Worksop North East 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 4,946 as of 2019.^[1]

It consists of the Prospect, Thievesdale and Sunnyside areas of Worksop, between Blyth Road and Carlton Road.

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	Simon Greaves (Labour)	David Walsh (Labour)	Janet Pimperton (Labour)
2003		David Walsh (Labour)	Barry Bowles (Conservative)
2004		Bill Graham (Conservative)
2006	Joseph Hayward (Conservative)
2007			Simon Greaves (Labour)
2008
2010	Shirley Toms (Labour)
2011 by-election		John Anderton (Labour)
2011		John Anderton (Labour)
2012		Rebecca Leigh (Labour)
2014	Maddy Richardson (Labour)	Rebecca Leigh (Labour)
2015		Alan Rhodes (Labour)
2019
2023			Fraser Merryweather (Labour)

Elections

Worksop North East (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Rhodes (inc)	876	55.4%	15.9%
	Labour	Maddy Richardson (inc)	766
	Labour	Fraser Merryweather	757
	Conservative	Rachel Briggs	705	44.6%	15.9%
	Conservative	Russell Dodd	641
	Conservative	Wyktoria Krawczyk	536
Turnout			1,615	32.1%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Worksop North East (3)
2 May 2019
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Rhodes*	863	71.3%	26%
	Labour	Simon Greaves*	828
	Labour	Maddy Richardson*	774
	Conservative	Alec Thorpe	347	28.7%	1.2%
	Conservative	Matthew Peck	344
	Conservative	John Anderson	330
Turnout			1,355	27.4%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Worksop North East (1)
22 May 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Maddy Richardson	868	53.5%
	UKIP	Tony Clayton	467	28.8%
	Conservative	Emma Aukland	288	17.7%
Turnout

Worksop North East (1)
3 May 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Rebecca Leigh	1,265	77%
	Conservative	Emma Auckland	378	33%
Turnout				32.9%

Worksop North East (1)
5 May 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Simon Greaves	1,630	73.2%
	Conservative	Raymond Simpson	598	26.8%
Turnout			2,228	44.3%

A by-election was held on 10 February 2011 following the disqualification of Bill Graham (Conservative) due to non-attendance at council meetings.

Worksop North East (1)
10 February 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Anderton	1,198	74%
	Conservative	Barry Bowles	317	19.6%
	Independent	Geoff Coe	75	4.6%
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Hunter	28	1.7%
Turnout

Worksop North East (1)
6 May 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Shirley Toms	2,110	64.1%
	Conservative	Alec Thorpe	1,184	35.9%
Turnout				67.2%

Worksop North East (1)
1 May 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Bill Graham	926	53.3%
	Labour	Shirley Toms	813	46.7%
Turnout				34.3%

Worksop North East (1)
3 May 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Simon Greaves	905	52.6%
	Conservative	Barry Bowles	816	47.4%
Turnout				34.2%

Worksop North East (1)
4 May 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Joseph Hayward	832	50.8%
	Labour	Simon Greaves	807	49.2%
Turnout				32.3%

Worksop North East (1)
10 June 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Bill Graham	1,156	50.1%
	Labour	David Walsh	1,153	49.9%
Turnout

Worksop North East (1)
1 May 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Barry Bowles	709	54.7%
	Labour	Janet Pimperton	588	45.3%
Turnout				25.6%

^ "Election results for Worksop North East". 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.

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