Bassetlaw (UK Parliament constituency)
Elections in the 1960s

Bassetlaw (UK Parliament constituency)

Section Title: Elections in the 1960s
Table Section Text: None

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±

Labour	Joe Ashton	21,394	49.64	11.99

Conservative	Jim Lester	20,654	47.92	+9.55

Independent	Thomas Lynch	1,053	2.44	n/a

Majority	740	1.72	21.55

Turnout	43,101

Labour hold	Swing

Sentence(s)

The seat of Bassetlaw was retained for the Labour Party by Joe Ashton with a 1.72% majority.

final_sentence: The seat of Bassetlaw was retained for the Labour Party by Joe Ashton with a 1.72% majority.