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
Turnout	29.3%
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.

Election result

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

Overall result
Party		Seats	Seats (Change)
	Labour	28	N/A
	Conservative	16	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	3	N/A
	Independent	1	N/A
Registered electors		75,130
Votes cast		22,009
Turnout		29.3%

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%
Registered electors			1,820
	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%
Registered electors			4,615
	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%
Registered electors			1,574
	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%
Registered electors			1,789
	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%
Registered electors			5,222
	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%
Registered electors			4,680
	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%
Registered electors			3,312
	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%
Registered electors			3,200
	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%
Registered electors			1,735
	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%
Registered electors			5,599
	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%
Registered electors			1,834
	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			602	35.8%
Registered electors			1,684
	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%
Registered electors			1,586
	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%
Registered electors			3,136
	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%
Registered electors			1,663
	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%
Registered electors			5,159
	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%
Registered electors			5,933
	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%
Registered electors			5,156
	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%
Registered electors			5,032
	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%
Registered electors			4,947
	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%
Registered electors			5,454
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

References

• 2002 & 2003 Bassetlaw Election results