# 2019 Bassetlaw District Council election

The 2019 Bassetlaw District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect all 48 members of Bassetlaw District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
The election resulted in the Labour Party retaining its control of the council with an increased majority. The Conservative Party suffered its worst defeat in Bassetlaw since 1973, winning only 5 seats of the 12 seats it was defending. Both Independents and Labour gained seats from the Conservatives. The Liberal Democrats gained a seat from Labour in East Retford West, the first Liberal Democrat elected in Bassetlaw since 2006.

## Background

Bassetlaw is a shire district in Nottinghamshire, England. It is predominantly rural, with two towns: Worksop and Retford. The district was formed in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972. Local Government in Nottinghamshire is organised on a two-tier basis, with local district councils responsible for local services such as housing, local planning and refuse collection and Nottinghamshire County Council responsible for "wide-area" services, including education, social services and public transport. Bassetlaw District Council has been controlled by Labour for most of its existence, except for a brief period from 2006 to 2011 when it was controlled by the Conservatives.
Bassetlaw District Council held local elections on 2 May 2019 along with other councils in England as part of the 2019 local elections. Bassetlaw is divided into 25 wards for electoral purposes, with each ward electing between one and three councillors. Until 2015, the council was elected by thirds, with district elections being held every year except the year in which elections to Nottinghamshire County Council took place. The council resolved in 2014 to hold all-out elections from 2015 onwards, with all 48 councillors elected in all-out elections every four years. Councillors defending their seats in this election were previously elected in 2015. At that election, Labour won a majority of seats and retained its control of the council, which it has controlled since 2011.

## Result

The election resulted in the Labour Party retaining its control of the council
Bassetlaw District Council election, 2019 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 37 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 45.4 | 11,766 | 4.3 |
| Conservative | 5 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 28.9 | 7,484 | 4.9 |
| Independent | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13.0 | 3,366 | 9.0 |
| Liberal Democrats | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.7 | 1,211 | 3.3 |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 2,061 | 8.8 |

## Ward results

Asterisks denote incumbent Councillors seeking re-election.

### Beckingham

Beckingham (1) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Joan Sanger* | 558 | 73.1 | 33.4 |
| | Conservative | Raymond Simpson | 205 | 26.9 | 5.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 781 | 41.1 | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Blyth

Blyth (1) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jack Bowker | 261 | 38.1 | 3.5 |
| | Conservative | Barry Bowles* | 237 | 34.6 | 9.6 |
| | UKIP | John Hudson | 124 | 18.1 | 1.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Thompson | 63 | 9.2 | 4.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 693 | 37.2 | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Carlton

Carlton (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Steve Scotthorne* | 779 | 53.7 |
| | Labour | David Pidwell* | 644 | 44.4 |
| | Labour | Robin Carrington-Wilde* | 636 | 43.8 |
| | Conservative | Val Bowles | 506 | 34.8 |
| | Conservative | Joanne Morrison | 433 | 29.8 |
| | UKIP | Kevin "Of the Blackburn family" | 329 | 22.7 |
| | Conservative | Alexandra Gregory | 324 | 22.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,457 | 32.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Clayworth

Clayworth (1) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Ben Sofflet | 315 | 56.3 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Drew Smith | 245 | 43.8 | 29.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 576 | 37.7 | |
| | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### East Markham

East Markham (1) – uncontested election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Ogle* | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | N/A | N/A | N/A |

### East Retford East

East Retford East (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Susan Shaw* | 728 | 46.3 | |
| | Conservative | Mike Quigley* | 704 | 44.8 | |
| | Labour | Bill Tomlinson | 669 | 42.6 | |
| | Conservative | Martin Auckland | 622 | 39.6 | |
| | Conservative | Richard Gill | 620 | 39.4 | |
| | Labour | Fraser Merryweather | 554 | 35.2 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Karen Costello | 226 | 14.4 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,610 | 30.5 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### East Retford North

