Bassetlaw District
Shown within Nottinghamshire
Shown within Nottinghamshire
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Constituent countryEngland
RegionEast Midlands
Administrative countyNottinghamshire
Founded1 April 1974
Admin. HQWorksop
Government
  TypeNon-metropolitan district
  Governing bodyBassetlaw District Council
  MPs:Brendan Clarke-Smith,
Robert Jenrick
Area
  Total246.3 sq mi (637.8 km2)
  Rank55th
Population
 (2021)
  Total118,351
  RankRanked 201st
  Density480/sq mi (190/km2)
Time zoneUTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
  Summer (DST)UTC+1 (British Summer Time)
Postcode Areas
DN, S
ONS code37UC (ONS)
E07000171 (GSS)
Ethnicity96.4% White
(92.0% White British)
1.2% Asian
1.2% Mixed
0.6% Black

Bassetlaw is a local government district in north Nottinghamshire, England. Its council is based in the town of Worksop; the other towns in the district are Retford, Tuxford and Harworth Bircotes. The district also contains numerous villages and surrounding rural areas.

Bassetlaw is bounded to the south by the Newark and Sherwood and Mansfield districts, to the south-west by the Bolsover district of Derbyshire, to the north-west by the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham and the City of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, to the north by North Lincolnshire, and to the east by West Lindsey.

The district is a non-constituent member of the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority.

History

The district was created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, covering the whole of two former districts and most of another two, which were all abolished at the same time:[1]

The new district was named Bassetlaw after the medieval Bassetlaw Wapentake, which had covered a similar area.[2][3] The council's logo now says "Bassetlaw District Council – North Nottinghamshire".

Governance

Bassetlaw District Council
Logo
Type
Type
Leadership
Deborah Merryweather,
Labour
since 17 May 2023[4]
James Naish,
Labour
since 22 September 2022
David Armiger
since August 2021[5]
Structure
Seats48 councillors
Political groups
Administration (38)
  Labour (38)
Other parties (10)
  Conservative (8)
  Independent (2)
Elections
Last election
4 May 2023
Next election
6 May 2027
Meeting place
Queen's Buildings, Potter Street, Worksop, S80 2AH
Website
www.bassetlaw.gov.uk

Bassetlaw District Council provides district-level services. County-level services are provided by Nottinghamshire County Council. Much of the district is also covered by civil parishes, which form a third tier of local government.[6][7]

Political control

The council has been under Labour majority control since 2011.

The first election to the council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities before coming into its powers on 1 April 1974. Political control of the council since 1974 has been as follows:[8][9]

Party in controlYears
Labour1974–1976
No overall control1976–1979
Labour1979–2004
No overall control2004–2006
Conservative2006–2010
No overall control2010–2011
Labour2011–present

Leadership

The leaders of the council since 1991 have been:[10]

Leader Seat Party From To
Graham Oxby Retford North Labour 1991 May 2006
Mike Quigley Retford East Conservative May 2006 May 2011
Graham Oxby Retford North Labour May 2011 16 May 2012
Simon Greaves Worksop North East Labour 16 May 2012 22 Sep 2022
James Naish Sturton Labour 22 Sep 2022

Composition

Following the 2023 election the composition of the council was:[11]

Party Councillors
Labour38
Conservative8
Independent2
Total48

The next election is due in 2027.

Elections

Since the last boundary changes in 2002 the council has comprised 48 councillors representing 25 wards, with each ward electing one, two or three councillors. Elections are held every four years.[12]

Most of the district is within the Bassetlaw constituency. The south-east of the district, including Tuxford, is in the Newark constituency.[7]

Premises

Council meetings are held at both Worksop Town Hall, built in 1851,[13] and Retford Town Hall, built in 1868,[14] both of which the council inherited from its predecessor authorities. The council's main offices are at Queen's Buildings, completed in 1981 on Potter Street in Worksop, adjoining the Town Hall.[15] The council also maintains an area office in Harworth.[16]

Settlements

Harworth Bircotes, a civil parish with town status in Bassetlaw District
Tuxford, a historic market town in Bassetlaw District

Bassetlaw is divided into 64 parishes, each governed by an elected parish council or parish meeting. The two main settlements of Retford and Worksop are the only areas of the district that are unparished, however, both towns are entitled to elect a town mayor via their respective charter trustees.

