Bassetlaw District | |
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Bassetlaw | |
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Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Constituent country | England |
Region | East Midlands |
Administrative county | Nottinghamshire |
Founded | 1 April 1974 |
Admin. HQ | Worksop |
Government | |
• Type | Non-metropolitan district |
• Governing body | Bassetlaw District Council |
• MPs: | Brendan Clarke-Smith, Robert Jenrick |
Area | |
• Total | 246 sq mi (638 km2) |
• Rank | 55th |
Population (2022) | |
• Total | 120,012 |
• Rank | Ranked 198th |
• Density | 490/sq mi (190/km2) |
Ethnicity (2021) | |
• Ethnic groups | |
Religion (2021) | |
• Religion | List
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Time zone | UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (British Summer Time) |
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Bassetlaw is a local government district in north Nottinghamshire, England. Its council is based in the town of Worksop; the other towns in the district are Retford, Tuxford and Harworth Bircotes. The district also contains numerous villages and surrounding rural areas.
Bassetlaw is bounded to the south by the Newark and Sherwood and Mansfield districts, to the south-west by the Bolsover district of Derbyshire, to the north-west by the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham and the City of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, to the north by North Lincolnshire, and to the east by West Lindsey.
The district council is a non-constituent member of the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority.
The district was created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, covering the whole of two former districts and most of another two, which were all abolished at the same time: [2]
The new district was named Bassetlaw after the medieval Bassetlaw Wapentake, which had covered a similar area. [3] [4] The council's logo now says "Bassetlaw District Council – North Nottinghamshire".
Bassetlaw District Council | |
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Type | |
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Leadership | |
David Armiger since August 2021 [6] | |
Structure | |
Seats | 48 councillors |
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Elections | |
Last election | 4 May 2023 |
Next election | 6 May 2027 |
Meeting place | |
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Queen's Buildings, Potter Street, Worksop, S80 2AH | |
Website | |
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Bassetlaw District Council provides district-level services. County-level services are provided by Nottinghamshire County Council. Much of the district is also covered by civil parishes, which form a third tier of local government. [7] [8]
The council has been under Labour majority control since 2011.
The first election to the council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities before coming into its powers on 1 April 1974. Political control of the council since 1974 has been as follows: [9] [10]
Party in control | Years | |
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Labour | 1974–1976 | |
No overall control | 1976–1979 | |
Labour | 1979–2004 | |
No overall control | 2004–2006 | |
Conservative | 2006–2010 | |
No overall control | 2010–2011 | |
Labour | 2011–present |
The leaders of the council since 1991 have been: [11]
Leader | Seat | Party | From | To | |
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Graham Oxby | Retford North | Labour | 1991 | May 2006 | |
Mike Quigley | Retford East | Conservative | May 2006 | May 2011 | |
Graham Oxby | Retford North | Labour | May 2011 | 16 May 2012 | |
Simon Greaves | Worksop North East | Labour | 16 May 2012 | 22 Sep 2022 | |
James Naish | Sturton | Labour | 22 Sep 2022 | 25 July 2024 | |
Julie Leigh | Worksop South | Labour | 25 July 2024 |
Following the 2023 election and changes of allegiance in May 2024, the composition of the council was: [12] [13]
Party | Councillors | |
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Labour | 37 | |
Conservative | 7 | |
Independent | 4 | |
Total | 48 |
Three independent councillors sit together as a group. [14] The next election is due in 2027.
Since the last boundary changes in 2002 the council has comprised 48 councillors representing 25 wards, with each ward electing one, two or three councillors. Elections are held every four years. [15]
Most of the district is within the Bassetlaw constituency. The south-east of the district, including Tuxford, is in the Newark constituency. [8]
Council meetings are held at both Worksop Town Hall, built in 1851, [16] and Retford Town Hall, built in 1868, [17] both of which the council inherited from its predecessor authorities. The council's main offices are at Queen's Buildings, completed in 1981 on Potter Street in Worksop, adjoining the Town Hall. [18] The council also maintains an area office in Harworth. [19]
Bassetlaw is divided into 64 parishes, each governed by an elected parish council or parish meeting. The two main settlements of Retford and Worksop are the only areas of the district that are unparished, however, both towns are entitled to elect a town mayor via their respective charter trustees.