East Retford North (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Graham Oxby* | 895 | 59.8 | |
| | Labour | Jane Plevin | 734 | 49.0 | |
| | Labour | Garry Clarkson* | 667 | 44.6 | |
| | Conservative | Lynda Carter | 466 | 31.1 | |
| | Conservative | Anthony Tromans* | 438 | 29.3 | |
| | Conservative | Donald Clarke | 370 | 24.7 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Straker | 207 | 13.8 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,533 | 30.6 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### East Retford South

East Retford South (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Helen Richards* | 697 | 61.6 |
| | Labour | Carolyn Troop* | 679 | 60.0 |
| | UKIP | Martin Introna | 228 | 20.2 |
| | Conservative | John Manners | 197 | 17.4 |
| | Conservative | Paul Chambers | 179 | 15.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,146 | 29.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### East Retford West

East Retford West (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jim Anderson* | 394 | 37.7 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Helen Tamblyn-Saville | 371 | 35.5 | |
| | Labour | Matt Callingham | 364 | 34.9 | |
| | Conservative | Ashley Burnell | 236 | 22.6 | |
| | Independent | Marie Critchley | 191 | 18.3 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Ware | 164 | 15.7 | |
| | Conservative | Ashraf Syed Abdul Cader | 142 | 13.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,062 | 28.4 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Everton

Everton (1) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Mark Watson | 405 | 56.8 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Annette Simpson* | 308 | 43.2% | 11.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 718 | 36.0 | |
| | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Harworth

Harworth (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Gloria Evans* | 986 | 67.6 |
| | Labour | David Challinor* | 961 | 65.9 |
| | Labour | Beverley Schuller | 940 | 64.4 |
| | Conservative | Sonia Armstrong | 380 | 26.0 |
| | Conservative | Leah Davis | 369 | 25.3 |
| | Conservative | Gavin McGonigle | 322 | 22.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,532 | 24.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Langold

Langold (1) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jill Freeman* | 332 | 76.3 | 6.2 |
| | Conservative | Stephen Evans | 103 | 23.7 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 456 | 23.5 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Misterton

Misterton (1) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Hazel Brand* | 473 | 81.4 | 23.3 |
| | Conservative | Alastair Bowman | 108 | 18.6 | 7.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 592 | 29.4 | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Rampton

Rampton (1) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Anthony Coultate | 372 | 72.0 | 2.6 |
| | Labour | Raymond Fielding | 145 | 28.0 | 2.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 550 | 32.6 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Ranskill

Ranskill (1) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Paul Nicholls | 278 | 39.5 | 15.0 |
| | Conservative | Beverley Fear | 204 | 29.0 | 34.0 |
| | Independent | Michael Gray* | 177 | 25.1 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mark Hunter | 45 | 6.4 | 6.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 710 | 38.2 | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Sturton

Sturton (1) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | James Naish | 436 | 62.4 | 40.8 |
| | Conservative | Daniel Gregory | 263 | 37.6 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 731 | 39.5 | |
| | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Swing | | |

### Sutton

Sutton (1) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Rob Boeuf | 381 | 61.7 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Emma Auckland | 163 | 26.4 | 39.6 |
| | Labour | Gary Moore | 74 | 12.0 | 13.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 627 | 37.5 | |
| | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Tuxford and Trent

Tuxford and Trent (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Keith Isard* | 453 | 47.5 | |
| | Conservative | Shirley Isard* | 412 | 43.2 | |
| | Independent | Matt Richards | 385 | 40.4 | N/A |
| | Labour | Rebecca Littler-Leigh | 204 | 21.4 | |
| | Labour | Michael Ouzman | 159 | 16.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 974 | 27.9 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Welbeck

Welbeck (1) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Kevin Dukes* | 324 | 60.3 | 13.1 |
| | Conservative | Matthew Evans | 213 | 39.7 | 4.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 563 | 36.8 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Worksop East

Worksop East (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Cliff Entwistle* | 834 | 56.5 | |
| | Labour | Debbie Merryweather* | 785 | 53.1 | |
| | Labour | Jo White* | 767 | 51.9 | |
| | UKIP | David Kirton | 480 | 32.5 | |
| | Conservative | Deidre Vernon | 167 | 11.3 | |
| | Conservative | Arthur Dernie | 161 | 10.9 | |
| | Conservative | Susan Radcliffe | 156 | 10.6 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Helen Cooper | 143 | 9.7 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,481 | 29.5 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Worksop North

