worksop South

Worksop South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Bennett 1,372 78.2%
Labour Eileen Hart38321.8%
Turnout 1,75532.0%
Registered electors 5,518

Worksop South East

Worksop South East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Shephard 858 72.8%
Conservative Philip Smith32127.2%
Turnout 1,17920.8%
Registered electors 5,727

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