East Retford West (Bassetlaw electoral ward)

East Retford West is an electoral ward in the district of Bassetlaw. The ward elects two councillors to Bassetlaw District Council using the first past the post electoral system, with each councillor serving a four-year term in office. The number of registered voters in the ward is 3,740 as of 2019.^[1]

It consists of the northern part of the village of Ordsall in Retford, Thrumpton and the western part of Retford town centre.

The ward was created in 2002 following a review of electoral boundaries in Bassetlaw by the Boundary Committee for England.^[2]

Councillors

Interactive map of ward boundaries.

The ward elects 2 councillors every four years. Prior to 2015, Bassetlaw District Council was elected by thirds with elections taking place every year except the year in which elections to Nottinghamshire County Council took place.^[3]


Election
2002	Marie Critchley (Conservative)	Jim Anderson (Labour)
2004	Marie Critchley (Conservative)	Perry Offer (Conservative)
2006	Margaret Skelton (Conservative)
2008	Margaret Skelton (Conservative)
2010	Ian Campbell (Labour)
2012		Alan Chambers (Labour)
2014
2015	Jim Anderson (Labour)
2018 by-election		Matthew Callingham (Labour)
2019		Helen Tamblyn-Saville (Liberal Democrats)
2023	Harriet Digby (Labour)	Malachi Carroll (Labour)

East Retford West (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harriet Digby	477	37.5%	4.4%
	Labour	Malachi Carroll	459
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Tamblyn-Saville (inc)	401	31.5%	0.4%
	Conservative	James Purle	316	24.8%	5.0%
	Conservative	Karen Dexter	288
	Liberal Democrats	Phil Ray	235
	Independent	Jon Wade	78	6.1%	NEW
Turnout			1,209	31.6%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

East Retford West (2)
2 May 2019
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jim Anderson*	394	33.1%	4.2%
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Tamblyn-Saville	371	31.1%	18.3%
	Labour	Matthew Callingham	364
	Conservative	Ashley Burnell	236	19.8%	8.9%
	Independent	Marie Critchley	191	16%	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Ware	164
	Conservative	Ashraf Syed Abdul Cader	142
Turnout			1,062	28.4%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

A by-election was held on 15 November 2018 following the disqualification of Alan Chambers (Labour) due to non-attendance at council meetings.

East Retford West (1)
15 November 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Matthew Callingham	441	49.9%
	Conservative	Emma Auckland	296	33.5%
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Tamblyn-Saville	146	16.5%
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

East Retford West (2)
7 May 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Alan Chambers	1,011	37.3%
	Labour	Jim Anderson	889
	Conservative	Jamie Ditch	778	28.7%
	UKIP	Jon Wade	576	21.2%
	Liberal Democrats	Jennie Coggles	348	12.8%
Turnout				62%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

East Retford West (1)
22 May 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ian Campbell	544	48.5%
	UKIP	Jon Wade	292	26.1%
	Conservative	Jamie Ditch	232	20.7%
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifier Coggles	53	4.7%
Turnout

East Retford West (1)
3 May 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Alan Chambers	707	66.7%
	Conservative	Graham Ince	353	33.3%
Turnout				31.1%

East Retford West (1)
6 May 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ian Campbell	782	37.9%
	Conservative	Chris Hollands	767	37.2%
	Liberal Democrats	David Hassett	515	25%
Turnout				57.5%

East Retford West (1)
1 May 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Perry Offer	570	63.8%
	Labour	Rod Pickford	324	36.2%
Turnout				25.8%

East Retford West (1)
4 May 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Margaret Skelton	602	65.5%
	Labour	James Napier	317	34.5%
Turnout				28.8%

East Retford West (1)
10 June 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Perry Offer	575	46%
	Labour	James Anderson	399	31.9%
	Liberal Democrats	Tegfryn Davies	276	22.1%
Turnout

^ "Election results for East Retford West". Bassetlaw District Council. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
^ "Bassetlaw - LGBCE". Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Archived from the original on 1 December 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
^ "Bassetlaw District Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 1 December 2021.