Bassetlaw District Council elections

Bassetlaw District Council elections are held every four years. Prior to 2015, elections were generally held three years out of every four, with a third of the council being elected each time. Bassetlaw District Council is the local authority for the non-metropolitan district of Bassetlaw in Nottinghamshire, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2002, 48 councillors have been elected from 25 wards.^[1]

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Year	Party in control		Turnout	SEATS					VOTE %					Notes
Year	Party in control		Turnout	Lab	Con	LD	Ind	Oth	Lab	Con	LD	Ind	Oth	Notes
1973		Labour	48.1%	29	11	0	11		43.9%	24.4%	0.0%	27.8%	3.8%
1976		No overall control	47.3%	18	24	0	9		31.9%	37.8%	5.9%	17.6%	6.8%
1979		Labour	76.9%	29	17	0	4		46.6%	37.3%	5.5%	8.5%	2.1%	New ward boundaries
1980		Labour	43.2%	31	15	0	4		53.7%	30.6%	4.7%	9.4%	1.7%
1982		Labour	40.5%	28	14	1	7		37.1%	34.9%	23.9%	4.0%	0.0%
1983		Labour	45.4%	27	19	1	3		46.0%	37.5%	13.6%	2.9%	0.0%
1984		Labour	46.3%	26	17	0	7		52.3%	36.6%	9.8%	0.9%	0.4%
1986		Labour	43.8%	27	19	0	4		49.2%	33.3%	11.8%	2.2%	3.5%
1987		Labour	48.1%	27	18	0	1		45.8%	33.2%	14.4%	3.7%	2.9%
1988		Labour	42.1%	26	19	0	5		55.8%	35.9%	4.4%	0.6%	3.4%
1990		Labour	50.2%	29	15	1	5		61.6%	27.3%	6.8%	3.4%	0.9%
1991		Labour	42.2%	29	15	1	5		51.4%	27.6%	7.7%	11.7%	1.6%
1992		Labour	36.6%	30	17	1	2		44.9%	43.3%	6.6%	5.2%	0.0%
1994		Labour	39.6%	30	16	2	2		59.1%	23.5%	9.9%	7.6%	0.0%
1995		Labour	35.2%	33	12	2	3		62.1%	25.1%	6.4%	3.4%	3.0%
1996		Labour	29.9%	34	6	3	5		59.1%	22.5%	5.9%	12.4%	0.0%
1998		Labour	25.7%	35	8	3	4		54.1%	35.4%	8.6%	0.0%	2.0%
1999		Labour	26.3%	32	12	3	3		50.3%	34.9%	8.4%	3.6%	2.8%
2000		Labour	25.8%	31	14	3	2		44.6%	41.8%	10.1%	2.5%	1.0%
2002		Labour	29.7%	28	16	3	1		41.1%	40.0%	8.3%	7.6%	3.0%	New ward boundaries
2003		Labour	27.3%	25	19	2	2		38.3%	40.1%	6.9%	11.8%	2.9%
2004		No overall control	42.1%	18	24	1	5		42.2%	40.9%	4.5%	12.4%	-
2006		Conservative	40.4%	14	28	1	5		46.3%	46.4%	-	6.5%	0.8%
2007		Conservative	32.1%	16	27	0	5		45.9%	46.8%	0.7%	6.6%	-
2008		Conservative	32.3%	16	30	0	2		39.9%	47.9%	-	11.1%	1.2%
2010		Conservative	62.1%	25	20	0	3		55.4%	36.5%	2.1%	5.3%	0.7%
2011		Labour	42.0%	27	18	0	3		62.7%	34.0%	1.2%	2.1%	-
2012		Labour	32.2%	34	11	0	3		65.8%	29.1%	1.3%	3.7%	-
2014		Labour	32.6%	35	10	0	3		49.8%	19.5%	1.5%	2.9%	26.3%
2015		Labour	63.7%	33	12	0	3	0	41.1%	33.8%	1.4%	4.0%	19.7%
2019		Labour	30.0%	37	5	1	5	0	45.4%	29.0%	4.7%	13.0%	8.0%
2023		Labour	31.5%	38	8	0	2	0	47.1%	35.5%	4.0%	9.5%	3.9%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Quigley	788	54.6	+5.1
	Labour	Susan Shaw	492	34.1	−5.3
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Dobbie	163	11.3	+0.2
Majority			296	20.5
Turnout			1,443	24.8
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	335	87.5	+58.0
	Labour	48	12.5	+12.5
Majority		287	75.0
Turnout		383	24.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats	Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sylvia May	815	51.98	+4.22
	Conservative	Alec Thorpe	669	42.67	−10.59
	Liberal Democrats	Leon Maurice Duveen	84	5.36	+5.36
Turnout			1,568	28.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Gloria June Evans	1,345	82.31
	Conservative	Tracey Lee Taylor	182	11.14
	Independent	Richard Vernon Bennett	68	4.16
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Peter Hunter	39	2.39
Turnout			1,634	27.53

