2006 Bassetlaw District Council election

2006 Bassetlaw District Council election
One third of seats to Bassetlaw District Council (16 seats); 25 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	30.6%
	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 ; Conservative;

The 2006 Bassetlaw District Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Bassetlaw District Council in Nottinghamshire, England. One third of the council was up for election.

Election result

The Conservative Party won nine seats, taking their overall number of seats to 28, and gained control of the council for the first time since the Bassetlaw district was created in 1974.

Overall result
Party		Seats (2006)	Seats (Council)	Seats (Change)
	Conservative	9	28	+4
	Labour	7	14	-4
	Liberal Democrats	0	1	-
	Independent	0	5	-
Registered electors		69,032
Votes cast		21,134
Turnout		30.6%

Ward results

Carlton

Carlton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Helen Colton	787	50.6%
	Labour	Gary Moore	767	49.4%
Turnout			1,575	33.9%
Registered electors			4,642

East Retford East

East Retford East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Wendy Quigley	1,467	72.7%
	Labour	Vivien Thomas	551	27.3%
Turnout			2,038	37.3%
Registered electors			5,470

East Retford North

East Retford North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Graham Oxby	889	50.5%
	Conservative	Michael Gray	873	49.5%
Turnout			1,771	36.9%
Registered electors			4,798

East Retford South

East Retford South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Carolyn Troop	618	56.9%
	Conservative	Stephen Thornhill	468	43.1%
Turnout			1,091	33.2%
Registered electors			3,287

East Retford West

East Retford West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Margaret Skelton	602	65.5%
	Labour	James Napier	317	34.5%
Turnout			926	28.8%
Registered electors			3,214

Everton

Everton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Annette Simpson	484	59.4%
	BNP	David Otter	177	21.7%
	Labour	Philip Goodliffe	154	18.9%
Turnout			815	46.7%
Registered electors			1,773

Harworth

Harworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Frank Hart	798	56.2%
	Independent	Denise Challinor	623	43.8%
Turnout			1,421	25.2%
Registered electors			5,673

Langold

Langold
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Gillian Freeman	344	69.2%
	Conservative	Tracey Taylor	153	30.8%
Turnout			497	26.4%
Registered electors			1,905

Misterton

Misterton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Raymond Simpson	321	50.7%
	Labour	Jose Barry	312	49.3%
Turnout			633	33.1%
Registered electors			1,915

Tuxford and Trent

Tuxford and Trent
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Keith Isard	803	73.1%
	Labour	Pamela Skelding	295	26.9%
Turnout			1,098	33.8%
Registered electors			3,301

Worksop East

Worksop East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Griffith Wynne	812	52.2%
	Independent	William Rodgers	744	47.8%
Turnout			1,556	30.4%
Registered electors			5,127

Worksop North

Worksop North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Steven Burton	881	53.6%
	Labour	Vaughan Thomas	763	46.4%
Turnout			1,644	26.0%
Registered electors			6,357

Worksop North East

Worksop North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Joseph Hayward	832	50.8%
	Labour	Simon Greaves	807	49.2%
Turnout			1,639	32.3%
Registered electors			5,113

Worksop North West

Worksop North West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David Pressley	797	55.9%
	Conservative	Vicky Wanless	629	44.1%
Turnout			1,426	26.4%
Registered electors			5,499

Worksop South

Worksop South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Christopher Wanless	1,114	60.5%
	Labour	Rory Palmer	728	39.5%
Turnout			1,842	34.6%
Registered electors			5,457

Worksop South East

Worksop South East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Brian Hopkinson	809	69.6%
	Conservative	Maria Critchley	353	30.4%
Turnout			1,162	21.3%
Registered electors			5,501

References

2006 Bassetlaw election result (Archive)