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2004 Bassetlaw District Council election

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2004 Bassetlaw District Council election

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One third of seats to Bassetlaw District Council (16 seats)
25 seats needed for a majority
Turnout42.1%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Con
Lab
Ind
Party Conservative Labour Independent
Seats won 10 3 3
Seats after 24 18 5
Seat change Increase5 Decrease7 Increase3

  No election

Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results.

Council control before election

No overall control

Council control after election

No overall control

The 2004 Bassetlaw District Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of Bassetlaw District Council in Nottinghamshire, England as part of the 2004 United Kingdom local elections. One third of the council was up for election.

Election result

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The Conservative Party won a majority of seats in the election and the Labour Party lost control of the council for the first time since 1976. Following the election, the council was under no overall control as no single party held a majority, with the Conservatives one seat short of a majority.

Overall result
Party Seats
(2000)
Seats
(Council)
Seats
(Change)
Conservative 10 24 +5
Labour 3 18 -7
Liberal Democrats 0 1 -1
Independent 3 5 +3
Registered electors 67,177
Votes cast 28,266
Turnout 42.1%

Ward results

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Beckingham

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Beckingham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kenneth Bullivant 610 67.5%
Labour Joan Sanger 294 32.5%
Turnout 904 51.8%
Registered electors 1,768

Carlton

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Carlton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Valerie Bowles 1,039 50.3%
Labour William Walters 1,027 49.7%
Turnout 2,066 45.5%
Registered electors 4,605

Clayworth

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Clayworth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kathleen Sutton 702 81.5%
Labour Gillian Freeman 159 18.5%
Turnout 861 55.2%
Registered electors 1,582

East Retford East

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East Retford East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Quigley 1,346 55.4%
Labour Pamela Skelding 646 26.6%
Liberal Democrats Lawrence Hudson 437 18.0%
Turnout 2,426 46.0%
Registered electors 5,308

East Retford North

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East Retford North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anthony Tromans 1,084 51.9%
Labour James Napier 1,006 48.1%
Turnout 2,090 44.8%
Registered electors 4,716

East Retford South

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East Retford South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lionel Skelding 746 56.5%
Conservative Andrew Dibb 575 43.5%
Turnout 1,321 41.4%
Registered electors 3,259

East Retford West

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East Retford West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Perry Offer 575 46.0%
Labour James Anderson 399 31.9%
Liberal Democrats Tegfryn Davies 276 22.1%
Turnout 1,250 39.1%
Registered electors 3,212

Harworth

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Harworth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Sharon Randall 1,137 53.4%
Labour Keith Muskett 993 46.6%
Turnout 2,130 37.8%
Registered electors 5,662

Sutton

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Sutton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Elizabeth Yates 572 75.1%
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Chapman 190 24.9%
Turnout 762 48.1%
Registered electors 1,594

Tuxford and Trent

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Tuxford and Trent
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Jenkins 675 46.8%
Labour Albert Hunt 407 28.2%
Liberal Democrats Peter Lock 362 25.1%
Turnout 1,444 45.8%
Registered electors 3,181

Worksop East

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Worksop East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Geoffrey Coe 1,204 54.9%
Labour James Elliott 988 45.1%
Turnout 2,192 43.8%
Registered electors 5,053

Worksop North

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Worksop North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Allan Makeman 1,283 53.7%
Conservative Christopher Wanless 1,105 46.3%
Turnout 2,388 39.6%
Registered electors 6,117

Worksop North East

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Worksop North East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Graham 1,156 50.1%
Labour David Walsh 1,153 49.9%
Turnout 2,309 46.0%
Registered electors 5,130

Worksop North West

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Worksop North West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Ivor Jones 1,166 57.9%
Labour Glynn Gilfoyle 849 42.1%
Turnout 2,015 38.9%
Registered electors 5,277

Worksop South

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Worksop South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Bennett 1,628 70.0%
Labour Roger Dyas-Elliott 697 30.0%
Turnout 2,325 45.1%
Registered electors 5,265

Worksop South East

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Worksop South East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Shephard 1,281 71.9%
Conservative Carole Mangham 502 28.1%
Turnout 1,783 33.4%
Registered electors 5,448

References

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