2011 Bassetlaw District Council election

2011 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 27 18 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

Conservative

 Council control after election

Labour

The 2011 Bassetlaw District Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Bassetlaw District Council in Nottinghamshire, England as part of the 2011 United Kingdom local elections. One third of the council was up for election. A UK-wide referendum on whether to adopt the Alternative Vote electoral system was also held on this date. After the election, the composition of the council was:[1]

Election result

Bassetlaw Council Election Result 2011
Party Seats Seats % Votes Votes %
Labour 11 68.72% 16,425 62.72%
Conservative 4 25.00% 8,907 34.01%
Independents 1 6.25% 554 2.12%
Liberal Democrats 0 0.00% 303 1.16%

Ward Results

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Blyth

Blyth
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Barry Albert Bowles 363 45.38
Labour Grace Pengelly 288 36.00
Liberal Democrats Peter John Thompson 149 18.63
Turnout 800 44.41

Carlton

Carlton
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Tina Rafferty 1,333 60.51
Conservative David Alan Hare 870 39.49
Turnout 2,203 47.94

East Markham

East Markham
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative John Ogle 745 75.40
Labour James Trebor Arthur Napier 243 24.60
Turnout 988 54.23

East Retford East

East Retford East
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Carol Palmer 1,264 51.57
Conservative James Walter Holland 1,187 48.43
Turnout 2,451 46.15

East Retford North

East Retford North
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Adele Mumby 1,374 59.90
Conservative Mike Pugsley 920 40.10
Turnout 2,294 47.47

Harworth

Harworth
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour June Evans 1,668 82.66
Conservative Dianne Hare 350 17.34
Turnout 2,018 34.95

Rampton

Rampton
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Jeff Rickells 573 70.39
Labour Pam Skelding 241 29.61
Turnout 814 50.77

Ranskill

Ranskill
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Michael Tom Gray 441 51.10
Labour Aidan Mann 369 42.76
Liberal Democrats Mark Peter Hunter 53 6.14
Turnout 863 47.02

Sturton

Sturton
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Hugh Burton (Elected uncontested) 0 0.00
Turnout 0 0.00

Welbeck

Welbeck
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Pat Douglas 457 57.56
Conservative Mary Stokes 337 42.44
Turnout 794 51.28

Worksop East

Worksop East
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Cliff Entwistle 1,436 72.16
Independent Geoff Coe 554 27.84
Turnout 1,990 40.61

Worksop North

Worksop North
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Bill Barker 1,733 71.35
Conservative Hannah Wright 696 28.65
Turnout 2,429 37.07

Worksop North East

Worksop North East
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Simon Greaves 1,630 73.16
Conservative Raymond Simpson 598 26.84
Turnout 2,228 44.34

Worksop North West

Worksop North West
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Alan Rhodes 1,491 72.80
Conservative Tracey Lee Taylor 557 27.20
Turnout 2,048 36.18

Worksop South

Worksop South
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Julie Leigh 1,274 53.80
Conservative Alec Thorpe 993 41.93
Liberal Democrats Leon Maurice Duveen 101 4.27
Turnout 2,368 43.70

Worksop South East

Worksop South East
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Josie Potts 1,624 85.43
Conservative Catherine Margaret Parrish 277 14.57
Turnout 1,901 33.58

Referendum

Main article: United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum, 2011
United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum result (Bassetlaw)[3]
Choice Votes %
Yes 8,757 24.88%
No 26,441 75.12%
  • Electorate: 84,371
  • Valid votes cast: 35,198
  • Turnout: 41.98%
  • Spoilt ballots: 221

References

  1. ^ BBC Election 2011 Results
  2. ^ Bassetlaw District Council Election Results 2011 Archived 24 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Alternative Vote referendum: Bassetlaw