In 1950, the five Parliamentary Divisions of Nottinghamshire were reorganised as six County Constituencies. More than two-thirds of voters in the constituency backed Leave in the referendum of 2016. And so it was. It shares the name with the Bassetlaw district. A stroke seven years ago forced him to retire from Bassetlaw Learning Centre where he was working with pupils excluded from school. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Sally Gimson said last month she was "delighted to have been selected" to represent Labour in Bassetlaw, Nottinghamshire. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Bassetlaw/bstl/is a parliamentary constituency[n 1]in Nottinghamshire, represented in the House of Commonsof the UK Parliamentsince the 2019 general electionby Brendan Clarke-Smith, a Conservative. The New Statesmans global affairs newsletter, every Monday and Friday. The Labour Party has removed a parliamentary candidate, less than two weeks after she received the endorsement of her local party. Bassetlaw. It is predominantly rural, with two towns: Worksop and Retford. Lawyers Mischon de Reya have written to the Governance and Legal Unit of the Labour Party. From an actual Tory MP Speaking to LBC's Andrew Pierce, Mr Mann called for him to stand. I had spoken to Anderson in 2004 when he had gone from being a fitter at the Eppleton colliery in Durham to a care services officer for Newcastle city council. I usually end up singing in a bar somewhere with George, says Dave Anderson, 67, a gala committee member. Weve opened Pandoras box. With you on our side, we are stronger in this fight. [n 2] Before that election, the seat had been part of the so-called "red wall", being held by the Labour Party since 1929. Covering Retford, Worksop, Harworth & Bircotes and our rural villages. Despite torycuts, Bassetlaw now has the largest Council House building programme in a generation and pays. and others attesting to my upstanding behaviour and probity in general and at meetings. 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. It is bounded to the north by the Metropolitan Boroughs of Doncaster and Rotherham, the east by West Lindsey, the west by both the Borough of Chesterfield and North East Derbyshire and the south by Mansfield District and Newark and Sherwood. Surprisingly, I was long-listed and then short-listed. Lincolnshire Live reached out to Ms Yates for comment but did not receive a response. My dad worked at Manton Colliery before establishing his own business in Worksop. [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. The Labour Party has until 14 November to name its new candidate. Read about our approach to external linking. The views expressed in these comments do not represent the views of the Bassetlaw Labour Party and we disassociate ourselves from them completely. "2019 District & Parish Council Elections", "Conservatives bar council candidates over Facebook posts", "Notice of vacancy in office of District Councillor", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2019_Bassetlaw_District_Council_election&oldid=1141089180, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 23 February 2023, at 08:17. The previous Bassetlaw District Council election occurred in 2019 and resulted in the Labour Party winning 37 seats and . Ex-coal miners from the Shireoaks Colliery near Worksop in Nottinghamshire. Brendan Clarke-Smith MP for Bassetlaw My Map News Surgeries & Events Contact Constituency Office 16 Bridge Place, Worksop, Nottinghamshire, S80 1JS 01909 738 956 brendan.clarkesmith.mp@parliament.uk Westminster Office House of Commons, Palace of Westminster, London, SW1A 0AA 020 7219 4272 brendan.clarkesmith.mp@parliament.uk Brendan on Facebook 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. In 1918, the number of parliamentary divisions in Nottinghamshire was increased from four to five, with resulting changes in boundaries. Labour officials have been accused of mounting a "smear campaign" against one of the party's election candidates after she was dumped just days after being selected. But on Wednesday, Labour's National Executive Committee (NEC) axed her over "very serious allegations". BBC Radio Nottingham political reporter Hugh Casswell said local supporters were "incandescent with rage" at the deselection. Labour first won the seat in the 1929 general election. The Conservative Party are expected to choose their candidate shortly and Labour have until 14 November to make their final selection. From 1983 to 2010, the constituency comprised the following Bassetlaw district wards: On a historical measure, this had been a very safe seat for the Labour Party before 2019, with their own or related candidates having held it since the 1929 general election. I am a Remainer, living in London, and I had been given the opportunity to fight to represent the people of this wonderful place for a party that I love. VideoRecord numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. Currently the confirmed candidates for the seat are: Green Party, Kristopher Wragg; Brexit Party, Debbie Soloman and Liberal Democrat, Helen Tamblyn-Saville. Definitions and Explanations . 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. 