Bassetlaw District
Template:Short description Template:Use British English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox settlement 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 council 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:<ref>Template:Cite legislation UK</ref>
- East Retford Municipal Borough
- East Retford Rural District (except parish of Finningley, which went to Doncaster)
- Worksop Municipal Borough
- Worksop Rural District (except part of parish of Harworth, which went to Doncaster and was added to the parish of Bawtry)
The new district was named Bassetlaw after the medieval Bassetlaw Wapentake, which had covered a similar area.<ref>Template:Cite legislation UK</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The council's logo now says "Bassetlaw District Council – North Nottinghamshire".
Governance
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.<ref>Template:Cite legislation UK</ref><ref name=electionmaps>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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:<ref name=compositions>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }} (Put "Bassetlaw" in search box to see specific results.)</ref><ref name=change>Template:Cite news</ref>
| Party in control | Years | |
|---|---|---|
| Template:Party name with colour | 1974–1976 | |
| Template:Party name with colour | 1976–1979 | |
| Template:Party name with colour | 1979–2004 | |
| Template:Party name with colour | 2004–2006 | |
| Template:Party name with colour | 2006–2010 | |
| Template:Party name with colour | 2010–2011 | |
| Template:Party name with colour | 2011–present | |
Leadership
The leaders of the council since 1981 have been:
| Leader | Seat | Party | From | To | ||
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Carlton | Template:Party name with colour | 1981 | May 1986 | |
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Retford North | Template:Party name with colour | 15 May 1996 | 2004 | |
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Retford East | Template:Party name with colour | 23 Jun 2004 | 2011 |
| Graham Oxby<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | Retford North | Template:Party name with colour | 2011 | May 2012 | ||
| Simon Greaves<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | Worksop North East | Template:Party name with colour | 16 May 2012 | 22 Sep 2022 | ||
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Sturton | Template:Party name with colour | 22 Sep 2022 | 25 July 2024 | |
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Worksop South | Template:Party name with colour | 25 July 2024 | ||
Composition
Following the 2023 election,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and subsequent by-elections and changes of allegiance up to May 2025, the composition of the council was:<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=Thorncliffe>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
| Party | Councillors | |
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| Template:Party name with colour | 35 | |
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| Total | 48 | |
Three independent councillors sit together as a group.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The next election is due in 2027.<ref name=Thorncliffe/>
Elections
Template:Also 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.<ref>Template:Cite legislation UK</ref>
Most of the district is within the Bassetlaw constituency. The south-east of the district, including Tuxford, is in the Newark constituency.<ref name=electionmaps/>
Premises
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Council meetings are held at both Worksop Town Hall, built in 1851,<ref>Template:NHLE</ref> and Retford Town Hall, built in 1868,<ref>Template:NHLE</ref> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The council also maintains an area office in Harworth.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Settlements
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.
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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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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Demography
Population
| Population of Bassetlaw (1811–2011) | |||||||
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| 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.<ref>Template:Citation</ref> | |||||||
Religion
| Religion | Percent<ref>Template:Citation</ref> |
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| Christian | 81.53% |
| Buddhist | 0.09% |
| Hindu | 0.13% |
| Jewish | 0.05% |
| Muslim | 0.33% |
| Sikh | 0.07% |
| No religion | 9.99% |
Media
Bassetlaw receives better TV signals from the Emley Moor transmitter rather than Waltham transmitter which means the area is served by BBC Yorkshire and ITV Yorkshire, both broadcast from Leeds.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Radio stations that broadcast to the area are BBC Radio Sheffield, Greatest Hits Radio South Yorkshire, Hits Radio South Yorkshire, Doncaster Radio and Trust AM, an online hospital radio station serving the Bassetlaw District General Hospital in Worksop.Template:Cn
Bassetlaw's local newspapers are Worksop Guardian and Retford Times.Template:Cn
Town twinning
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- Template:Flagicon Garbsen, Germany
- Template:Flagicon Pfungstadt, Germany
- Template:Flagicon Aurillac, France
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