NameStatusImagePopulation (2011)[17]Ward(s)
RetfordUnparished
(Charter trustees)
22,023
  • Retford East
  • Retford North
  • Retford South
  • Retford West
WorksopUnparished
(Charter trustees)
43,252
  • Worksop East
  • Worksop North
  • Worksop North East
  • Worksop North West
  • Worksop South
  • Worksop South East
AskhamCivil parish

St. Nicholas' Church, Askham
181East Markham
BabworthCivil parish

Chesterfield Canal, Babworth
1,687Sutton
Barnby MoorCivil parish

Ye Olde Bell, Barnby Moor
278Sutton
BeckinghamCivil parish

All Saints' Church, Beckingham
1,098Beckingham
BevercotesCivil parish

Farm buildings in Bevercotes
UnknownEast Markham
BlythCivil parish

St Mary and St Martin's Church, Blyth
1,233Blyth
BoleCivil parish

St Martin's Church, Bole
247Sturton
BothamsallCivil parish

Lound Hall, Bothamsall
270East Markham
CarburtonCivil parish

Ollerton Road Bridge, Carburton
UnknownWelbeck
Carlton in LindrickCivil parish

St. John's Church, Carlton in Lindrick
5,623Carlton
Clarborough and WelhamCivil parish

Public house in Clarborough
1,088Clayworth
ClayworthCivil parish

St Peter's Church, Clayworth
419Clayworth
Clumber and HardwickCivil parishUnknownWelbeck
CottamCivil parish

Cottages in Cottam
108Rampton
DarltonCivil parish

St. Giles Church, Darlton
110Tuxford and Trent
Dunham-on-TrentCivil parish

St. Oswald's Church, Dunham-on-Trent
343Tuxford and Trent
East DraytonCivil parish

St. Peter's Church, East Drayton
252Tuxford and Trent
East MarkhamCivil parish

St. John the Baptist Church
1,160East Markham
EatonCivil parish

Eaton
233East Markham
ElkesleyCivil parish

St. Giles Church, Elkesley
822Welbeck
EvertonCivil parish

Holy Trinity Church, Everton
839Everton
FledboroughCivil parish

St Gregory's Church, Fledborough
UnknownTuxford and Trent
GamstonCivil parish

St Peter's Church, Gamston
246East Markham
Gringley on the HillCivil parish

St Peter & St Paul's Church
699Everton
GroveCivil parish

View towards Grove
105Rampton
Harworth BircotesCivil parish

All Saints Church, Harworth
7,948Harworth
HaughtonCivil parish

Haughton watermill
UnknownEast Markham
HaytonCivil parish

St. Peter's Church, Hayton
385Clayworth
Headon cum UptonCivil parish

St. Peter's Church, Headon
253Rampton
HodsockCivil parish

Hodsock Priory
2,472Langold
LanehamCivil parish

Signpost in Laneham
312Tuxford and Trent
LoundCivil parish

Lound
471Sutton
MarnhamCivil parish

St. Wilfrid's Church, Marnham
117Tuxford and Trent
MatterseyCivil parish

All Saints' Church, Mattersey
792Ranskill
MissonCivil parish

St. John the Baptist Church, Misson
745Everton
MistertonCivil parish

All Saints' Church, Misterton
2,140Misterton
Nether LangwithCivil parish

Public house in Nether Langwith
526Welbeck
Normanton on TrentCivil parish

St. Matthew's Church
345Tuxford and Trent
North and South WheatleyCivil parish

Church of St. Peter and St. Paul's
509Sturton
North Leverton with HabblesthorpeCivil parish

North Leverton Windmill
1,047Sturton
Norton, Cuckney, Holbeck and WelbeckCivil parish 550Welbeck
RagnallCivil parish

St.Leonard's Church, Ragnall
UnknownTuxford and Trent
Rampton and WoodbeckCivil parish

All Saints' Church, Rampton
1,139Rampton
RanskillCivil parish

Church of St Barnabas, Ranskill
1,362Rampton
RhodesiaCivil parish

Chesterfield Canal, Rhodesia
982Worksop North West
SaundbyCivil parish

Church of St Martin of Tours
165Worksop North West
ScaftworthCivil parish

Public house in Scaftworth
UnknownEverton
ScroobyCivil parish

St. Wilfrid's Church, Scrooby
315Blyth
ShireoaksCivil parish1,432Worksop North West
South LevertonCivil parish

