Worksop North (Bassetlaw electoral ward)

Worksop North 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 6,882 as of 2019.

Worksop North
Electoral ward
Electorate	6,882 (2019)
District	Bassetlaw
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Postcode district	S81
UK Parliament	Bassetlaw
Councillors	3

It consists of the northern area of the Gateford estate in Worksop, between Carlton Road and Gateford Road.

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

Councillors

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.

Election	Councillor		Councillor		Councillor
2002		Avril Barsley (Labour)		Allan Makeman (Labour)		John Clayton (Labour)
2003
2004
2006		Steven Burton (Conservative)
2007						Bill Barker (Labour)
2008				Vicky Wanless (Conservative)
2010		David Potts (Labour)
2011
2012				Gwynneth Jones (Labour)
2014
2015						Sarah Farncombe (Labour)
2019		Maria Charlesworth (Labour)				Neil Sanders (Labour)
2023				Laura Sanders (Labour)

Elections

2023

Worksop North (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maria Charlesworth (inc)	1,072	48.8%	0.7%
	Labour	Neil Sanders (inc)	1,031
	Labour	Laura Sanders	960
	Conservative	Ben Storey	677	30.8%	7.6%
	Conservative	Helen Colton	663
	Conservative	Barry Bowles	593
	Green	Jack Best	281	12.8%	NEW
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Russell	168	7.6%	NEW
Turnout			1,982	26.7%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

2019

Worksop North (3)
2 May 2019

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maria Charlesworth	874	49.5%	3.4%
	Labour	Neil Sanders	843
	Labour	Gwynneth Jones	826
	UKIP	Glen Marshall	482	27.3%	0.5%
	Conservative	Neil Dexter	410	23.2%	3.8%
	Conservative	Alan Tonks	344
	Conservative	Roger Vernon	338
Turnout			1,706	24.8%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

2015

Worksop North (3)
7 May 2015

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sarah Farncombe	2,130	46.1%
	Labour	Gwynneth Jones	1,971
	Labour	David Potts	1,731
	Conservative	Perry Offer	1,248	27%
	UKIP	Rachel Briggs	1,239	26.8%
Turnout				60.8%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

2014

Worksop North (1)
22 May 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Potts	980	51.4%
	UKIP	Deidre Vernon	593	31.1%
	Conservative	Perry Offer	333	17.5%
Turnout

2012

Worksop North (1)
3 May 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gwynneth Jones	1,323	76.8%
	Conservative	David Alan Hare	400	23.2%
Turnout				25.9%

2011

Worksop North (1)
5 May 2011

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Barker	1,733	71.3%
	Conservative	Hannah Wright	696	28.7%
Turnout				37.1%

2010

Worksop North (1)
6 May 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Potts	2,428	62.1%
	Conservative	Peter Ashford	1,480	37.9%
Turnout				61.7%

2008

Worksop North (1)
1 May 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Vicky Wanless	907	51.8%
	Labour	David Potts	843	48.2%
Turnout

2007

Worksop North (1)
3 May 2007

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Barker	981	55.2%
	Conservative	Vicky Wanless	795	44.8%
Turnout				27.8%

2006

Worksop North (1)
4 May 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Steven Geoffrey Burton	881	53.6%
	Labour	Vaughan Thomas	763	46.4%
Turnout				25.9%

2004

Worksop North (1)
10 June 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Allan Makeman	1,283	53.7%
	Conservative	Christopher Wanless	1,105	46.3%
Turnout

2003

Worksop North (1)
1 May 2003

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Clayton	671	54.2%
	Conservative	Valerie Bowles	567	45.8%
Turnout				20.8%