This page was last edited on 14 July 2022, at 12:42. Scott says while some of his friends may be less enamoured with Boris Johnson after his mishandling of Covid, Keir Starmer has still to prove himself. Birklands, Meden (both in the Warsop area). The north-east has also seen profound changes in the politics of its residents. Its time to turn Bassetlaw red at the next General Election. Although she was the vice chairwoman for campaigning, she did not hold a role as an officer in Bassetlaw Labour. Ms Yates' suspension comes after tweets were sent out from an account that appeared to belong to her under the screen name 'Val' and the handle @chuffbag24. I know all parties stitch up selections to secure their preferred candidates, but this was of a different order. The Labour members of Bassetlaw had placed their trust in me. A stroke seven years ago forced him to retire from Bassetlaw Learning Centre where he was working with pupils excluded from school. Local Government in Nottinghamshire is organised on a two-tier basis, with local district councils responsible for local services such as housing, local planning and refuse collection and Nottinghamshire County Council responsible for "wide-area" services, including education, social services and public transport. Bassetlaw was created as a non-metropolitan district in 1974 by the merger of the municipal boroughs of Worksop and East Retford and most of Worksop Rural District and East Retford Rural District following the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Mrs Gimson, a former councillor in Camden, north London, told the BBC that on Friday she was informed of a complaint made against her from within her local party in Camden. It was this that led me to join the Labour Party to stand up and fight for the area I am proud to call home. He says he was one of the few people he knew who voted both remain and Labour. Local government boundary changes in the 1930s now meant that Bassetlaw County Constituency was defined as comprising the Municipal Boroughs of East Retford and Worksop, the Urban District of Warsop and the Rural Districts of East Retford and Worksop. He was succeeded at that year's election by fellow Labour politician John Mann, who retained the seat at the next four elections. What's he waiting for? My suddenremoval as the parliamentary candidate for Bassetlaw shows how moderates are being frozen out of the party. Local Government in Nottinghamshire is organised on a two-tier basis, with local district councils responsible for local services such as housing, local planning and refuse collection and Nottinghamshire County Council responsible for "wide-area" services, including education, social services and public transport. The Labour Party said it did not comment on its internal selection processes. He is disillusioned with politics. Bassetlaw Division was now defined as containing the Municipal Borough of East Retford, the Urban Districts of Warsop and Worksop, and the Rural Districts of Blyth & Cuckney, Misterton and East Retford, with the civil parish of Sookholme from Skegby Rural District. My childhood was dominated by my mum studying for . Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results. The quick and essential guide to domestic and global politics from the New Statesman's politics team. He stood down in 2017. The Tories have slashed funding to Bassetlaw Council by10m. A weekly round-up of some of the best articles featured in the most recent issue of the New Statesman, sent each Saturday. In 2011 I became a Labour councillor in Camden and served in the cabinet. It was my neighbour who encouraged me to join. [4], Coordinates: .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}5324N 057W / 53.40N 0.95W / 53.40; -0.95. Labour first won the seat in the 1929 general election. Bassetlaw District Council was created in 1974 following the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. The first elections to the council took place on 7 June 1973, which resulted in the Labour Party taking control of the newly created council after winning 29 of 51 seats available. Neeraj Patil has made it on to the shortlist. Former journalist and campaigner Sally Gimson announced on 27 October that she was "delighted to have been selected" to represent Labour in Bassetlaw, Nottinghamshire. The Bassetlaw constituency is mostly rural and covers the north of Nottinghamshire, including the towns of Worksop and Retford. All these foreign countries want to do business with us they cant afford not to. Hawara: 'What happened was horrific and barbaric', The people who want you to believe the Ukraine war is fake. