# Bassetlaw (UK Parliament constituency)

Bassetlaw /ˈbæsɪtˌlɔː/ is a parliamentary constituency in Nottinghamshire, represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since the 2024 general election by Jo White, a Labour Party candidate. Before the 2019 general election, the seat had been part of the so-called "red wall", being held by the Labour Party since 1935 before falling to the Conservative Party.

## Constituency profile

The Bassetlaw constituency is mostly rural and covers the north of Nottinghamshire, including the towns of Worksop and Retford. It shares the name with the Bassetlaw district. Parts of the constituency are former coal mining areas.
Residents' health and wealth are slightly below the UK average.

## Boundaries
### Historic

2010-2024: Following its review of parliamentary boundaries in Nottinghamshire, the Boundary Commission for England made changes to the constituency for the 2010 general election to allow for population changes, most noticeably by returning the town of Retford from Newark, offset by moving the small town of Market Warsop into Mansfield constituency.
The constituency included 22 electoral wards from Bassetlaw District Council:
* Beckingham, Blyth, Carlton, Clayworth, East Retford East, East Retford North, East Retford South, East Retford West, Everton, Harworth, Langold, Misterton, Ranskill, Sturton, Sutton, Welbeck, Worksop East, Worksop North, Worksop North East, Worksop North West, Worksop South, Worksop South East.

### Current

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the constituency has 20 wards from Bassetlaw District council:
Beckingham, Blyth, Carlton, East Retford East, East Retford North, East Retford South, East Retford West, Everton, Harworth, Langold, Misterton, Ranskill, Sutton, Welbeck, Worksop East, Worksop North, Worksop North East, Worksop North West, Worksop South, Worksop South East.
The two small wards of Clayworth and Sturton were transferred to Newark.

## History

The constituency was created in 1885 by the Redistribution of Seats Act.
In March 2024, Cameron Holt was elected as the Member of UK Youth Parliament for Bassetlaw.

### History of boundaries

The Bassetlaw Division (named after one of the ancient Wapentakes of the county) as originally created in 1885 consisted of the municipal borough of East Retford, the petty sessional divisions of Retford and Worksop and part of Mansfield petty sessional division.
In 1918, the number of parliamentary divisions in Nottinghamshire was increased from four to five, with resulting changes in boundaries. Bassetlaw Division was now defined as containing the Municipal Borough of East Retford, the Urban Districts of Warsop and Worksop, and the Rural Districts of Blyth & Cuckney, Misterton and East Retford, with the civil parish of Sookholme from Skegby Rural District.
In 1950, the five Parliamentary Divisions of Nottinghamshire were reorganised as six County Constituencies. Local government boundary changes in the 1930s now meant that Bassetlaw County Constituency was defined as comprising the Municipal Boroughs of East Retford and Worksop, the Urban District of Warsop and the Rural Districts of East Retford and Worksop.
In 1955, the Urban District of Warsop was moved into the Mansfield constituency.
The constituency's boundaries then remained unchanged until 1983. In that year, the town of East Retford and the neighbouring areas were transferred to the redrawn Newark constituency. Bassetlaw constituency then comprised Worksop and surrounding areas in the Bassetlaw district as well as the town of Warsop in the Mansfield district (see list of wards during this period below). There were no boundary changes in 1997.
From 1983 to 2010, the constituency comprised the following Bassetlaw district wards:
* Beckingham, Blyth, Carlton, Clayworth, Everton, Harworth East, Harworth West, Hodsock, Misterton, Rampton, Ranskill, Sturton, Sutton, Welbeck, Worksop East, Worksop North, Worksop North East, Worksop North West, Worksop South, Worksop South East
along with two Mansfield district wards:
* Birklands, Meden (both in the Warsop area).
In 2010 the two Mansfield District wards were transferred to the Mansfield constituency and the town of Retford was regained from Newark.
* Bassetlaw constituency boundaries, shown within the county of Nottinghamshire
* 1885 to 1918
* 1950 to 1983
* 1983 to 2010
* 2010 to 2024

