2008 Bassetlaw District Council election

2008 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   Con Lab Ind Party Conservative Labour Independent Seats won 12 3 1 Seats after 30 16 2 Seat change 3 3
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

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.

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

• Conservative 30
• Labour 16
• Others 2

Election result[]

Bassetlaw Council Election Result 2008
Party	Seats	Seats %	Votes	Votes %
Conservative	12	75.00%	10,705	49.51%
Labour	3	18.75%	8,354	38.63%
Independent	1	6.25%	2,321	10.73%
British National Party	0	0.00%	243	1.12%

Ward results[]

Beckingham[]

Beckingham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Kenneth Bullivant	518	70.38
	Labour	Joan Sanger	218	29.62
Turnout			736	35.17

Carlton[]

Carlton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Val Bowles	980	60.12
	Labour	Maurice Stocks	650	39.88
Turnout			1,630	51.85

Clayworth[]

Clayworth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Anthony Tromans	965	57.85
	Labour	Pamela Skelding	703	42.15
Turnout			1,668	?

East Retford South[]

East Retford South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Bryn Jones	526	53.40
	Labour	Philip Skelding	459	46.60
Turnout			985	30.03

East Retford West[]

East Retford West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Perry Offer	570	63.76
	Labour	Rod Pickford	324	36.24
Turnout			894	25.75

Harworth[]

Harworth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David Challinor	1,009	63.98
	Conservative	Tracey Taylor	568	36.02
Turnout			1,577	27.07

Sutton[]

Sutton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Liz Yates (Elected uncontested)	0	0.00
Turnout			0	0.00

Tuxford and Trent[]

Tuxford and Trent

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Shirley Isard	756	71.59
	Labour	Marilyn McCarthy	300	28.41
Turnout			1,056	31.53

Worksop East[]

Worksop East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Vicky Wanless	907	51.83
	Labour	David Potts	843	48.17
Turnout			1,750	?

Worksop North-East[]

Worksop North-East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Bill Graham	926	53.25
	Labour	Shirley Toms	813	46.75
Turnout			1,739	34.31

Worksop North-West[]

Worksop North-West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Ivor Jones	961	61.41
	Labour	Robin Carrington-Wilde	604	38.59
Turnout			1,565	28.70

Worksop South[]

Worksop South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Michael Bennett	1,372	78.18
	Labour	Eileen Hart	383	21.82
Turnout			1,755	32.00

Worksop South-East[]

Worksop South-East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Shephard	858	72.77
	Conservative	Philip Smith	321	27.23
Turnout			1,179	20.76

References[]

• 2008 Bassetlaw election result