2012 Bassetlaw District Council election

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2012 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
 
Lab
Con
Ind
Party Labour Conservative Independent
Seats won 11 4 1
Seats after 34 11 3
Seat change Increase7 Decrease7 Steady

  No election

Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results.

Council control before election

Labour

Council control after election

Labour

The 2012 Bassetlaw District Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Bassetlaw District Council in Nottinghamshire, England as part of the 2012 United Kingdom local elections. One third of the council was up for election. After the election, the composition of the council was:[1]

Election result[edit]

Bassetlaw election result 2012
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 34
  Conservative 11
  Independent 3
  Liberal Democrats 0

Ward results[edit]

Beckingham[edit]

Beckingham
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Joan Sanger 258 38.6
Independent Raymond Arthur 163 24.4
Conservative Simon Taylor 153 22.9
Labour Phillip Goodliffe 95 14.2
Turnout 36.36
Independent gain from Conservative

Carlton[edit]

Carlton
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Val Bowles 1,001 62.3
Labour David Pidwell 607 37.7
Turnout 36.63
Conservative hold

Clayworth[edit]

Clayworth
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Kath Sutton 408 69.3
Labour Gavin Briers 181 30.7
Turnout 38.58
Conservative hold

East Retford East[edit]

East Retford East
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Michael Storey 1,033 51.9
Conservative Mike Quigley 842 42.3
Liberal Democrats Mark Hunter 115 5.8
Turnout 37.25
Labour gain from Conservative

East Retford North[edit]

East Retford North
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Michelle Gregory 1,144 55.7
Conservative Anthony Tromans 610 44.3
Turnout 36.41
Labour hold

East Retford South[edit]

East Retford South
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Ann Batty 831 71.5
Conservative Bryn Jones 331 28.5
Turnout 34.90
Labour hold

East Retford West[edit]

East Retford West
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Alan Chambers 707 66.7
Conservative Graham Ince 353 33.3
Turnout 31.13
Labour gain from Conservative

Harworth[edit]

Harworth
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour David Challinor 1,402 88.1
Conservative Dianne Hare 190 11.9
Turnout 28.01
Labour hold

Sutton[edit]

Sutton
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Tracey Taylor 340 67.6
Labour Tony Brown 163 32.4
Turnout 30.93
Conservative hold

Tuxford and Trent[edit]

Tuxford and Trent
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Shirley Isard 543 52.0
Labour Andy Jee 502 48.0
Turnout 31.55
Conservative hold

Worksop East[edit]

Worksop East
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Jo White 1,135 75.1
Independent Geoff Coe 376 24.9
Turnout 31.07
Labour hold

Worksop North[edit]

Worksop North
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Gwynneth Jones 1,323 76.8
Conservative David Alan Hare 400 23.2
Turnout 25.88
Labour gain from Conservative

Worksop North-East[edit]

Worksop North-East
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Rebecca Leigh 1,265 77
Conservative Emma Auckland 378 33
Turnout 32.88
Labour gain from Conservative

Worksop North-West[edit]

Worksop North-West
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Sybil Fielding 1,209 78.9
Conservative James Halpin 323 21.1
Turnout 26.75
Labour gain from Conservative

Worksop South[edit]

Worksop South
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Sylvia May 985 54.9
Conservative Alec Thorpe 635 35.4
Liberal Democrats Leon Duveen 174 9.7
Turnout 33.05
Labour gain from Conservative

Worksop South East[edit]

Worksop South East
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour John Shephard 1,232 87.3
Conservative Catherine Parrish 179 12.7
Turnout 24.91
Labour hold

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