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. [n 2] Before that election, the seat had been part of the so-called "red wall", being held by the Labour Party since 1929. Support 100 years of independent journalism. It is for her, and women from all walks of life, that I want to make a difference. A spokesperson for Bassetlaw Labour said the group was aware of the comments. My aim has always been to make our local party a welcoming place for people like my daughter. The second name on the list is Jo White. I am a Remainer,living in London, andI had been given the opportunity to fight to represent the people of this wonderful place for a party that I love. The Liberal Democrats gained a seat from Labour in East Retford West, the first Liberal Democrat elected in Bassetlaw since 2006. He was an active party member and very much a believer that being a member was the best way of being involved in the local community. It is important there are a broad range of people representing the party and that its MPs are reflective of society. It is where I raised my three children and serve as Deputy Leader at Bassetlaw District Council and as Cabinet Member for Regeneration. 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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). It is predominantly rural, with two towns: Worksop and Retford. The Conservative Party have won 4 by elections in 2021, taking 2 seats from Labour Party and 1 seat from Independents . . We desperately need to defeat the Tories and secure a Labour government, but we will have difficulty doing so if we alienate our members and give natural Labour people excuses not to vote for us. Further 2011 Census statistics are available from the Nomis wizard/advanced query for areas in England and Wales and the SCROL site for areas in Scotland.. Census figures are used as these provide the only comprehensive source of labour market information at ward . In the pub, they say things like If they [foreign workers] are in our factories we havent got control. He contested Putney constituency at the 2017 election, coming second to the Tory candidate by 1,554 votes. They didnt trust Labour to follow Brexit through and enough believed the Corbyn caricatures in the tabloids.. Bassetlaw District Council held local elections on 2 May 2019 along with other councils in England as part of the 2019 local elections. However, its Member of parliament Malcolm MacDonald was one of the few Labour MPs to join his father Ramsay MacDonald's National Government. Ms Yates tweeted again on May 20: "Oh the disappointment that a family of screaming kids have moved in next door to shatter the idyllic peace we came here for.". ", In a tweet dated May 5 this year, Ms Yates appeared to express disdain for the town of Worksop, describing it as an "utter [expletive] place where an earthquake would improve it". The full list of candidates has been released for the upcoming Bassetlaw District Council elections. The Labour Party has until 14 November to name its new candidate. Sign up to receive information regarding NS events, subscription offers & product updates. Northernmost district of Nottinghamshire, England, Learn how and when to remove this template message, "Bassetlaw voters reject Labour in 'gigantic' swing to Tories at General Election", Local Government Boundary Commission for England, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bassetlaw_District&oldid=1130351275, Non-metropolitan districts of Nottinghamshire, Articles needing additional references from November 2016, All articles needing additional references, Short description is different from Wikidata, Pages using infobox settlement with no coordinates, Articles needing additional references from September 2022, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0. The Conservatives, led by Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin, won the most seats, but Labour, led by Ramsay MacDonald, and H. H. Asquith's reunited Liberal Party gained enough seats to produce a hung parliament.It is the most recent UK general election in which a third party (here, the Liberals) won over 100 seats. . 2023 BBC. The 1923 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 6 December 1923. These wards were transferred to Mansfield constituency in 2010. Read about our approach to external linking. Support my campaign and lets win Bassetlaw for Labour. I hadnt expected to apply for Bassetlaw, nor even to stand as a candidateat this election. Labour regained control of the council following the 1979 local elections and continued to hold a majority of seats on the council for a further 25 years until they once again lost their majority in 2004. The New Statesmans weekly environment email on the politics, business and culture of the climate and nature crises - in your inbox every Thursday. Two weeks ago I thought I was going to be the Labour parliamentary candidate for Bassetlaw. Sally Gimson was last week. Therefore, I was astonished that five days after my winning photo was taken, I was told that Labours National Executive Committee wanted to interview me about complaints of my behaviour at meetings in London, which had suddenly emerged. Val Yates, who is. The Bassetlaw Labour Party executive said Mrs Gimson had "already been out on doorstep", adding that the deselection decision had been "widely and voraciously condemned". 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. They stopped listening to the arguments [to stay in]. It comes on the same day that three former Labour MPs - including Jeremy Corbyn ally Chris Williamson - were barred from standing by the NEC. Bassetlaw is a pro-Leave marginal seat with a Labour majority of fewer than 5,000 votes. Read more: Bassetlaw council leader Simon Greaves announces he is standing as Labour MP candidate, "Swift action has been taken and the individual concerned has been immediately suspended from the Labour Party. He then worked nationally for Unison and in 2005 became Labour MP for Blaydon, in Gateshead. Dont get me wrong, most peoples standard of living and health are miles better off now than they were in the 70s, but people felt secure then and for them everything looks rosy going back., Thats certainly true for Potts, who says nostalgically, I stand in the square in Durham on the Saturday morning [of the miners gala] when all the banners go past and I just think, how the hell did we ever lose [the strike]? He was succeeded at that year's election by fellow Labour politician John Mann, who retained the seat at the next four elections. [4] The Labour candidate initially chosen to replace Mann, Sally Gimson, was deselected before the election by the party's National Executive Committee over what were described as "very serious allegations". It [voting leave] was an emotional response to a feeling that theyd been betrayed for 30 years., If there had been more working-class MPs listened to in the Blair years, it would have been different, but he ignored them, and took it for granted that people in this part of the world would always vote Labour because they had no alternative., People say to me, it must have been awful working down the pit, says Anderson. 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. 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 Tories have betrayed the trust of local people in Bassetlaw. Well done, Darrell Pulk. He adds that although he and his wife, Christine, a former care assistant, are comfortably off, he voted leave in the EU referendum, hoping it would be a catalyst for change for the area. Former Bassetlaw MP John Mann - who resigned last month to become a member of the House of Lords - called the removal of Mrs Gimson a "stitch-up" by Momentum, the grassroots movement that supports Jeremy Corbyn. We are a proud diverse country with so much to offer the world. Back Simons campaign to become the next Labour Candidate for Bassetlaw. Therefore, I was astonished that five days after my winning photo was taken, I was told that Labours National Executive Committee wanted to interview me about complaints of my behaviour at meetings in London, which had suddenly emerged. He says: I was never a lover of the EU. When funding for his post as deputy manager, and then volunteer coordinator, ran out, he stayed on as a driver until he retired eight years ago. The Nottinghamshire constituency of Bassetlaw has been a Labour stronghold since 1935, with John Mann having represented the seat since 2001. A year after the collapse of the red wall, Alison Benjamin revisited Nottinghamshire. The quick and essential guide to domestic and global politics from the New Statesman's politics team. 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. But Labour's National Executive Committee (NEC) deselected her earlier. 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. The Conservatives have subsequently improved their position to 8 seats following a series of by-election gains. The Mexican Silver Town Band and Shireoaks colliery banner at the Durham miners gala in 2009. Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results. as a Solicitor specialising in Criminal Defence. The Labour Party has picked Keir Morrison as its new parliamentary candidate for Bassetlaw, replacing originally selected challenger Sally Gimson. 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. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. The previous Bassetlaw District Council election occurred in 2019 and resulted in the Labour Party winning 37 seats and retaining control of the council with an increased majority. In 2019, Mann resigned being having been appointed to head a government inquiry on tackling anti-Semitism and to take a seat in the House of Lords. The profile picture linked to the account matched a profile picture used by a Facebook account belonging to Ms Yates. Today they feel they owe their allegiance to no one, he says: Ultimately, her legacy is a fragmented, individualised society., Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. This includes thousands of jobs at Appleyhead, Vesuvius, Snape Lane, and Gamston Airport. Councillors defending their seats in this election were previously elected in 2015. They have squandered billions of taxpayers money and lurch from crisis to crisis whilst local families and business suffer. During her time on the council, White has helped secure funding for a new education hub and led campaigns to save the local A&E, maternity ward, ambulance stations and fire service. Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. I was soon on the board of my local community centre and a governor at the local hospital and school. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Most of the figures in this report are derived from the 2011 Census which was held on 27 March 2011. The north-east has also seen profound changes in the politics of its residents. 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. The Red Wall will crumble unless Rishi Sunak delivers on his pledge to stop small migrant boats crossing the Channel, the new chairman of the Blue Collar Conservatives group has warned.. Brendan . 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. Jo White Candidate for Bassetlaw. Are you thinking of leaving the Labour Party? She is the wife of former MP John Mann and worked as his office manager between 2003 and 2019. 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