Bassetlaw District Council election, 2008

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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.

Non-metropolitan district Type of local government district in England

Non-metropolitan districts, or colloquially "shire districts", are a type of local government district in England. As created, they are sub-divisions of non-metropolitan counties in a two-tier arrangement.

Nottinghamshire County of England

Nottinghamshire is a county in the East Midlands region of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west. The traditional county town is Nottingham, though the county council is based in West Bridgford in the borough of Rushcliffe, at a site facing Nottingham over the River Trent.

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After the election, the composition of the council was: [1]

Election result

Bassetlaw Council Election Result 2008
Party Seats Seats % Votes Votes %
Conservative 1275.00%10,70549.51%
Labour 318.75%8,35438.63%
Independent16.25%2,32110.73%
British National Party 00.00%2431.12%

Ward results

Beckingham

Beckingham
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Kenneth Bullivant 518 70.38
Labour Joan Sanger 218 29.62
Turnout 736 35.17

Carlton

Carlton
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Val Bowles 980 60.12
Labour Maurice Stocks 650 39.88
Turnout 1,630 51.85

Clayworth

Clayworth
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Kath Sutton 1,148 76.64
BNP David Otter 243 16.22
Labour Philip Goodliffe 107 7.14
Turnout 1,498 36.88

East Retford East

East Retford East
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Mike Quigley 1,148 57.69
Independent Michael Jenkins 422 21.21
Labour Robert Clyndes 420 21.11
Turnout 1,990 ?

East Retford North

East Retford North
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Anthony Tromans 965 57.85
Labour Pamela Skelding 703 42.15
Turnout 1,668 ?

East Retford South

East Retford South
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Bryn Jones 526 53.40
Labour Philip Skelding 459 46.60
Turnout 985 30.03

East Retford West

East Retford West
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Perry Offer 570 63.76
Labour Rod Pickford 324 36.24
Turnout 894 25.75

Harworth

Harworth
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour David Challinor 1,009 63.98
Conservative Tracey Taylor 568 36.02
Turnout 1,577 27.07

Sutton

Sutton
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Liz Yates (Elected uncontested) 0 0.00
Turnout 0 0.00

Tuxford and Trent

Tuxford and Trent
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Shirley Isard 756 71.59
Labour Marilyn McCarthy 300 28.41
Turnout 1,056 31.53

Worksop East

Worksop East
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour John Scott 663 41.41
Independent Geoff Coe 581 36.29
Independent Geoff Hurst 357 22.30
Turnout 1,601 ?

Worksop North

Worksop North
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Vicky Wanless 907 51.83
Labour David Potts 843 48.17
Turnout 1,750 ?

Worksop North-East

Worksop North-East
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Bill Graham 926 53.25
Labour Shirley Toms 813 46.75
Turnout 1,739 34.31

Worksop North-West

Worksop North-West
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Ivor Jons 961 61.41
Labour Robin Carrington-Wilde 604 38.59
Turnout 1,565 28.70

Worksop South

Worksop South
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Michael Bennett 1,372 78.18
Labour Eileen Hart 383 21.82
Turnout 1,755 32.00

Worksop South-East

Worksop South-East
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour John Shephard 858 72.77
Conservative Philip Smith 321 27.23
Turnout 1,179 20.76

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References

  1. BBC Election 2008 Results,