2007 Bassetlaw District Council election

The 2007 Bassetlaw District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Bassetlaw District Council in Nottinghamshire, England. One third of the council was up for election.

2007 Bassetlaw District Council election

3 May 2007 (2007-05-03)
One third of seats to Bassetlaw District Council (16 seats) 25 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	32.1%
First party Second party Third party   Con Lab Ind Party Conservative Labour Independent Seats won 9 6 1 Seats after 27 16 5 Seat change 1 2
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

The Conservative Party retained control of the council, winning nine of sixteen seats up for election, and twenty-seven seats overall. Notably, the Liberal Democrats lost their only seat on the council to the Conservatives in the Ranskill ward.

Overall result
Party		Seats (2007)	Seats (Council)	Seats (Change)
	Conservative	9	27	-1
	Labour	6	16	+2
	Independent	1	5	-
Registered electors		62,838
Votes cast		20,181
Turnout		32.1%

Ward results

Blyth

Blyth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Terry Yates	509	74.7%
	Labour	Peter Abell	172	25.3%
Turnout			681	38.4%
Registered electors			1,801

Carlton

Carlton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Hare	903	52.0%
	Labour	Gary Moore	832	48.0%
Turnout			1,735	37.3%
Registered electors			4,663

East Markham

East Markham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Ogle	734	83.5%
	Labour	Roderick Pickford	145	16.5%
Turnout			879	47.7%
Registered electors			1,843

East Retford East

East Retford East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jim Holland	1,197	67.5%
	Labour	Pam Skelding	577	32.5%
Turnout			1,774	32.9%
Registered electors			5,483

East Retford North

East Retford North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Pugsley	1,094	61.4%
	Labour	Vaughan Thomas	689	38.6%
Turnout			1,783	37.7%
Registered electors			4,801

Harworth

Harworth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Clayton	1,066	71.2%
	Conservative	Carole Mangham	431	28.8%
Turnout			1,497	25.9%
Registered electors			5,800

Rampton

Rampton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeffery Rickells	Unopposed

Ranskill

Ranskill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Gray	392	57.2%
	Labour	Viv Thomas	152	22.2%
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Hunter	141	20.6%
Turnout			685	38.2%
Registered electors			1,776

Sturton

Sturton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Hugh Burton	640	83.6%
	Labour	Cadell Thomas	126	16.4%
Turnout			766	43.4%
Registered electors			1,775

Welbeck

Welbeck

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mary Stokes	401	59.1%
	Labour	Robin Carrington-Wilde	277	40.9%
Turnout			678	41.1%
Registered electors			1,661

Worksop East

Worksop East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Cliff Entwistle	953	57.9%
	Independent	Martin Introna	692	42.1%
Turnout			1,645	32.5%
Registered electors			5,071

Worksop North

Worksop North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Barker	981	55.2%
	Conservative	Vicky Wanless	795	44.8%
Turnout			1,776	27.8%
Registered electors			6,412

Worksop North East

Worksop North East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Simon Greaves	905	52.6%
	Conservative	Barry Bowles	816	47.4%
Turnout			1,721	34.2%
Registered electors			5,084

Worksop North West

Worksop North West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Rhodes	893	59.0%
	Conservative	Tracey Taylor	621	41.0%
Turnout			1,514	27.5%
Registered electors			5,553

Worksop South

Worksop South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julie Smith	1,217	67.5%
	Labour	Mick Golding	587	32.5%
Turnout			1,804	33.5%
Registered electors			5,466

Worksop South East

Worksop South East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Josie Potts	917	73.8%
	Conservative	Philip Smith	326	26.2%
Turnout			1,243	22.3%
Registered electors			5,649

References

• 2007 Bassetlaw election result