2008 Bassetlaw District Council election
1 May 2008 (2008-05-01)
One third of seats to Bassetlaw District Council (16 seats)
25 seats needed for a majority
Turnout30.8%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Con
Lab
Ind
Party Conservative Labour Independent
Seats won 12 3 1
Seats after 30 16 2
Seat change Increase3 Steady Decrease3
  No election

Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results.
Council control before election

Conservative

 Council control after election

Conservative

The 2008 Bassetlaw District Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Bassetlaw District Council in Nottinghamshire, England. One third of the council was up for election.

Election result

Overall result
Party Seats
(2008)		 Seats
(Council)		 Seats
(Change)
Conservative 12 30 +3
Labour 3 16 -
Independent 1 2 -3
Registered electors 67,876
Votes cast 20,936
Turnout 30.8%


Ward results

Beckingham

Beckingham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kenneth Bullivant 518 70.38
Labour Joan Sanger 218 29.62
Turnout 736 35.2%
Registered electors 1,801

Carlton

Carlton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Val Bowles 980 60.1%
Labour Maurice Stocks 650 39.9%
Turnout 1,630 51.8%
Registered electors 4,660

Clayworth

Clayworth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kath Sutton 461 56.8%
BNP David Otter 243 30.0%
Labour Philip Goodliffe 107 13.2%
Turnout 811 51.8%
Registered electors 1,568

East Retford East

East Retford East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mike Quigley 1,148 57.7%
Independent Michael Jenkins 422 21.2%
Labour Robert Clyndes 420 21.1%
Turnout 1,990 36.9%
Registered electors 5,409

East Retford North

East Retford North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anthony Tromans 965 57.9%
Labour Pamela Skelding 703 42.2%
Turnout 1,668 34.4%
Registered electors 4,847

East Retford South

East Retford South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bryn Jones 526 53.4%
Labour Philip Skelding 459 46.6%
Turnout 985 30.0%
Registered electors 3,279

East Retford West

East Retford West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Perry Offer 570 63.8%
Labour Rod Pickford 324 36.2%
Turnout 894 25.8%
Registered electors 3,483

Harworth

Harworth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Challinor 1,009 64.0%
Conservative Tracey Taylor 568 36.0%
Turnout 1,577 27.1%
Registered electors 5,851

Sutton

Sutton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Liz Yates Unopposed


Tuxford and Trent

Tuxford and Trent
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Shirley Isard 756 71.6%
Labour Marilyn McCarthy 300 28.4%
Turnout 1,056 31.5%
Registered electors 3,390

Worksop East

Worksop East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Scott 663 41.4%
Independent Geoff Coe 581 36.3%
Independent Geoff Hurst 357 22.3%
Turnout 1,601 31.6%
Registered electors 5,081

Worksop North

Worksop North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Vicky Wanless 907 51.8%
Labour David Potts 843 48.2%
Turnout 1,750 27.1%
Registered electors 6,530

Worksop North East

Worksop North East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bill Graham 926 53.2%
Labour Shirley Toms 813 46.8%
Turnout 1,739 34.3%
Registered electors 5,097

Worksop North West

Worksop North West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Ivor Jones 961 61.4%
Labour Robin Carrington-Wilde 604 38.6%
Turnout 1,565 28.7%
Registered electors 5,635

Worksop South

Worksop South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Bennett 1,372 78.2%
Labour Eileen Hart 383 21.8%
Turnout 1,755 32.0%
Registered electors 5,518

Worksop South East

Worksop South East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Shephard 858 72.8%
Conservative Philip Smith 321 27.2%
Turnout 1,179 20.8%
Registered electors 5,727

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