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Bassetlaw
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Nottinghamshire
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County
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1885
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Nottinghamshire
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Nottinghamshire
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East Midlands
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John Mann
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Labour
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is a
Constituency represented in the
House Of Commons of the
Parliament Of The United Kingdom . It elects one
Member Of Parliament (MP) by the
First Past The Post system of election.
The Bassetlaw constituency covers the north of
Nottinghamshire , including the town of
Worksop . It shares the name of the
Bassetlaw district although the boundaries of the two differ; in particular, the constituency does not contain the town of
Retford , which is in the
Newark constituency.
Since
1997 , the constituency has included the following
Wards of Bassetlaw district:
:Beckingham, Blyth, Carlton, Clayworth, Everton, Harworth East, Harworth West, Hodsock, Misterton, Rampton, Ranskill, Sturton, Sutton, Welbeck, Worksop East, Worksop North, Worksop North East, Worksop North West, Worksop South, Worksop South East.
The constituency also includes the town of
Warsop , with it containing the Birklands and Meden wards of the
Mansfield district.
Following their review of parliamentary boundaries in
Nottinghamshire , the
Boundary Commission For England has made only minor changes to the existing constituencies to allow for population changes. The boundaries of the modified constituency to be fought at the
Next General Election are;
- From the District of Bassetlaw - :- Beckingham, Blyth, Carlton, Clayworth, East Retford East, East Retford North, East Retford South, East Retford West, Everton, Harworth, Langold, Misterton, Ranskill, Sturton, Sutton, Welbeck, Worksop East, Worksop North, Worksop North East, Worksop North West, Worksop South and Worksop South East
The constituency was created in
1885 by the
Redistribution Of Seats Act .
The Bassetlaw Division (named after one of the ancient
Wapentakes of the county) as originally constituted included the borough of
East Retford , the
Petty Sessional Division s of
Retford and
Worksop and part of
Mansfield petty sessional division.
In
1918 the number of parliamentary divisions in
Nottinghamshire was increased from four to five, with resulting changes in boundaries. Bassetlaw Division was now defined as containg the Borough of
East Retford , the
Urban District s of Warsop and Worksop and the
Rural District s of
Blyth & Cuckney ,
Misterton and East Retford, with the
Civil Parish of
Sookholme from the
Skegby Rural District.
In
1948 the five Parliamentary Divisions of Nottinghamshire were reorganised as six County Constituencies. The boundaries of Bassetlaw County Constituency were virtually unchanged, though local government changes in the
1930s now meant that it was defined as comprising the Boroughs of East Retford and Worksop, the Urban District of
Warsop and the Rural Districts of East Retford and Worksop.
The constituency's boundaries then remained unchanged until
1983 . In that year the town of East Retford and the neighbouring areas were transferred to the
Newark constituency. Bassetlaw constituency then comprised Worksop and surrounding areas in the Bassetlaw district as well as the town of Warsop in the
Mansfield district. There were only minor boundary changes in
1997 .
Bassetlaw is a
Safe Seat for the
Labour Party , with them having held it since
1935 . In fact, Labour first won the seat in the
1929 General Election . However its
Member Of Parliament Malcolm MacDonald was one of the few Labour MPs to join his father
Ramsay MacDonald 's
National Government . MacDonald held the seat as a
National Labour candidate in the
1931 Election , but was defeated at the next election in
1935 by Labour's
Frederick Bellenger .
Bellenger held his seat until his death in
1968 . The subsequent
By-election was won by
Joe Ashton , who served as MP until his retirement at the
2001 General Election . The current MP, since
2001 , is
John Mann .
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Conservative Party (UK)
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Jonathan Sheppard
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12,010
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298
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-04
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Liberal Democrats (UK)
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David Dobbie
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5,485
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136
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+09
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Conservative Party (UK)
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Alison Holley
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11,758
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302
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+53
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Liberal Democrats (UK)
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Neil Taylor
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4,942
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127
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+25
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Socialist Labour Party (UK)
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Kevin Meloy
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689
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18
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''N/A''
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Conservative Party (UK)
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Martin Cleasby
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11,838
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247
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-103
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Liberal Democrats (UK)
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Mike Kerringan
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4,950
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103
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-13
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Referendum Party
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R Graham
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1,838
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38
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''N/A''
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Liberal Democrats (UK)
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Michael Reynolds
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6,340
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116
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