2003 Bassetlaw District Council election

2003 Bassetlaw District Council election

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One third of seats to Bassetlaw District Council (16 seats) 25 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Lab Con Ind Party Labour Conservative Independent Seats won 4 9 2 Seats after 25 19 2 Seat change 3 3 1
Council control before election Labour Council control after election Labour

The 2003 Bassetlaw District Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Bassetlaw District Council in Nottinghamshire, England as part of the 2003 United Kingdom local elections. One third of the council was up for election.

Election result[]

Bassetlaw Council Election Result 2003
Party	Seats	Seats %	Votes	Votes %
Conservative	9	56.25%	6,618	40.10%
Labour	4	25.00%	6,320	38.29%
Independents	2	12.50%	1,948	11.80%
Liberal Democrats	1	6.25%	1,134	6.87%
Green Party	0	0.00%	484	2.93%

Ward results[]

Blyth[]

Blyth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Terence Ernest Yates	365	66.48
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Peter Hunter	184	33.52
Turnout			549	30.82

Carlton[]

Carlton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Alan Hare	743	55.38
	Labour	Gillian Freeman	649	46.62
Turnout			1,392	30.64

East Markham[]

East Markham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John William Ogle	471	55.02
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Neumann	385	44.98
Turnout			856	47.24

East Retford East[]

East Retford East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	James Walter Holland	922	57.45
	Labour	Philip Stanley Goodliffe	468	29.16
	Liberal Democrats	Tegfryn Davies	215	13.40
Turnout			1,605	30.78

East Retford North[]

East Retford North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Michael George Pugsley	819	57.03
	Labour	Pamela Anne Skelding	617	42.97
Turnout			1,436	30.60

Harworth[]

Harworth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	David Challinor	539	42.71
	Labour	Margaret Ann Muskett	489	38.75
	Independent	George Henry Burchby	234	18.54
Turnout			1,262	22.75

Rampton[]

Rampton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jeffery Briggs Rickells (Elected uncontested)	0	0.00
Turnout			0	0.00

Ranskill[]

Ranskill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Sean Desmond Michael Kerrigan	350	58.63
	Conservative	Elizabeth May Yates	247	41.37
Turnout			597	33.86

Sturton[]

Sturton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Hugh Burton	555	76.03
	Conservative	Marion Andrea Smith	175	23.97
Turnout			730	44.41

Welbeck[]

Welbeck

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Mary Stokes	377	58.63
	Labour	Robert Henry Payne	266	41.37
Turnout			643	39.56

Worksop East[]

Worksop East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Clifford Entwistle	745	50.27
	Independent	Geoffrey Ernest Coe	620	41.84
	Green	Paul Christopher Thorpe	117	7.89
Turnout			1,482	29.13

Worksop North[]

Worksop North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Henry Clayton	671	54.20
	Conservative	Valerie Ann Bowles	567	45.80
Turnout			1,238	20.76

Worksop North-East[]

Worksop North-East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Barry Albert Bowles	709	54.66
	Labour	Janet Pimperton	588	45.34
Turnout			1,297	25.58

Worksop North-West[]

Worksop North-West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Alan Rhodes	624	56.73
	Conservative	Marilyn Ann Parkin	288	26.18
	Green	Andrew Mark Cliffe	188	17.09
Turnout			1,100	21.88

Worksop South[]

Worksop South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Juliana Frances Smith	725	53.19
	Labour	Roger Dyas-Elliott	459	33.68
	Green	Rowena Jane Jackson	179	13.13
Turnout			1,363	26.90

Worksop South-East[]

Worksop South-East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Laurence Francis West	744	77.99
	Conservative	Philip Makepeace Smith	210	22.01
Turnout			954	17.79

References[]

• 2002 & 2003 Bassetlaw Election results