2002 Bassetlaw District Council election

The 2002 Bassetlaw District Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Bassetlaw District Council in Nottinghamshire, England as part of the 2002 United Kingdom local elections.

2002 Bassetlaw District Council election
2 May 2002 (2002-05-02)
All seats to Bassetlaw District Council (48 seats)
25 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Lab
Con
LD
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Seats after 28 16 3
Council control before election

Labour

 Council control after election

Labour

The whole council was elected due to changes to ward boundaries following an electoral review by the Boundary Committee for England.[1]

Election result

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

Ward results

Beckingham
Beckingham (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kenneth Bullivant (elected unopposed) N/A N/A N/A
Turnout N/A N/A
Conservative win (new seat)

Blyth
Blyth (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Terence Yates 378 69.7%
Labour Robert Earp 164 30.3%
Turnout 547 30.1%
Conservative win (new seat)

Carlton
Carlton (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alastair Williams 870 55.7%
Labour William Walters 868
Labour Jill Freeman 743
Conservative David Hare 692 44.3%
Conservative Val Bowles 586
Conservative Barry Bowles 577
Turnout 1,561 33.8%
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Clayworth
Clayworth (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kathleen Sutton 435 70.6%
Labour Carl Phillips 95 15.4%
Liberal Democrats Alison Murray 86 14.0%
Turnout 627 39.8%
Conservative win (new seat)

East Markham
East Markham (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Pamela Lewis 592 65.0%
Conservative Christopher Pataky 319 35.0%
Turnout 913 51.0%
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

East Retford East
East Retford East (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Wendy Quigley 1,147 59.8%
Conservative Michael Quigley 1,057
Conservative James Holland 898
Labour Faith Gabbitas 399 20.8%
Labour Michael Gee 388
Labour George Gabbitas 377
Liberal Democrats Lawrence Hudson 245 12.8%
Liberal Democrats Tegfryn Davies 211
Liberal Democrats Mark Hunter 168
Green Victor Chidlaw 128 6.7%
Turnout 1,790 34.3%
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

East Retford North
East Retford North (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Graham Oxby 801 52.8%
Labour James Napier 719
Conservative Michael Pugsley 717 47.2%
Conservative Christopher Hall 690
Labour Pamela Skelding 590
Turnout 1,522 32.5%
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

East Retford South
East Retford South (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Carolyn Troop 591 67.6%
Labour Lionel Skelding 527
Conservative Barry Frost 283 32.4%
Conservative Sheelagh Hamilton 261
Turnout 907 27.4%
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

East Retford West
East Retford West (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Marie Critchley 412 51.0%
Labour Jim Anderson 396 49.0%
Conservative Anna-Maria Robinson 378
Labour Philip Goodliffe 332
Turnout 816 25.5%
Conservative win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Everton
Everton (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Francis Martin 412 74.4%
Labour Jane Heggie 142 25.6%
Turnout 557 32.1%
Conservative win (new seat)

Harworth
Harworth (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Frank Hart 806 60.8%
Labour Keith Muskett 783
Labour Margaret Muskett 718
Independent George Burchby 519 39.2%
Turnout 1,284 22.9%
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Langold
Langold (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sara Jackson (elected unopposed) N/A N/A N/A
Turnout N/A N/A
Labour win (new seat)

Misterton
Misterton (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jose Barry 368 65.0%
Conservative John Ogle 198 35.0%
Turnout 559 30.5%
Labour win (new seat)

Rampton
Rampton (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jeffery Rickells (elected unopposed) N/A N/A N/A
Turnout N/A N/A
Conservative win (new seat)

Ranskill
Ranskill (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Sean Kerrigan 342 58.0%
Conservative Carol Sharp 248 42.0%
Turnout 1,684 35.8%
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Sturton
Sturton (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Hugh Burton (elected unopposed) N/A N/A N/A
Turnout N/A N/A
Independent win (new seat)

Sutton
Sutton (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Alan Kitchen 461 70.5%
Conservative Elizabeth Yates 193 29.5%
Turnout 656 41.4%
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Tuxford and Trent
Tuxford and Trent (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Keith Isard 761 58.2%
Conservative Robert Sutton 729
Labour John Hobart 398 30.4%
Labour Carol Gee 275
Liberal Democrats Philip Lewis 149 11.4%
Turnout 1,232 39.3%
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Welbeck
Welbeck (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mary Stokes 335 52.2%
Independent Stanley Moody 307 47.8%
Turnout 645 38.8%
Conservative win (new seat)

Worksop East
Worksop East (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Griff Wynne 709 46.6%
Labour James Elliott 708
Labour Cliff Entwistle 688
Independent Geoff Coe 523 34.4%
Green Paul Thorpe 288 18.9%
Turnout 1,377 26.7%
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Worksop North
Worksop North (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Avril Barsley 696 61.1%
Labour Allan Makeman 667
Labour John Clayton 501
Conservative Marilyn Parkin 443 38.9%
Turnout 1,196 20.2%
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Worksop North East
Worksop North East (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Simon Greaves 867 58.5%
Labour David Walsh 658
Labour Janet Pimperton 652
Conservative Christopher Coward 614 41.5%
Conservative Stephen Parkin 601
Conservative Juliana Smith 567
Turnout 1,593 30.9%
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Worksop North West
Worksop North West (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Pressley 740 53.8%
Labour Glynn Gilfoyle 728
Labour Alan Rhodes 668
Conservative Carole Mangham 372 27.0%
Green Andrew Cliffe 264 19.2%
Turnout 1,234 24.5%
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Worksop South
Worksop South (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Reginald Askew 861 51.7%
Conservative Michael Bennett 785
Conservative Andrew Dibb 665
Labour Christopher Grocock 436 26.2%
Independent Michael Dunford 369 22.1%
Labour Sarah Gale 339
Labour Eileen Hart 324
Turnout 1,379 27.9%
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Worksop South East
Worksop South East (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Brian Hopkinson 784 80.0%
Labour John Shepherd 659
Labour Laurence West 610
Conservative Philip Smith 196 20.0%
Turnout 1,012 18.6%
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

References
  1. "Bassetlaw - LGBCE". Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
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