2000 Bassetlaw District Council election

2000 Bassetlaw District Council election
← 1999 4 May 2000 (2000-05-04) 2002 →
One third of seats to Bassetlaw District Council (50 seats)
26 seats needed for a majority
Turnout23.5%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Lab
Con
LD
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Seats won 11 5 1
Seats after 31 14 3
Percentage 45.4% 41.8% 9.3%
  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 2000 Bassetlaw District Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect one third of the members of Bassetlaw District Council in Nottinghamshire, England as part of the 2000 United Kingdom local elections.[1]

Election result

One third of seats (17 seats) were up for election with one councillor elected per ward with the exception of East Retford West ward, where two seats were elected due to a by-election being combined with the ordinary election.[2]

The Labour Party won a majority of seats and retained control of the council.

Overall result
Party Seats
(2000) 		Seats
(Council) 		Seats
(Change)
Labour 11 31
Conservative 5 14
Liberal Democrats 1 3
Independent 1 2
Registered electors 63,573
Votes cast 14,933
Turnout 23.5%

Ward results

Beckingham

Beckingham (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kenneth Bullivant 454 76.8%
Labour Robert Payne 137 23.2%
Turnout 596 31.7%
Registered electors 1,878

Carlton

Carlton (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alastair Williams 618 51.4%
Conservative Edward Banks 585 48.6%
Turnout 1,205 26.2%
Registered electors 4,605

Clayworth

Clayworth (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Irene Balding 427 77.8%
Labour Geoffrey Chapman 122 22.2%
Turnout 553 34.7%
Registered electors 1,595

East Retford East

East Retford East (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Wendy Quigley 1,048 52.7%
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Dobbie 573 28.8%
Labour Pamela Cook 366 18.4%
Turnout 1,351 35.0%
Registered electors 5,679

East Retford North

East Retford North (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Pamela Skelding 700 51.6%
Conservative Gordon Morley 657 48.4%
Turnout 1,351 25.2%
Registered electors 5,354

East Retford West

East Retford West (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael Storey 655 48.7%
Labour Philip Skelding 607
Liberal Democrats John Bragger 467 34.7%
Liberal Democrats David Dobbie 450
Conservative Heather Taylor 223 16.6%
Conservative Maureen Trigg 207
Turnout 1,304 24.4%
Registered electors 5,354

Elkesley

Elkesley (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Stanley Moody Unopposed

Harworth East

Harworth East (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Margaret Muskett 269 57.8%
Independent Labour George Burchby 155 33.3%
Independent William Macaulay 41 8.8%
Turnout 469 17.4%
Registered electors 2,703

Hodsock

Hodsock (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gill Freeman 298 72.0%
Conservative Derrick Connolly 116 28.0%
Turnout 419 22.4%
Registered electors 1,873

Sutton

Sutton (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Alan Kitchen 406 62.4%
Conservative Norman Myers 245 37.6%
Turnout 654 38.3%
Registered electors 1,707

Tuxford

Tuxford (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Keith Isard 329 50.9%
Labour Marilyn McCarthy 318 49.1%
Turnout 651 34.1%
Registered electors 1,912

Worksop East

Worksop East (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Elliott 635 64.7%
Independent Matthew Keywood 346 35.3%
Turnout 985 21.3%
Registered electors 4,625

Worksop North

Worksop North (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Roy Barsley 579 61.4%
Conservative Carole Mangham 364 38.6%
Turnout 952 18.6%
Registered electors 5,106

Worksop North East

Worksop North East (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Janet Pimperton 573 50.0%
Conservative Philip Bird 572 50.0%
Turnout 1,155 22.0%
Registered electors 5,252

Worksop North West

Worksop North West (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Pressley 645 65.1%
Conservative Richard Durr 346 34.9%
Turnout 996 21.5%
Registered electors 4,627


Worksop South

Worksop South (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew Dibb 912 62.4%
Labour Charles Espin 549 37.6%
Turnout 1,468 22.6%
Registered electors 6,501


Worksop South East

Worksop South East (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Brian Hopkinson 598 72.9%
Conservative Juliana Smith 222 27.1%
Turnout 824 17.2%
Registered electors 4,802

References

  1. ^ "Local Elections 2000". BBC News.
  2. ^ Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher, The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. "Bassetlaw 1973-2012". electionscentre.co.uk. Retrieved 27 April 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)