2008 Bassetlaw District Council election

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.

2008 Bassetlaw District Council election

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One third of seats to Bassetlaw District Council (16 seats) 25 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	30.8%
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 3 3
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

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