2011 Bassetlaw District Council election

Labour

Conservative

Independent

No election

The 2011 Bassetlaw District Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Bassetlaw District Council in Nottinghamshire, England as part of the 2011 United Kingdom local elections. One third of the council was up for election. A UK-wide referendum on whether to adopt the Alternative Vote electoral system was also held on this date. After the election, the composition of the council was:^[1]

Labour 27
Conservative 18
Independents 3

Election result[]

Bassetlaw Council Election Result 2011
Party	Seats	Seats %	Votes	Votes %
Labour	11	68.72%	16,425	62.72%
Conservative	4	25.00%	8,907	34.01%
Independents	1	6.25%	554	2.12%
Liberal Democrats	0	0.00%	303	1.16%

Ward Results[]

^[2]

Blyth[]

Blyth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Barry Albert Bowles	363	45.38
	Labour	Grace Pengelly	288	36.00
	Liberal Democrats	Peter John Thompson	149	18.63
Turnout			800	44.41

Carlton[]

Carlton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Tina Rafferty	1,333	60.51
	Conservative	David Alan Hare	870	39.49
Turnout			2,203	47.94

East Markham[]

East Markham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Ogle	745	75.40
	Labour	James Trebor Arthur Napier	243	24.60
Turnout			988	54.23

East Retford East[]

East Retford East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Carol Palmer	1,264	51.57
	Conservative	James Walter Holland	1,187	48.43
Turnout			2,451	46.15

East Retford North[]

East Retford North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Adele Mumby	1,374	59.90
	Conservative	Mike Pugsley	920	40.10
Turnout			2,294	47.47

Harworth[]

Harworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	June Evans	1,668	82.66
	Conservative	Dianne Hare	350	17.34
Turnout			2,018	34.95

Rampton[]

Rampton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jeff Rickells	573	70.39
	Labour	Pam Skelding	241	29.61
Turnout			814	50.77

Ranskill[]

Ranskill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Michael Tom Gray	441	51.10
	Labour	Aidan Mann	369	42.76
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Peter Hunter	53	6.14
Turnout			863	47.02

Sturton[]

Sturton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Hugh Burton (Elected uncontested)	0	0.00
Turnout			0	0.00

Welbeck[]

Welbeck
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Pat Douglas	457	57.56
	Conservative	Mary Stokes	337	42.44
Turnout			794	51.28

Worksop East[]

Worksop East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Cliff Entwistle	1,436	72.16
	Independent	Geoff Coe	554	27.84
Turnout			1,990	40.61

Worksop North[]

Worksop North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Bill Barker	1,733	71.35
	Conservative	Hannah Wright	696	28.65
Turnout			2,429	37.07

Worksop North East[]

Worksop North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Simon Greaves	1,630	73.16
	Conservative	Raymond Simpson	598	26.84
Turnout			2,228	44.34

Worksop North West[]

Worksop North West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Alan Rhodes	1,491	72.80
	Conservative	Tracey Lee Taylor	557	27.20
Turnout			2,048	36.18

Worksop South[]

Worksop South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Julie Leigh	1,274	53.80
	Conservative	Alec Thorpe	993	41.93
	Liberal Democrats	Leon Maurice Duveen	101	4.27
Turnout			2,368	43.70

Worksop South East[]

Worksop South East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Josie Potts	1,624	85.43
	Conservative	Catherine Margaret Parrish	277	14.57
Turnout			1,901	33.58

Referendum[]

United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum result (Bassetlaw)^[3]
Choice	Votes	%
Yes	8,757	24.88%
No	26,441	75.12%

Electorate: 84,371
Valid votes cast: 35,198
Turnout: 41.98%
Spoilt ballots: 221

References[]

^ BBC Election 2011 Results
^ Bassetlaw District Council Election Results 2011 Archived 24 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
^ Alternative Vote referendum: Bassetlaw

[BBC_Election_2011_Results-1] BBC Election 2011 Results

[Bassetlaw_District_Council_Election_Results_2010-2] Bassetlaw District Council Election Results 2011 Archived 24 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine

[AVref-3] Alternative Vote referendum: Bassetlaw

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