### Electoral history

On a historical measure, this had been a very safe seat for the Labour Party before 2019, with their own or related candidates having held it since the 1929 general election. On a size-of-majority measure, it was a low to medium safe seat. Its first Member of Parliament Malcolm MacDonald was one of the few Labour MPs to join his father Ramsay MacDonald's National Government. MacDonald held the seat as a National Labour candidate in the 1931 election, but was defeated at the next election in 1935 by Labour's Frederick Bellenger.
Bellenger held the seat until he died in 1968. A by-election followed. The seat was retained for the Labour Party by Joe Ashton with a slender 1.72% majority, the narrowest since the 1920s. He held the seat until retirement at the 2001 general election. He was succeeded at that year's election by fellow Labour politician John Mann, who retained the seat at the next four elections. In 2019, Mann resigned being having been appointed to head a government inquiry on tackling anti-Semitism and to take a seat in the House of Lords. The Labour candidate initially chosen to replace Mann, Sally Gimson, was deselected before the election by the party's National Executive Committee over what were described as "very serious allegations". Gimson referred to the process as a "kangaroo court", and Mann called the decision a stitch-up; Gimson started legal action against the party, but dropped the case several days later. Keir Morrison, a councillor in the Ashfield District, replaced Gimson as the Labour candidate.
In the December 2019 general election, the Conservatives won the seat with a swing from Labour of 18.4%, the largest recorded in the election. The fall in Labour's vote, 24.9%, was the greatest of any seat in the election.
In the 2024 General Election, Jo White, the wife of John Mann, regained the seat for Labour on a swing of 19.6%.

## Members of Parliament

| Election | Member | Party |
| 1885 | William Beckett-Denison | Conservative |
| 1890 | Frederick Milner | Conservative |
| 1906 | Frank Newnes | Liberal |
| 1910 | Ellis Hume-Williams | Conservative |
| 1929 | Malcolm MacDonald | Labour |
| 1931 | Malcolm MacDonald | National Labour |
| 1935 | Frederick Bellenger | Labour |
| 1968 by-election | Joe Ashton | Labour |
| 2001 | John Mann | Labour |
| 2019 | Brendan Clarke-Smith | Conservative |
| 2024 | Jo White | Labour |

## Elections
### Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Bassetlaw :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jo White | 18,476 | 41.2 | +13.2 |
| | Conservative | Brendan Clarke-Smith | 12,708 | 28.3 | –26.1 |
| | Reform UK | Frank Ward | 9,751 | 21.7 | +10.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Helen Tamblyn-Saville | 1,996 | 4.5 | –2.3 |
| | Green | Rachel Reeves | 1,947 | 4.3 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,768 | 12.9 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 44,878 | 57.4 | −6.2 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 78,173 | | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +19.6 | |

### Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result :
| Party | Party | Vote | % |
| | Conservative | 25,941 | 54.4 |
| | Labour | 13,353 | 28.0 |
| | Brexit Party | 5,173 | 10.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 3,210 | 6.7 |
| Majority | Majority | 12,588 | 26.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | 47,677 | 62.9 |
| Electorate | Electorate | 75,773 |
General election 2019: Bassetlaw :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Brendan Clarke-Smith | 28,078 | 55.2 | +11.9 |
| | Labour | Keir Morrison | 14,065 | 27.7 | –24.9 |
| | Brexit Party | Debbie Soloman | 5,366 | 10.6 | New |
| | Liberal Democrats | Helen Tamblyn-Saville | 3,332 | 6.6 | +4.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 14,013 | 27.5 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 50,841 | 63.5 | –3.0 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +18.4 | |
General election 2017: Bassetlaw :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Mann | 27,467 | 52.6 | +4.0 |
| | Conservative | Annette Simpson | 22,615 | 43.3 | +12.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Leon Duveen | 1,154 | 2.2 | −0.5 |
| | Independent | Nigel Turner | 1,014 | 1.9 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,852 | 9.3 | −8.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 52,250 | 66.5 | +2.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | −4.3 | |
General election 2015: Bassetlaw :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Mann | 23,965 | 48.6 | −1.9 |
| | Conservative | Sarah Downes | 15,122 | 30.7 | −3.2 |
| | UKIP | Dave Scott | 7,865 | 16.0 | +12.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Leon Duveen | 1,331 | 2.7 | −8.5 |
| | Green | Kristopher Wragg | 1,006 | 2.0 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,843 | 17.9 | +1.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 49,289 | 63.6 | −1.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +0.7 | |
General election 2010: Bassetlaw :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Mann | 25,018 | 50.5 | −2.5 |
| | Conservative | Keith Girling | 16,803 | 33.9 | −1.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Dobbie | 5,570 | 11.2 | −2.4 |
| | UKIP | Andrea Hamilton | 1,779 | 3.6 | New |
| | Independent | Graham Whitehurst | 407 | 0.8 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,215 | 16.6 | −10.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 49,577 | 64.8 | +6.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | −5.1 | |

### Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Bassetlaw :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Mann | 22,847 | 56.6 | +1.3 |
| | Conservative | Jonathan Sheppard | 12,010 | 29.8 | −0.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Dobbie | 5,485 | 13.6 | +0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10,837 | 26.8 | +1.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 40,342 | 58.1 | +1.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +0.9 | |
General election 2001: Bassetlaw :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Mann | 21,506 | 55.3 | −5.8 |
| | Conservative | Alison Holley | 11,758 | 30.2 | +5.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Neil Taylor | 4,942 | 12.7 | +2.4 |
| | Socialist Labour | Kevin Meloy | 689 | 1.8 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 9,748 | 25.1 | −11.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 38,895 | 56.8 | −13.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | −5.5 | |

### Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Bassetlaw :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Joe Ashton | 29,298 | 61.1 | +7.7 |
| | Conservative | Martyn Cleasby | 11,838 | 24.7 | −10.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mike Kerringan | 4,950 | 10.3 | −1.3 |
| | Referendum | Roy Graham | 1,838 | 3.8 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 17,460 | 36.4 | +18.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 47,924 | 70.4 | −9.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +9.0 | |
General election 1992: Bassetlaw :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Joe Ashton | 29,061 | 53.4 | +5.3 |
| | Conservative | Caroline Spelman | 19,064 | 35.0 | −2.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mike J. Reynolds | 6,340 | 11.6 | −2.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 9,997 | 18.4 | +7.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 54,465 | 79.4 | +1.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +3.9 | |

### Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Bassetlaw :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Joe Ashton | 25,385 | 48.1 | +2.5 |
| | Conservative | David Selves | 19,772 | 37.5 | −0.3 |
| | Alliance | William Smith | 7,616 | 14.4 | −2.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,613 | 10.6 | +2.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 52,773 | 77.6 | +3.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +1.4 | |
General election 1983: Bassetlaw :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Joe Ashton | 22,231 | 45.6 | −4.6 |
| | Conservative | Martyn Cleasby | 18,400 | 37.7 | −0.3 |
| | Alliance | Brian Withnall | 8,124 | 16.7 | +4.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,831 | 7.9 | −4.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 48,755 | 74.2 | −5.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -2.2 | |

### Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Bassetlaw :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Joe Ashton | 29,426 | 50.23 | −3.46 |
| | Conservative | DK Harris | 22,247 | 37.97 | +7.07 |
| | Liberal | A Wilkinson | 6,913 | 11.80 | +2.85 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,179 | 12.26 | +10.53 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 58,586 | 79.42 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +5.27 | |
General election October 1974: Bassetlaw :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Joe Ashton | 28,663 | 53.69 | −6.3 |
| | Conservative | DK Harris | 16,494 | 30.90 | −9.11 |
| | Liberal | A Wilkinson | 7,821 | 14.65 | N/A |
| | The Christian Party | A Storkey | 408 | 0.76 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 12,169 | 22.79 | +2.81 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 53,386 | 74.43 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +1.41 | |
General election February 1974: Bassetlaw :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Joe Ashton | 33,724 | 59.99 | +5.12 |
| | Conservative | RC Heading | 22,490 | 40.01 | +0.80 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 11,234 | 19.98 | +4.32 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 56,214 | 79.05 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 2.16 | |
General election 1970: Bassetlaw :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Joe Ashton | 28,959 | 54.87 | +5.23 |
| | Conservative | Jim Lester | 20,698 | 39.21 | −8.71 |
| | Liberal | Malcolm Anthony Haydon-Baillie | 3,125 | 5.92 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,261 | 15.66 | +13.94 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 52,782 | 76.44 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +6.97 | |

### Elections in the 1960s

1968 Bassetlaw by-election :
| Party | 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 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 740 | 1.72 | −21.56 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 43,101 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | −10.77 | |
General election 1966: Bassetlaw :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Frederick Bellenger | 27,623 | 61.63 | +2.60 |
| | Conservative | Robert William Martin Orme | 17,195 | 38.37 | −2.60 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10,428 | 23.26 | +5.20 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 44,818 | 73.29 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +2.6 | |
General election 1964: Bassetlaw :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Frederick Bellenger | 27,612 | 59.03 | +1.00 |
| | Conservative | Robert William Martin Orme | 19,167 | 40.97 | −1.00 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,445 | 18.06 | +2.00 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 46,779 | 77.00 | −3.19 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +1.0 | |

### Elections in the 1950s

General election 1959: Bassetlaw :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Frederick Bellenger | 27,875 | 58.03 | −0.08 |
| | Conservative | Maurice Cowling | 20,162 | 41.97 | +0.08 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,713 | 16.06 | −0.16 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 48,037 | 80.19 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -0.08 | |
General election 1955: Bassetlaw :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Frederick Bellenger | 26,873 | 58.11 | −2.60 |
| | Conservative | Kathleen Voilet Maiden | 19,375 | 41.89 | +2.60 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,498 | 16.22 | −5.20 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 46,248 | 79.46 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -2.6 | |
General election 1951: Bassetlaw :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Frederick Bellenger | 32,850 | 60.71 | +3.07 |
| | Conservative | William Sime | 21,257 | 39.29 | +7.13 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 11,593 | 21.42 | −4.06 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 54,107 | 84.36 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -2.03 | |
General election 1950: Bassetlaw :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Frederick Bellenger | 31,589 | 57.64 | −5.15 |
| | Conservative | John James Cawdell Irving | 17,622 | 32.16 | −5.05 |
| | Liberal | William George Ernest Dyer | 5,590 | 10.20 | new |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 13,967 | 25.48 | −0.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 54,801 | 87.15 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -0.05 | |