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. The profile picture linked to the account matched a profile picture used by a Facebook account belonging to Ms Yates. She said she had been recently elected to a new role, Sign up to our free email alerts for the top daily stories sent straight to your e-mail. I was intending to live there if I won. The seat voted strongly for Brexit in the 2016 referendum. The Conservative Party suffered its worst defeat in Bassetlaw since 1973, winning only 5 seats of the 12 seats it was defending. The Bassetlaw Division (named after one of the ancient Wapentakes of the county) as originally created in 1885 consisted of the municipal borough of East Retford, the petty sessional divisions of Retford and Worksop and part of Mansfield petty sessional division. Currently the confirmed candidates for the seat are: Green Party, Kristopher Wragg; Brexit Party, Debbie Soloman and Liberal Democrat, Helen Tamblyn-Saville. This page was last edited on 29 December 2022, at 19:16. My aim has always been to make our local party a welcoming place for people like my daughter. The Labour Party has suspended Bassetlaw Labour's vice chairwoman for campaigning pending investigation after it was believed that she posted abusive messages on Twitter. In that year, the town of East Retford and the neighbouring areas were transferred to the redrawn Newark constituency. A poll for Channel 4 earlier this month of 45 red wall seats won by the Tories in the North and Midlands in 2019, found that 16% of 2019 Conservative voters say they do not know how they would vote now, while 7% say they would switch directly to Labour. Read about our approach to external linking. In 2006, the Conservatives gained control of the council for the first time and held control until 2010 when a series of by-election defeats caused them to lose their majority. Follow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Local members wanted a moderate on the ballot paper and as the selection had reopened for women not enough had applied this was an opportunity. The constituency was held by the Labour Party until December 2019, when the incumbent Labour MP John Mann stood down to take on a full-time role as the government's antisemitism tsar. In the letter they said: "The Labour Party has undertaken a process that is an utter sham conducted with no concern for the truth or fairness but with the single objective of ensuring our client does not run.". Original hand signed autograph - Emanuel 'Manny' Shinwell - 1983DedicatedIn poor condition - creases present & marks showing from damage to reverse - please see photosMeasures approx. It comes on the same day that three former Labour MPs - including Jeremy Corbyn ally Chris Williamson - were barred from standing by the NEC. She also criticised current Conservative MP Brendan Clarke-Smith, who represents Bassetlaw, describing him as "rude" and "contemptuous," and the wider legacy of the Conservatives in the UK. Well done, Darrell Pulk. Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. No one understood what Labour stood for. We dont stand together., Although he voted Labour 12 months ago, Potts has since left the party after 40 years, including a stint as a local councillor. It is predominantly rural, with two towns: Worksop and Retford. The district was formed in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972. Sitting in the living room of the council house he bought under right-to-buy with the payoff when he left Shireoaks, the ironys not lost on Bell that he benefited from one of Margaret Thatchers flagship policies, but he says he didnt know if hed ever work again so he needed to keep the roof over his familys heads. I first met George Bell on the 20th anniversary of the 1984-85 miners strike when he and many fellow miners had swapped the camaraderie of the coalface for jobs in the public sector and charities helping communities devastated by the closure of the local pits. The council resolved in 2014 to hold all-out elections from 2015 onwards, with all 48 councillors elected in all-out elections every four years. Read about our approach to external linking. The previous Bassetlaw District Council election occurred in 2019 and resulted in the Labour Party winning 37 seats and . The most recent council election on 2 May 2019 resulted in the Labour Party retaining its control of the council with an increased majority. Bassetlaw. No official complaint has ever been made about me in all my time as a member and on the contrary I have numerous character references from my local party in Holborn and St Pancras. A year after the collapse of the red wall, Alison Benjamin revisited Nottinghamshire. [1] Prior to this election, the council decided to move to all-out elections from 2015. "Dan Henderson & Sue Shaw for Retford East", "One Of Your Labour Candidates For Retford North", "Your Labour Candidates For Retford South", "Your Labour Candidates For Worksop East", "Your Labour Candidates For Worksop North East", "Your Labour Candidates For Worksop South", "Your Labour Candidates For Worksop South East", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2023_Bassetlaw_District_Council_election&oldid=1140177993, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 18 February 2023, at 21:03. We also may change the frequency you receive our emails from us in order to keep you up to date and give you the best relevant information possible. Weve opened Pandoras box. Bassetlaw was for many years a safe seat for the Labour Party. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. The council resolved in 2014 to hold all-out elections from 2015 onwards, with all 48 councillors elected in all-out elections every four years. Born and bred in Worksop, once the areas industrial powerhouse, Whitehead believes demographic changes also have a lot to do with Labour losing a quarter of its votes in Bassetlaw at the last general election and a 7% swing to the Tories in neighbouring Bolsover, where Dennis Skinner lost his seat after 49 years. The local party backed Ms Gimson at an emergency meeting on Wednesday night and appealed to Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn to "see sense". Bassetlaw, NottinghamshireBassetlawLabour.co.ukJoined January 2012 248Following 408Followers Tweets Tweets & replies Media Likes Bassetlaw Labour's Tweets Bassetlaw was announced as one of a second tranche of 21 seats in which the Constituency Labour Party (CLP) was allowed by the central party to get started on its selection process early. Sally Gimson is a former Labour parliamentary candidate and a former Camden councillor. The Labour MP for Bassetlaw has long been an outspoken critic of his party leader, claiming that "people see him as a loser". [7], In the December 2019 general election, the Conservatives won the seat with a swing from Labour of 18.4%, the largest recorded in the election. In 1950, the five Parliamentary Divisions of Nottinghamshire were reorganised as six County Constituencies. Bassetlaw constituency then comprised Worksop and surrounding areas in the Bassetlaw district as well as the town of Warsop in the Mansfield district (see list of wards during this period below). [n 2] Before that election, the seat had been part of the so-called "red wall", being held by the Labour Party since 1929. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. I usually end up singing in a bar somewhere with George, says Dave Anderson, 67, a gala committee member. The Tories have betrayed the trust of local people in Bassetlaw. The New Statesmans global affairs newsletter, every Monday and Friday. My dad worked at Manton Colliery before establishing his own business in Worksop. Patil was mayor of Lambeth from 2010 to 2011 and served as a councillor in the borough for seven years. PURPOSE OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY The Conservative Party are. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. A former parliamentary candidate has confirmed she is to take legal action over her deselection. Ms Gimson said: "I am baffled that when we have a party which talks about justice and fairness, and also talks about how local members need to be making decisions, that the central party can come in and say the decision made by local members here in Bassetlaw is not valid and they cannot endorse me.". Put other recent Notts results into some perspective. Outside of politics, Patil has worked as a doctor in the NHS for 27 years. I decided rather than talk the talk I am going to walk the walk and in today's local Labour Party AGM I was elected vice [chairwoman] for campaigning. Yet once the country voted to leave, however, he believes Labour should have accepted the decision and fought for a proper deal. The views expressed in these comments do not represent the views of the Bassetlaw Labour Party and we disassociate ourselves from them completely. I hadnt expected to apply for Bassetlaw, nor even to stand as a candidateat this election. The electricians, brick works, timber yards and other industries that used to service the mines are all long gone. And there are now at least eight food banks. They said: "We are aware of comments made online by one of our members recently. BBC Radio Nottingham political reporter Hugh Casswell said local supporters were "incandescent with rage" at the deselection. It is where I raised my three children and serve as Deputy Leader at Bassetlaw District Council and as Cabinet Member for Regeneration. [n 2]Before that election, the seat had been part of the so-called "red wall", being held by the Labour Partysince 1929. He had become a homelessness officer for Bassetlaw district council in Nottinghamshire, and was an active Unison branch secretary, using skills gained from his days in the National Union of Mineworkers to fight for employees terms and conditions, when the council transferred its housing staff to a new organisation. Residents' health and wealth are slightly below the UK average.[3]. A by-election followed. She is the wife of former MP John Mann and worked as his office manager between 2003 and 2019. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected; Coordinates: .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}5324N 057W / 53.40N 0.95W / 53.40; -0.95, Bassetlaw constituency boundaries, shown within the county of Nottinghamshire, As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig, Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916, British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig, Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901, Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886, candidate endorsed by the coalition government, List of parliamentary constituencies in Nottinghamshire, "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England", "Labour's John Mann quits as MP to join House of Lords", "Sally Gimson: Bassetlaw Labour candidate deselected by NEC", "Deselected Bassetlaw candidate Sally Gimson drops legal fight", "New Labour MP candidate announced after selection row", "Conservatives take Bassetlaw with biggest swing of night - ending 90 years of Labour dominance", Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 1), UK General Election February 1974 results, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bassetlaw_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&oldid=1098152653, 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. 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