All Saints’ Church, South Leverton
480Rampton
StokehamCivil parish

St. Peter's Church, Stokeham
UnknownRampton
Sturton le SteepleCivil parish

Sturton le Steeple
486Sturton
Styrrup with OldcotesCivil parish

St. Helen's Church, Oldcotes
684Blyth
SuttonCivil parish

St. Bartholomew's Church
673Sutton
TorworthCivil parish

Great North Road, Torworth
263Ranskill
TreswellCivil parish

St. John the Baptist Church, Treswell
211Rampton
TuxfordCivil parish

Tuxford High Street
2,649Tuxford and Trent
WalkeringhamCivil parish

St. Mary Magdalene Church, Walkeringham
1,022Beckingham
WallingwellsCivil parish

Wallingwells Hall
22Carlton
West BurtonCivil parishUnknownSturton
West DraytonCivil parish

West Drayton
225East Markham
West MarkhamCivil parish

All Saints' Church, West Markham
170East Markham
West StockwithCivil parish

West Stockwith lock
327Misterton
WisetonCivil parish

Cottages in Wiseton
UnknownClayworth

Wards

Bassetlaw is divided into 25 wards for electoral purposes. Each ward returns either one, two or three councillors at each election depending upon the number of electors within each ward.[18]

  1. Beckingham
  2. Blyth
  3. Carlton
  4. Clayworth
  5. East Markham
  6. East Retford East
  7. East Retford North
  8. East Retford South
  9. East Retford West
  10. Everton
  11. Harworth
  12. Langold
  13. Misterton
  1. Rampton
  2. Ranskill
  3. Sturton
  4. Sutton
  5. Tuxford and Trent
  6. Welbeck
  7. Worksop East
  8. Worksop North
  9. Worksop North East
  10. Worksop North West
  11. Worksop South
  12. Worksop South East

Demography

Population

Population of Bassetlaw (1811–2011)
Year Population Year Population Year Population
1811 25,813 1881 43,735 1951 101,590
1821 30,148 1891 45,203 1961 99,221
1831 32,950 1901 50,796 1971 96,918
1841 34,961 1911 57,084 1981 101,119
1851 37,180 1921 63,854 1991 105,354
1861 39,365 1931 71,427 2001 107,701
2011 112,863
Pre-1974 statistics were gathered from local government areas that now comprise Bassetlaw.
Source: Great Britain Historical GIS.[19]

Religion

Religion Percent[20]
Christian81.53%
Buddhist0.09%
Hindu0.13%
Jewish0.05%
Muslim0.33%
Sikh0.07%
No religion9.99%

Town twinning

References

  1. "The English Non-metropolitan District (Definition) Order 1972", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1972/2039, retrieved 17 November 2023
  2. "The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Names) Order 1973", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1973/551, retrieved 31 May 2023
  3. "Bassetlaw | district, England, United Kingdom | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  4. "Council minutes, 17 May 2023". Bassetlaw District Council. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  5. "Committee report, 28 April 2022" (PDF). Bassetlaw District Council. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  6. "Local Government Act 1972", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1972 c. 70, retrieved 31 May 2023
  7. 1 2 "Election Maps". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  8. "Compositions calculator". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  9. "Bassetlaw". BBC News Online. 19 April 2008. Retrieved 11 September 2009.
  10. "Council minutes". Bassetlaw District Council. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  11. "Local elections 2023: live council results for England". The Guardian.
  12. "The District of Bassetlaw (Electoral Changes) Order 2000", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2000/3285, retrieved 20 December 2023
  13. Historic England. "Worksop Town Hall (1045762)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  14. Historic England. "Town Hall (1370374)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  15. "The Queen going on a walk about around Worksop 5 June 1981". Worksop Guardian. 25 February 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  16. "Contact and find us". Bassetlaw District Council. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  17. "Local Area Reports". Nomis - Official Labour Market Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  18. "Bassetlaw". Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  19. Bassetlaw District: Historical statistics: Population, A Vision of Britain through Time, retrieved 18 April 2011
  20. Bassetlaw: Census Area Statistics, Office for National Statistics, retrieved 18 April 2011

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