East Retford South (Bassetlaw electoral ward)

East Retford South 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 3,888 as of 2019.^[1]

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It consists of the southern part of the village of Ordsall in Retford, south of the train line.

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Carolyn Troop (inc)	634	52.7%	9.4%
	Labour	David Naylor	599
	Conservative	Daniel Ashford	381	31.7%	14.1%
	Conservative	Eva Cernysovaite	315
	Independent	John Hudson	97	8.1%	NEW
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Edley	91	7.6%	NEW
Turnout			1,169	30.3%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Introna	493	40.1%	22.5
	Independent	Helen Richards*	488	39.7%	New
	Labour	James Napier	247	20.1%	42.0
Turnout				32.1	+2.6
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Helen Richards*	697	62.1%	11.7%
	Labour	Carolyn Troop*	679
	UKIP	Martin Introna	228	20.3%	0.3%
	Conservative	John Manners	197	17.6%	11.5%
	Conservative	Paul Chambers	179
Turnout				29.5%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Carolyn Troop	1,194	50.4%
	Labour	Helen Richards	1,186
	Conservative	Bryn Jones	689	29.1%
	UKIP	Michael Lowe	488	20.6%
Turnout				65%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Councillors

East Retford South (1)
1 May 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Bryn Jones	526	53.4%
	Labour	Philip Skelding	459	46.6%
Turnout				30%

East Retford South (1)
10 June 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Lionel Skelding	746	56.5%
	Conservative	Andrew Dibb	575	43.5%
Turnout