Worksop North East (Bassetlaw electoral ward)

Worksop North East is an electoral ward in the district of Bassetlaw. The ward elects 3 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 4,946 as of 2019.^[1]

Worksop North East
Electoral ward
Electorate	4,946 (2019)
District	Bassetlaw
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Postcode district	S81
UK Parliament	Bassetlaw
Councillors	3
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It consists of the Prospect, Thievesdale and Sunnyside areas of Worksop, between Blyth Road and Carlton Road.

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 3 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	Councillor		Councillor		Councillor
2002		Simon Greaves (Labour)		David Walsh (Labour)		Janet Pimperton (Labour)
2003						Barry Bowles (Conservative)
2004				Bill Graham (Conservative)
2006		Joseph Hayward (Conservative)
2007						Simon Greaves (Labour)
2008
2010		Shirley Toms (Labour)
2011 by-election				John Anderton (Labour)
2011
2012				Rebecca Leigh (Labour)
2014		Maddy Richardson (Labour)
2015				Alan Rhodes (Labour)
2019
2023						Fraser Merryweather (Labour)

Elections

2023

Worksop North East (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Rhodes (inc)	876	55.4%	15.9%
	Labour	Maddy Richardson (inc)	766
	Labour	Fraser Merryweather	757
	Conservative	Rachel Briggs	705	44.6%	15.9%
	Conservative	Russell Dodd	641
	Conservative	Wyktoria Krawczyk	536
Turnout			1,615	32.1%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

2019

Worksop North East (3)
2 May 2019

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Rhodes*	863	71.3%	26%
	Labour	Simon Greaves*	828
	Labour	Maddy Richardson*	774
	Conservative	Alec Thorpe	347	28.7%	1.2%
	Conservative	Matthew Peck	344
	Conservative	John Anderson	330
Turnout			1,355	27.4%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

2015

Worksop North East (3)
7 May 2015

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Rhodes	1,632	45.3%
	Labour	Simon Greaves	1,614
	Labour	Maddy Richardson	1,330
	Conservative	Emma Auckland	992	27.5%
	UKIP	Tony Clayton	980	27.2%
Turnout				63.2%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

2014

Worksop North East (1)
22 May 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maddy Richardson	868	53.5%
	UKIP	Tony Clayton	467	28.8%
	Conservative	Emma Aukland	288	17.7%
Turnout

2012

Worksop North East (1)
3 May 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rebecca Leigh	1,265	77%
	Conservative	Emma Auckland	378	33%
Turnout				32.9%

2011

Worksop North East (1)
5 May 2011

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Simon Greaves	1,630	73.2%
	Conservative	Raymond Simpson	598	26.8%
Turnout			2,228	44.3%

2011 by-election

A by-election was held on 10 February 2011 following the disqualification of Bill Graham (Conservative) due to non-attendance at council meetings.

Worksop North East (1)
10 February 2011

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Anderton	1,198	74%
	Conservative	Barry Bowles	317	19.6%
	Independent	Geoff Coe	75	4.6%
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Hunter	28	1.7%
Turnout

2010

Worksop North East (1)
6 May 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shirley Toms	2,110	64.1%
	Conservative	Alec Thorpe	1,184	35.9%
Turnout				67.2%

2008

Worksop North East (1)
1 May 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bill Graham	926	53.3%
	Labour	Shirley Toms	813	46.7%
Turnout				34.3%

2007

Worksop North East (1)
3 May 2007

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Simon Greaves	905	52.6%
	Conservative	Barry Bowles	816	47.4%
Turnout				34.2%

2006

Worksop North East (1)
4 May 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joseph Hayward	832	50.8%
	Labour	Simon Greaves	807	49.2%
Turnout				32.3%

2004

Worksop North East (1)
10 June 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bill Graham	1,156	50.1%
	Labour	David Walsh	1,153	49.9%
Turnout

2003

Worksop North East (1)
1 May 2003

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Barry Bowles	709	54.7%
	Labour	Janet Pimperton	588	45.3%
Turnout				25.6%

2002