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John William Henry Anderton	1,198	74.04
	Conservative	Barry Albert Bowles	317	19.59
	Independent	Geoffrey Ernest Coe	75	4.64
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Peter Hunter	28	1.73
Turnout			1,618	32.09

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clayton Tindle	1,004	77.3	+21.1
	Conservative	Lewis Antony Stanniland	197	15.2	+15.2
	Liberal Democrats	Leon Maurice Duveen	98	7.5	+7.5
Turnout				23.28
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Matthew Callingham	441	49.9	+12.6
	Conservative	Emma Auckland	296	33.5	+4.8
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Tamblyn-Saville	146	16.5	+3.7
Majority			145	16.4
Turnout			883
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gerald Bowers	454	63.0	+34.0
	Independent	Michael Gray	193	26.8	+1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Leon Duveen	74	10.3	+3.9
Majority			261	36.2
Turnout			721
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Denise Depledge	422	63.7	+37.3
	Labour	Laura Sanders	134	20.2	+8.2
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Harris	107	16.1	+16.1
Majority			288	43.4
Turnout			663
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lewis Stanniland	745	57.7	+14.2
	Labour	David Naylor	472	36.5	+16.9
	Liberal Democrats	James Nixon	75	5.8	+5.8
Majority			273	21.1
Turnout			1,292
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Introna	493	40.1	+22.5
	Independent	Helen Richards	488	39.7	+39.7
	Labour	James Napier	247	20.1	−42.0
Majority			5	0.4
Turnout			1,288
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Darrell Pulk	301	55.9	+35.7
	Conservative	Fraser McFarland	224	41.6	−22.1
	Liberal Democrats	Phil Ray	13	2.4	−13.7
Majority			77	14.3
Turnout			538
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Richardson	652	59.2	−11.4
	Labour	Ray Fielding	278	25.2	−4.2
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Russell	172	15.6	+15.6
Majority			374	33.9
Turnout			1,102
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Warren Limber	279	33.7	+33.7
	Conservative	Tracey Taylor	267	32.3	−8.7
	Independent	Mark Watson	226	27.3	+27.3
	Liberal Democrats	Leon Duveen	55	6.7	+6.7
Majority			12	1.5
Turnout			827
	Reform gain from Independent		Swing

Sturton By-Election 1 May 2025^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Matt Turner	331	43.0	+43.0
	Conservative	James Purle	231	30.0	+7.6
	Labour	Colette Roberts	139	18.1	−59.5
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Russell	68	8.8	+8.8
Majority			100	13.0
Turnout			769
	Reform gain from Labour		Swing

Ranskill By-Election 10 July 2025^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Andrew McCallum	323	52.7	+52.7
	Labour	Rhona Collins	96	15.7	−27.8
	Conservative	Owen Griffin	89	14.5	−42.0
	Independent	Mark Watson	44	7.2	+7.2
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Russell	40	6.5	+6.5
	Green	Margaret Hamilton	21	3.4	+3.4
Majority			227	37.0
Turnout			613
	Reform gain from Conservative		Swing