2002 Bassetlaw District Council election

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2002 Bassetlaw District Council election
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  2000 2 May 2002 (2002-05-02) 2003  

All seats to Bassetlaw District Council (48 seats)
25 seats needed for a majority
Turnout29.3%
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Lab
Con
LD
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Seats after28163

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Council control before election

Labour

Council control after election

Labour

The 2002 Bassetlaw District Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Bassetlaw District Council in Nottinghamshire, England as part of the 2002 United Kingdom local elections.

Contents

The whole council was elected due to changes to ward boundaries following an electoral review by the Boundary Committee for England. [1]

Election result

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

Overall result
PartySeatsSeats
(Change)
Labour 28N/A
Conservative 16N/A
Liberal Democrats 3N/A
Independent 1 N/A
Registered electors75,130
Votes cast22,009
Turnout29.3%

Ward results

Beckingham

Beckingham (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kenneth Bullivant (elected unopposed)N/AN/AN/A
Turnout N/AN/A
Conservative win (new seat)

Blyth

Blyth (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Terence Yates37869.7%
Labour Robert Earp16430.3%
Turnout 54730.1%
Registered electors 1,820
Conservative win (new seat)

Carlton

Carlton (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alastair Williams87055.7%
Labour William Walters868
Labour Jill Freeman743
Conservative David Hare69244.3%
Conservative Val Bowles586
Conservative Barry Bowles577
Turnout 1,56133.8%
Registered electors 4,615
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Clayworth

Clayworth (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kathleen Sutton43570.6%
Labour Carl Phillips9515.4%
Liberal Democrats Alison Murray8614.0%
Turnout 62739.8%
Registered electors 1,574
Conservative win (new seat)

East Markham

East Markham (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Pamela Lewis59265.0%
Conservative Christopher Pataky31935.0%
Turnout 91351.0%
Registered electors 1,789
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

East Retford East

East Retford East (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Wendy Quigley1,14759.8%
Conservative Michael Quigley1,057
Conservative James Holland898
Labour Faith Gabbitas39920.8%
Labour Michael Gee388
Labour George Gabbitas377
Liberal Democrats Lawrence Hudson24512.8%
Liberal Democrats Tegfryn Davies211
Liberal Democrats Mark Hunter168
Green Victor Chidlaw1286.7%
Turnout 1,79034.3%
Registered electors 5,222
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

East Retford North

East Retford North (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Graham Oxby80152.8%
Labour James Napier719
Conservative Michael Pugsley71747.2%
Conservative Christopher Hall690
Labour Pamela Skelding590
Turnout 1,52232.5%
Registered electors 4,680
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

East Retford South

East Retford South (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Carolyn Troop59167.6%
Labour Lionel Skelding527
Conservative Barry Frost28332.4%
Conservative Sheelagh Hamilton261
Turnout 90727.4%
Registered electors 3,312
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

East Retford West

East Retford West (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Marie Critchley41251.0%
Labour Jim Anderson39649.0%
Conservative Anna-Maria Robinson378
Labour Philip Goodliffe332
Turnout 81625.5%
Registered electors 3,200
Conservative win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Everton

Everton (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Francis Martin41274.4%
Labour Jane Heggie14225.6%
Turnout 55732.1%
Registered electors 1,735
Conservative win (new seat)

Harworth

Harworth (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frank Hart80660.8%
Labour Keith Muskett783
Labour Margaret Muskett718
Independent George Burchby51939.2%
Turnout 1,28422.9%
Registered electors 5,599
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Langold

Langold (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sara Jackson (elected unopposed)N/AN/AN/A
Turnout N/AN/A
Labour win (new seat)

Misterton

Misterton (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jose Barry36865.0%
Conservative John Ogle19835.0%
Turnout 55930.5%
Registered electors 1,834
Labour win (new seat)

Rampton

Rampton (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jeffery Rickells (elected unopposed)N/AN/AN/A
Turnout N/AN/A
Conservative win (new seat)

Ranskill

Ranskill (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Sean Kerrigan34258.0%
Conservative Carol Sharp24842.0%
Turnout 60235.8%
Registered electors 1,684
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Sturton

Sturton (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Hugh Burton (elected unopposed)N/AN/AN/A
Turnout N/AN/A
Independent win (new seat)

Sutton

Sutton (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Alan Kitchen46170.5%
Conservative Elizabeth Yates19329.5%
Turnout 65641.4%
Registered electors 1,586
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Tuxford and Trent

Tuxford and Trent (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Keith Isard76158.2%
Conservative Robert Sutton729
Labour John Hobart39830.4%
Labour Carol Gee275
Liberal Democrats Philip Lewis14911.4%
Turnout 1,23239.3%
Registered electors 3,136
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Welbeck

Welbeck (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mary Stokes33552.2%
Independent Stanley Moody30747.8%
Turnout 64538.8%
Registered electors 1,663
Conservative win (new seat)

Worksop East

Worksop East (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Griff Wynne70946.6%
Labour James Elliott708
Labour Cliff Entwistle688
Independent Geoff Coe52334.4%
Green Paul Thorpe28818.9%
Turnout 1,37726.7%
Registered electors 5,159
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Worksop North

Worksop North (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Avril Barsley69661.1%
Labour Allan Makeman667
Labour John Clayton501
Conservative Marilyn Parkin44338.9%
Turnout 1,19620.2%
Registered electors 5,933
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Worksop North East

Worksop North East (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Simon Greaves86758.5%
Labour David Walsh658
Labour Janet Pimperton652
Conservative Christopher Coward61441.5%
Conservative Stephen Parkin601
Conservative Juliana Smith567
Turnout 1,59330.9%
Registered electors 5,156
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Worksop North West

Worksop North West (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Pressley74053.8%
Labour Glynn Gilfoyle728
Labour Alan Rhodes668
Conservative Carole Mangham37227.0%
Green Andrew Cliffe26419.2%
Turnout 1,23424.5%
Registered electors 5,032
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Worksop South

Worksop South (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Reginald Askew86151.7%
Conservative Michael Bennett785
Conservative Andrew Dibb665
Labour Christopher Grocock43626.2%
Independent Michael Dunford36922.1%
Labour Sarah Gale339
Labour Eileen Hart324
Turnout 1,37927.9%
Registered electors 4,947
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Worksop South East

Worksop South East (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Brian Hopkinson78480.0%
Labour John Shepherd659
Labour Laurence West610
Conservative Philip Smith19620.0%
Turnout 1,01218.6%
Registered electors 5,454
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

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References

  1. "Bassetlaw - LGBCE". Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 1 December 2021.