Worksop North (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Maria Charlesworth | 874 | 53.0 |
| | Labour | Neil Sanders | 843 | 51.1 |
| | Labour | Gwynneth Jones | 826 | 50.1 |
| | UKIP | Glen Marshall | 482 | 29.2 |
| | Conservative | Neil Dexter | 410 | 24.9 |
| | Conservative | Alan Tonks | 344 | 20.9 |
| | Conservative | Roger Vernon | 338 | 20.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,706 | 24.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Worksop North East

Worksop North East (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Alan Rhodes* | 863 | 67.2 |
| | Labour | Simon Greaves* | 828 | 64.4 |
| | Labour | Maddy Richardson* | 774 | 60.2 |
| | Conservative | Alec Thorpe | 347 | 27.0 |
| | Conservative | Matthew Peck | 344 | 26.8 |
| | Conservative | John Anderson | 330 | 25.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,355 | 27.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Worksop North West

Worksop North West (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Sybil Fielding* | 885 | 60.9 |
| | Labour | David Pressley* | 830 | 57.1 |
| | Labour | Dean Brett* | 793 | 54.6 |
| | Conservative | Richard Barnes | 420 | 28.9 |
| | Conservative | Tim Chapman | 324 | 22.3 |
| | Conservative | Pamela Briggs | 317 | 21.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,477 | 25.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Worksop South

Worksop South (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Julie Leigh* | 832 | 43.5 | |
| | Labour | Kevin Greaves* | 790 | 41.3 | |
| | Labour | Tony Eaton | 766 | 40.1 | |
| | Conservative | Rachel Briggs | 657 | 34.4 | |
| | Conservative | Helen Colton | 619 | 32.4 | |
| | Conservative | Lewis Stanniland | 608 | 31.8 | |
| | Independent | Nigel Turner | 481 | 25.2 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,919 | 34.1 | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Worksop South East

Worksop South East (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Josie Potts* | 945 | 65.8 | |
| | Labour | Clayton Tindle* | 815 | 56.8 | |
| | Labour | John Shephard* | 788 | 54.9 | |
| | UKIP | Ash Henderson | 418 | 29.1 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Leon Duveen | 156 | 10.9 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Colin Barton † | 120 | 8.4 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Ethel Boddy | 88 | 6.1 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Angela Chambers | 74 | 5.2 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,462 | 25.9 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
    † Colin Barton was expelled from the Conservative Party in April 2019, however he remained a nominated Conservative candidate in this election as the deadline for withdrawals had passed.

## By-elections

The Conservative Party have won 4 by elections in 2021, taking 2 seats from Labour Party and 1 seat from Independents . These by election results returned the Conservative Party to be the official opposition on Bassetlaw District Council.

### Sutton (2022)

A by-election was held on 24 November 2022 due to the resignation of Denise Depledge (Conservative)
Sutton: 24 November 2022 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Darrell Pulk | 301 | 55.9% | 35.7 |
| | Conservative | Fraser McFarland | 224 | 41.6% | 22.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Phil Ray | 13 | 2.4% | 13.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 32.9% | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### East Retford South

East Retford South: 29 July 2021 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Mike Introna | 493 | 40.1 | +19.9 |
| | Independent | Helen Richards | 488 | 39.7 | −21.9 |
| | Labour | James Napier | 247 | 20.1 | −41.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5 | 0.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,228 | 32.1 | +2.6 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | 8.6 | |

### Ranskill

Ranskill: 6 May 2021 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 271 | 36.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 728 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Sutton (2021)

Sutton: 6 May 2021 :
| Party | 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 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 288 | 43.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 670 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | | |

### Tuxford and Trent

Tuxford and Trent: 6 May 2021 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Lewis Stanniland | 745 | 57.7 | +10.2 |
| | Labour | David Naylor | 472 | 36.5 | +15.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Nixon | 75 | 5.8 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 273 | 21.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,303 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |