Worksop South (Bassetlaw electoral ward)

Worksop South is an electoral ward in the district of Bassetlaw. The ward elects 3 councillors to Bassetlaw District Council using the first past the post electoral system, with each councillor serving a four-year term in office. The number of registered voters in the ward is 5,636 as of 2019.^[1]

It consists of the southern part of Worksop, including the St. Anne's Estate.

The ward was created in 2002 following a review of electoral boundaries in Bassetlaw by the Boundary Committee for England.^[2]

Councillors

Interactive map of ward boundaries.

The ward elects 3 councillors every four years. Prior to 2015, Bassetlaw District Council was elected by thirds with elections taking place every year except the year in which elections to Nottinghamshire County Council took place.^[3]


Election
2002	Reginald Askew (Conservative)	Michael Bennett (Conservative)	Andrew Dibb (Conservative)
2003			Juliana Smith (Conservative)
2004
2006	Chris Wanless (Conservative)
2007
2008
2010
2010 by-election		Sylvia May (Labour)
2011			Julie Leigh (Labour)
2012
2014	Kevin Greaves (Labour)
2015		Dianne Hare (Conservative)
2019		Tony Eaton (Labour)
2023	Paddy Ducey (Labour)

Worksop South (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Julie Leigh (inc)	1,119	58.4%	16.2%
	Labour	Paddy Ducey	1,014
	Labour	Tony Eaton (inc)	1,011
	Conservative	John Jewitt	797	41.6%	8.2%
	Conservative	Ashley Penty-Williams	763
	Conservative	Ewa Romanczuk	674
Turnout			2,022	36.8%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Worksop South (3)
2 May 2019
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Julie Leigh*	832	42.2%	10.4%
	Labour	Kevin Greaves*	790
	Labour	Tony Eaton	766
	Conservative	Rachel Briggs	657	33.4%	1%
	Conservative	Helen Colton	619
	Conservative	Lewis Stanniland	608
	Independent	Nigel Turner	481	24.4%	N/A
Turnout			1,919	34.1%
Registered electors			5,636
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Worksop South (3)
7 May 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Dianne Hare	1,492	32.4%
	Labour	Julie Leigh	1,462	31.8%
	Labour	Kevin Greaves	1,443
	UKIP	Anthony Keeling	1,098	23.9%
	Labour	Geof Benson	1,069
	Green	Kris Wragg	551	12%
Turnout				64.9%

Worksop South (1)
22 May 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Kevin Greaves	795	42.1%
	Conservative	Adam Gray	524	27.7%
	UKIP	Dave Scott	498	26.4%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Thompson	72	3.8%
Turnout

Worksop South (1)
3 May 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Sylvia May	985	54.9%
	Conservative	Alec Thorpe	635	35.4%
	Liberal Democrats	Leon Duveen	174	9.7%
Turnout			1,794	33.1%
Registered electors			5,469

Worksop South (1)
5 May 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Julie Leigh	1,274	53.8%
	Conservative	Alec Thorpe	993	41.9%
	Liberal Democrats	Leon Duveen	101	4.3%
Turnout			2,368	43.7%
Registered electors			5,462

A by-election was held on 16 September 2010 due to the death of Michael Bennett (Conservative).

Worksop South (1)
16 September 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Sylvia May	815	52.0%
	Conservative	Alex Thorpe	669	42.7%
	Liberal Democrats	Leon Duveen	84	5.4%
Turnout			1,568	28.5%

Worksop South (1)
6 May 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Chris Wanless	1,823	53.3%
	Labour	Kevin Greaves	1,600	46.8%
Turnout			3,423	62.4%
Registered electors			5,359

Worksop South (1)
1 May 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Michael Bennett	1,372	78.2%
	Labour	Eileen Hart	383	21.8%
Turnout			1,755	32.0%
Registered electors			5,518

Worksop South (1)
3 May 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Julie Smith	1,217	67.5%
	Labour	Mick Golding	587	32.5%
Turnout			1,804	33.5%
Registered electors			5,466

Worksop South (1)
4 May 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Chris Wanless	1,114	60.5%
	Labour	Rory Palmer	728	39.5%
Turnout			1,842	34.6%
Registered electors			5,457

Worksop South (1)
10 June 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Michael Bennett	1,628	70.0%
	Labour	Roger Dyas-Elliott	697	30.0%
Turnout			2,325	45.1%
Registered electors			5,265

Worksop South (1)
1 May 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Juliana Smith	725	53.2%
	Labour	Roger Dyas-Elliott	459	33.7%
	Green	Rowena Jackson	179	13.1%
Turnout			1,363	26.9%
Registered electors			5,085

^ "Election results for Worksop South". Bassetlaw District Council. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
^ "Bassetlaw - LGBCE". Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
^ "Bassetlaw District Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 1 December 2021.