2006 Bassetlaw District Council election

4 May 2006 (2006-05-04)

One third of seats to Bassetlaw District Council (16 seats)
25 seats needed for a majority
Turnout30.6%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Con
Lab
Ind
Party Conservative Labour Independent
Seats won 9 7 0
Seats after 28 14 5
Seat change Increase4 Decrease4 Steady

  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

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