2003 Bassetlaw District Council election

The 2003 Bassetlaw District Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Bassetlaw District Council in Nottinghamshire, England as part of the 2003 United Kingdom local elections. One third of the council was up for election.

2003 Bassetlaw District Council election

1 May 2003 (2003-05-01)
One third of seats to Bassetlaw District Council (16 seats) 25 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	27.4%
First party Second party Third party   Lab Con Ind Party Labour Conservative Independent Seats won 4 9 2 Seats after 25 19 2 Seat change 3 3 1
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

Election result

The Labour Party narrowly retained control of the council with a reduced majority after losing seats to the Conservatives and an Independent.

Overall result
Party		Seats (2003)	Seats (Council)	Seats (Change)
	Labour	4	25	-3
	Conservative	9	19	+3
	Liberal Democrats	1	2	-1
	Independent	2	2	+1
Registered electors		60,560
Votes cast		16,602
Turnout		27.4%

Ward results

Blyth

Blyth (1)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Terence Yates	365	66.5%	3.2%
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Hunter	184	33.5%	NEW
Turnout			560	30.8%
Registered electors			1,817
	Conservative hold		Swing

Carlton

Carlton (1)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Hare	743	53.4%	9.1%
	Labour	Gillian Freeman	649	46.6%	9.1%
Turnout			1,402	30.6%
Registered electors			4,575
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

East Markham

East Markham (1)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Ogle	471	55.0%	20%
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Neumann	385	45.0%	20%
Turnout			863	47.2%
Registered electors			1,827
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

East Retford East

East Retford East (1)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Holland	922	57.5%	2.3%
	Labour	Philip Goodliffe	468	29.2%	8.4%
	Liberal Democrats	Tegfryn Davies	215	13.4%	0.6%
Turnout			1,607	30.8%
Registered electors			5,221
	Conservative hold		Swing

East Retford North

East Retford North (1)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Pugsley	819	57.0%	9.8%
	Labour	Pamela Skelding	617	43.0%	9.8%
Turnout			1,442	30.6%
Registered electors			4,712
	Conservative hold		Swing

Harworth

Harworth (1)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Challinor	539	42.7%	NEW
	Labour	Margaret Muskett	489	38.8%	22%
	Independent	George Burchby	234	18.5%	20.7%
Turnout			1,271	22.8%
Registered electors			5,588
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Rampton

Rampton (1)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeffery Rickells	Unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ranskill

Ranskill (1)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sean Kerrigan	350	58.6%	0.6%
	Conservative	Elizabeth Yates	247	41.4%	0.6%
Turnout			599	33.9%
Registered electors			1,769
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Sturton

Sturton (1)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Hugh Burton	555	76.0%	N/A
	Conservative	Marion Smith	175	24.0%	N/A
Turnout			731	44.4%
Registered electors			1,646
	Independent hold		Swing

Welbeck

Welbeck (1)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mary Stokes	377	58.6%	6.4%
	Labour	Robert Payne	266	41.4%	NEW
Turnout			652	39.6%
Registered electors			1,646
	Conservative hold		Swing

Worksop East

Worksop East (1)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clifford Entwistle	745	50.3%	3.7%
	Independent	Geoff Coe	620	41.8%	7.4%
	Green	Paul Thorpe	117	7.9%	11%
Turnout			1,487	29.1%
Registered electors			5,104
	Labour hold		Swing

Worksop North

Worksop North (1)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Clayton	671	54.2%	6.9%
	Conservative	Valerie Bowles	567	45.8%	6.9%
Turnout			1,249	20.8%
Registered electors			6,015
	Labour hold		Swing

Worksop North East

Worksop North East (1)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Barry Bowles	709	54.7%	13.2%
	Labour	Janet Pimperton	588	45.3%	13.2%
Turnout			1,306	25.6%
Registered electors			5,106
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Worksop North West

Worksop North West (1)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Rhodes	624	56.7%	2.9%
	Conservative	Marilyn Parkin	288	26.2%	0.8%
	Green	Andrew Cliffe	188	17.1%	2.1%
Turnout			1,104	21.9%
Registered electors			5,046
	Labour hold		Swing

Worksop South

Worksop South (1)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Juliana Smith	725	53.2%	1.5%
	Labour	Roger Dyas-Elliott	459	33.7%	7.5%
	Green	Rowena Jackson	179	13.1%	NEW
Turnout			1,368	26.9%
Registered electors			5,085
	Conservative hold		Swing

Worksop South East

Worksop South East (1)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Laurence West	744	78.0%	2.0%
	Conservative	Philip Smith	210	22.0%	2.0%
Turnout			961	17.8%
Registered electors			5,403
	Labour hold		Swing

References

• 2002 & 2003 Bassetlaw Election results