Name | Status | Image | Population (2011) [20] | Ward(s) |
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Retford | Unparished (Charter trustees) | 22,023 |
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Worksop | Unparished (Charter trustees) | 43,252 |
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Askham | Civil parish | 181 | East Markham | |
Babworth | Civil parish | 1,687 | Sutton | |
Barnby Moor | Civil parish | 278 | Sutton | |
Beckingham | Civil parish | 1,098 | Beckingham | |
Bevercotes | Civil parish | Unknown | East Markham | |
Blyth | Civil parish | 1,233 | Blyth | |
Bole | Civil parish | 247 | Sturton | |
Bothamsall | Civil parish | 270 | East Markham | |
Carburton | Civil parish | Unknown | Welbeck | |
Carlton in Lindrick | Civil parish | 5,623 | Carlton | |
Clarborough and Welham | Civil parish | 1,088 | Clayworth | |
Clayworth | Civil parish | 419 | Clayworth | |
Clumber and Hardwick | Civil parish | Unknown | Welbeck | |
Cottam | Civil parish | 108 | Rampton | |
Darlton | Civil parish | 110 | Tuxford and Trent | |
Dunham-on-Trent | Civil parish | 343 | Tuxford and Trent | |
East Drayton | Civil parish | 252 | Tuxford and Trent | |
East Markham | Civil parish | 1,160 | East Markham | |
Eaton | Civil parish | 233 | East Markham | |
Elkesley | Civil parish | 822 | Welbeck | |
Everton | Civil parish | 839 | Everton | |
Fledborough | Civil parish | Unknown | Tuxford and Trent | |
Gamston | Civil parish | 246 | East Markham | |
Gringley on the Hill | Civil parish | 699 | Everton | |
Grove | Civil parish | 105 | Rampton | |
Harworth Bircotes | Civil parish | 7,948 | Harworth | |
Haughton | Civil parish | Unknown | East Markham | |
Hayton | Civil parish | 385 | Clayworth | |
Headon cum Upton | Civil parish | 253 | Rampton | |
Hodsock | Civil parish | 2,472 | Langold | |
Laneham | Civil parish | 312 | Tuxford and Trent | |
Lound | Civil parish | 471 | Sutton | |
Marnham | Civil parish | 117 | Tuxford and Trent | |
Mattersey | Civil parish | 792 | Ranskill | |
Misson | Civil parish | 745 | Everton | |
Misterton | Civil parish | 2,140 | Misterton | |
Nether Langwith | Civil parish | 526 | Welbeck | |
Normanton on Trent | Civil parish | 345 | Tuxford and Trent | |
North and South Wheatley | Civil parish | 509 | Sturton | |
North Leverton with Habblesthorpe | Civil parish | 1,047 | Sturton | |
Norton, Cuckney, Holbeck and Welbeck | Civil parish | 550 | Welbeck | |
Ragnall | Civil parish | Unknown | Tuxford and Trent | |
Rampton and Woodbeck | Civil parish | 1,139 | Rampton | |
Ranskill | Civil parish | 1,362 | Rampton | |
Rhodesia | Civil parish | 982 | Worksop North West | |
Saundby | Civil parish | 165 | Worksop North West | |
Scaftworth | Civil parish | Unknown | Everton | |
Scrooby | Civil parish | 315 | Blyth | |
Shireoaks | Civil parish | 1,432 | Worksop North West | |
South Leverton | Civil parish | 480 | Rampton | |
Stokeham | Civil parish | Unknown | Rampton | |
Sturton le Steeple | Civil parish | 486 | Sturton | |
Styrrup with Oldcotes | Civil parish | 684 | Blyth | |
Sutton | Civil parish | 673 | Sutton | |
Torworth | Civil parish | 263 | Ranskill | |
Treswell | Civil parish | 211 | Rampton | |
Tuxford | Civil parish | 2,649 | Tuxford and Trent | |
Walkeringham | Civil parish | 1,022 | Beckingham | |
Wallingwells | Civil parish | 22 | Carlton | |
West Burton | Civil parish | Unknown | Sturton | |
West Drayton | Civil parish | 225 | East Markham | |
West Markham | Civil parish | 170 | East Markham | |
West Stockwith | Civil parish | 327 | Misterton | |
Wiseton | Civil parish | Unknown | Clayworth |
Bassetlaw is divided into 25 wards for electoral purposes. Each ward returns either one, two or three councillors at each election depending upon the number of electors within each ward. [21]
Population of Bassetlaw (1811–2011) | |||||||
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Year | Population | Year | Population | Year | Population | ||
1811 | 25,813 | 1881 | 43,735 | 1951 | 101,590 | ||
1821 | 30,148 | 1891 | 45,203 | 1961 | 99,221 | ||
1831 | 32,950 | 1901 | 50,796 | 1971 | 96,918 | ||
1841 | 34,961 | 1911 | 57,084 | 1981 | 101,119 | ||
1851 | 37,180 | 1921 | 63,854 | 1991 | 105,354 | ||
1861 | 39,365 | 1931 | 71,427 | 2001 | 107,701 | ||
2011 | 112,863 | ||||||
Pre-1974 statistics were gathered from local government areas that now comprise Bassetlaw. Source: Great Britain Historical GIS. [22] |
Religion | Percent [23] |
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Christian | 81.53% |
Buddhist | 0.09% |
Hindu | 0.13% |
Jewish | 0.05% |
Muslim | 0.33% |
Sikh | 0.07% |
No religion | 9.99% |
Bassetlaw receives better TV signals from the Emley Moor transmitter rather than Waltham transmitter which means the area is served by BBC Yorkshire and ITV Yorkshire, both broadcast from Leeds. [24]
Radio stations that broadcast to the area are BBC Radio Sheffield, Greatest Hits Radio South Yorkshire, Hits Radio South Yorkshire, Doncaster Radio and Trust AM, an online hospital radio station serving the Bassetlaw District General Hospital in Worksop.[ citation needed ]
Bassetlaw's local newspapers are Worksop Guardian and Retford Times .[ citation needed ]
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