### Election in the 1940s

General election 1945: Bassetlaw :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Frederick Bellenger | 30,382 | 62.79 | +11.46 |
| | Conservative | Robert Laycock | 18,005 | 37.21 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 12,377 | 25.58 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 48,387 | 76.75 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Election in the 1930s

General election 1935: Bassetlaw :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Frederick Bellenger | 21,903 | 51.33 | +17.97 |
| | National Labour | Malcolm MacDonald | 20,764 | 48.67 | −17.97 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,139 | 2.66 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 42,667 | 79.87 | |
| | Labour gain from National Labour | Labour gain from National Labour | Swing | +17.97 | |
General election 1931: Bassetlaw :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | National Labour | Malcolm MacDonald | 27,136 | 66.64 | N/A |
| | Labour | Harold Mostyn Watkins | 13,582 | 33.36 | −25.34 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 13,554 | 33.28 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 40,718 | 79.55 | |
| | National Labour gain from Labour | National Labour gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 1920s

General election 1929: Bassetlaw :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Malcolm MacDonald | 23,681 | 58.7 | +17.7 |
| | Unionist | Ellis Hume-Williams | 16,670 | 41.3 | −5.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,011 | 17.4 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 40,351 | 82.0 | +0.8 |
| | Labour gain from Unionist | Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +11.3 | |
General election 1924: Bassetlaw :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | Ellis Hume-Williams | 12,732 | 46.3 | +4.0 |
| | Labour | Malcolm MacDonald | 11,283 | 41.0 | +12.7 |
| | Liberal | Arthur Neal | 3,505 | 12.7 | −16.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,449 | 5.3 | −7.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 27,520 | 81.8 | +5.2 |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Swing | −4.3 | |
General election 1923: Bassetlaw :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | Ellis Hume-Williams | 10,419 | 42.3 | −12.9 |
| | Liberal | Arthur Neal | 7,247 | 29.4 | New |
| | Labour | Malcolm MacDonald | 6,973 | 28.3 | −16.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,172 | 12.9 | +2.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 24,639 | 76.6 | +2.2 |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Swing | N/A | |
General election 1922: Bassetlaw :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | Ellis Hume-Williams | 12,944 | 55.2 | N/A |
| | Labour | Henry Joseph Odell | 10,502 | 44.8 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,442 | 10.4 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 23,446 | 74.4 | N/A |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Swing | N/A | |

### Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Bassetlaw :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| C | Unionist | Ellis Hume-Williams | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Unionist hold |
| C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. ||||||
General Election 1914–15:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
* Unionist: Ellis Hume-Williams
* Liberal:
General election December 1910: Bassetlaw :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ellis Hume-Williams | 5,436 | 51.0 | −0.6 |
| | Liberal | Stopford Brooke | 5,221 | 49.0 | +0.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 215 | 2.0 | −1.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,657 | 88.7 | −2.2 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | −0.6 | |
General election January 1910: Bassetlaw :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ellis Hume-Williams | 5,631 | 51.6 | +4.2 |
| | Liberal | Frank Newnes | 5,290 | 48.4 | −4.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 341 | 3.2 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,921 | 90.9 | +0.8 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal | Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +4.2 | |

### Elections in the 1900s

General election 1906: Bassetlaw :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Frank Newnes | 5,365 | 52.6 | New |
| | Conservative | Frederick Milner | 4,834 | 47.4 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 531 | 5.2 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,199 | 90.1 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,320 | | |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A | |
General election 1900: Bassetlaw :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Frederick Milner | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Elections in the 1890s

General election 1895: Bassetlaw :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Frederick Milner | 4,874 | 57.4 | +5.0 |
| | Liberal | Robert Eadon Leader | 3,621 | 42.6 | −5.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,253 | 14.8 | +10.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,495 | 85.0 | −3.4 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,990 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +5.0 | |
General election 1892: Bassetlaw :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Frederick Milner | 4,446 | 52.4 | N/A |
| | Liberal | James Yoxall | 4,044 | 47.6 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 402 | 4.8 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,490 | 88.4 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,606 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |
1890 Bassetlaw by-election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Frederick Milner | 4,381 | 54.5 | N/A |
| | Liberal | John William Mellor | 3,653 | 45.5 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 728 | 9.0 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,034 | 78.2 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,268 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |

### Elections in the 1880s

General election 1886: Bassetlaw :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | William Beckett-Denison | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
General election 1885: Bassetlaw :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | William Beckett-Denison | 4,367 | 51.7 | |
| | Liberal | Francis Foljambe | 4,072 | 48.3 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 295 | 3.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,439 | 89.0 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,479 | | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |