Your experience, your passion, and your voice are vital for change - which is why we hope you will remain a member. The election resulted in the Labour Party retaining its control of the council with an increased majority. The Labour MP for Bassetlaw has long been an outspoken critic of his party leader, claiming that "people see him as a loser". 31st October, 2022, 1:51 pm Our rolling list of Labour parliamentary candidate selections Katie Neame Local parties have been selecting their candidates for the next general election. Our weekly culture newsletter from books and art to pop culture and memes sent every Friday. and others attesting to my upstanding behaviour and probity in general and at meetings. Surprisingly, I was long-listed and then short-listed. Theyre here because of reasonable housing prices with good links to the M1 and rail services to Nottingham and Sheffield where there are decent jobs.. However, its Member of parliament Malcolm MacDonald was one of the few Labour MPs to join his father Ramsay MacDonald's National Government. The Labour Party has become a second family for me, and it is a party that I care about deeply. Lawyers Mischon de Reya have written to the Governance and Legal Unit of the Labour Party. The NEC also decided that Chris Williamson, the hard-Left MP filmed saying Labour should stop. A former parliamentary candidate has confirmed she is to take legal action over her deselection. More than two-thirds of voters in the constituency backed Leave in the referendum of 2016. Many cited confusing messaging over Covid, and Dominic Cummingss trip to Barnard Castle as the reason for their change of heart. 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. Its time to turn Bassetlaw red once again at the next General Election. Promoted by Daniel Henderson on behalf of Bassetlaw Labour Party, all at Labour Hall, New Street, Retford, DN22 6EG. The central aim of the Labour Party is to speak up for everyone in fighting for social justice. 27 YEARS AS A LABOUR PARTY MEMBER Growing up, the tories ripped the heart out of our community. Residents' health and wealth are slightly below the UK average.[3]. 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. I believe in celebrating and championing our communities Meanwhile the tories pitch worker against worker, young against old, businessagainst union. These wards were transferred to Mansfield constituency in 2010. Val Yates, who is believed to have been recently appointed to the role, has been suspended by the party. The only way to win against the tories is to face them head on. 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. Bassetlaw is divided into 66 parishes, each governed by an elected parish council or parish meeting. Both Independents and Labour gained seats from the Conservatives. Born and bred in Worksop, once the area's 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 . We want them out. I just cant imagine it., As for Whitehead, he believes Thatcher has finally achieved what she set out to do when she took on the miners almost four decades ago in Labours heartlands. Sign up to receive information regarding NS events, subscription offers & product updates. 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. During the EU referendum campaign he recalls having a remain stall in town, which was quickly dismantled when it became apparent his supporters were going to vote Brexit. The Local Democracy Reporting Service said it was understood the deselection came after complaints from the party in London, relating to "very serious allegations" concerning "protected characteristics" - this can relate to issues surrounding race, disability and sexuality. I look back and realise theyve done nothing for us. Both Independents and Labour gained seats from the Conservatives. 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. It is important there are a broad range of people representing the party and that its MPs are reflective of society. The Conservative Party are. Labour first won the seat in the 1929 general election. Worksop was where the miners lived and had always voted Labour, but a lot of them are dead now, says Whitehead. Hawara: 'What happened was horrific and barbaric', The people who want you to believe the Ukraine war is fake, What we've learned from Alex Murdaugh murder trial. 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 Nottinghamshire constituency of Bassetlaw has been a Labour stronghold since 1935, with John Mann having represented the seat since 2001. Lincolnshire Live reached out to Ms Yates for comment but did not receive a response. On a size-of-majority measure, it was a low to medium safe seat. But I fell in love with Bassetlaw and its warm-hearted, straight-talking people in a short space of time. Well done, Darrell Pulk. Whitehead gained a sociology degree and an MA in housing when the pits, which he first entered aged 16, closed. I never voted leave for a no deal., Now, Whitehead says, Id probably vote differently, if given the opportunity again. Outside of politics, Patil has worked as a doctor in the NHS for 27 years. I grew up in a large noisy family with four sisters and a brother, money was scarce, with winters spent squashed into one room and a reliance on free school dinners and jumble sales to get by. John Scott, 73, another ex-Manton miner, worked for a local charity providing second-hand furniture for homeless people and people on low incomes. Sutton (Bassetlaw) council by-election result: LAB: 56.1% (+35.8) CON: 41.7% (-21.9) LDEM: 2.2% (-13.9) Votes cast: 537 DeSantis won't say he's running. as a Solicitor specialising in Criminal Defence. 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. Arguments about how were stronger together staying in the EU dont hold true, he says. And his family waited for a council house for 27 years. I know the difficulties of when there are only pennies available to pay for food or heating. Bassetlaw was for many years a safe seat for the Labour Party. She has served on the council for ten years, nine of which she has spent as cabinet member for regeneration. Video, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece, Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. The Labour Party has removed a parliamentary candidate, less than two weeks after she received the endorsement of her local party. 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. 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. [6] Keir Morrison, a councillor in the Ashfield District, replaced Gimson as the Labour candidate. Senior Labour sources in Bassetlaw have said they are 'immensely frustrated' at the decision, with one accusing the national party of 'inventing' allegations. I always thought it primarily represented the interests of bosses, big business and the banks, it rarely did anything for ordinary people. The Conservatives have subsequently improved their position to 8 seats following a series of by-election gains. 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. The constituency was created in 1885 by the Redistribution of Seats Act. I was soon on the board of my local community centre and a governor at the local hospital and school. I was overwhelmed. My childhood was dominated by my mum studying for . Councillor Simon Greaves, who has led the authority for a. [2], Bassetlaw is a shire district in Nottinghamshire, England. Bassetlaw /bstl/ is a parliamentary constituency[n 1] in Nottinghamshire, represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since the 2019 general election by Brendan Clarke-Smith, a Conservative. He says: I was never a lover of the EU. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Ms Gimson a former councillor in Camden, north London, was endorsed by the local party in Bassetlaw on 27 October. The Labour Party said it did not comment on its internal selection processes. 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. Almost two decades on, I decided to track down Bell and the others now in their 60s and 70s to find out how the seismic shifts in this part of the east Midlands, where the history of the mines and the strike still casts a long shadow, had affected them and their families. They said: "We are aware of comments made online by one of our members recently. 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]? 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. Our dedicated coverage of Labour's policies and personalities, internal debates, selections and elections relies on donations from our readers. [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. 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. 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Parts of the constituency are former coal mining areas. Patil was mayor of Lambeth from 2010 to 2011 and served as a councillor in the borough for seven years. General Election 2019 Latest . MacDonald held the seat as a National Labour candidate in the 1931 election, but was defeated at the next election in 1935 by Labour's Frederick Bellenger. Bassetlaw is divided into 25 wards for electoral purposes, with each ward electing between one and three councillors. The second name on the list is Jo White. Its first Member of Parliament Malcolm MacDonald was one of the few Labour MPs to join his father Ramsay MacDonald's National Government. Former Bassetlaw MP John Mann, who has become a member of the House of Lords, called Ms Gimson's removal a "stitch-up". He has served on the BAME Labour executive committee and is currently standing for election as a local party rep on Labours ruling national executive committee. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. The Conservative Party have won 4 by elections in 2021, taking 2 seats from Labour Party and 1 seat from Independents . My aim has always been to make our local party a welcoming place for people like my daughter. Follow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. I want to build a better future for her, and I am convinced that the Labour Party is the only party of equality that truly represents working people. The constituency includes 22 electoral wards from Bassetlaw District Council: Following their review of parliamentary boundaries in Nottinghamshire, the Boundary Commission for England made changes to the constituency for the 2010 general election to allow for population changes, most noticeably by moving the small town of Market Warsop into Mansfield constituency. This was on the same day as other local elections.. Labour won the seat in 2017 with a majority from the Conservatives of 4,852. Original hand signed autograph - Emanuel 'Manny' Shinwell - 1983DedicatedIn poor condition - creases present & marks showing from damage to reverse - please see photosMeasures approx. Covering Retford, Worksop, Harworth & Bircotes and our rural villages. For Potts, who was sacked from Manton after being jailed during the strike in 1984, the betrayals during the miners strike still loom large. The 2023 Bassetlaw District Council election will take place on 4 May, 2023, to elect all 48 members of Bassetlaw District Council in England. In 1950, the five Parliamentary Divisions of Nottinghamshire were reorganised as six County Constituencies. 2023 BBC. Put other recent Notts results into some perspective. Follow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. People feel emboldened to say things they wouldnt have done before.. 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. In 2011 I became a Labour councillor in Camden and served in the cabinet. [5] Gimson referred to the process as a "kangaroo court", and Mann called the decision a stitch-up;[5] Gimson started legal action against the party, but dropped the case several days later. The views expressed in these comments do not represent the views of the Bassetlaw Labour Party and we disassociate ourselves from them completely. Following the next set of elections in 1976, the Labour Party lost its majority and no single party held a majority of seats. My dad worked at Manton Colliery before establishing his own business in Worksop. Back Simons campaign to become the next Labour Candidate for Bassetlaw. 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. The Labour leader of Bassetlaw District Council has announced he is stepping down from the role after 10 years at the local authority. Most of the figures in this report are derived from the 2011 Census which was held on 27 March 2011. 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. We are a proud diverse country with so much to offer the world. 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 Liberal Democrats gained a seat from Labour in East Retford West, the first Liberal Democrat elected in Bassetlaw since 2006. Contents Dominic Cummingss trip to Barnard Castle. With its ageing population, it could be a test bed for delivering Labours promise of free social care. He then worked nationally for Unison and in 2005 became Labour MP for Blaydon, in Gateshead. Asia Pacific; EMEA; Latin America; UK Solicitors; UK Bar; United States The Conservative Party are expected to choose their candidate shortly and Labour have until 14 November to make their final selection. 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. "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. 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. She said she had been "threatened not to tell anyone" about the complaint against her. 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. Brendan Clarke-Smith MP (@Bren4Bassetlaw) December 26, 2022 On Boxing Day, Tory MP Brendan Clarke-Smith replied to the post, suggesting Howells was "orange with rage" in an apparent attack on her appearance. A stroke seven years ago forced him to retire from Bassetlaw Learning Centre where he was working with pupils excluded from school. Bassetlaw: Labour have enjoyed comfortable majorities of over 8,000 at all recent elections until 2017, when the Conservatives shaved it to under 5,000. Bassetlaw is a shire district in Nottinghamshire, England. The Labour Party has until 14 November to name its new candidate. LOCAL COUNCILLOR FOR 19 YEARS In the pub, they say things like If they [foreign workers] are in our factories we havent got control. 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. He was succeeded at that year's election by fellow Labour politician John Mann, who retained the seat at the next four elections. [n 2] Before that election, the seat had been part of the so-called "red wall", being held by the Labour Party since 1929. . I have extensive experience in fighting the tories in Bassetlaw and accross the country. Definitions and Explanations . Ex-coal miners from the Shireoaks Colliery near Worksop in Nottinghamshire. 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. VideoRecord numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. The constituency had been represented by Labours John Mann now Lord Mann, a non-affiliated member of the House of Lords for 18 years, but he chose not to contest the 2019 election, stepping down to take up a role as the governments independent adviser on antisemitism. Our part of the country benefited from huge amounts of EU money for infrastructure but people didnt realise that. Speaking to LBC's Andrew Pierce, Mr Mann called for him to stand. Bassetlaw is a pro-Leave marginal seat with a Labour majority of fewer than 5,000 votes. The 2023 Bassetlaw District Council election will take place on 4 May, 2023, to elect all 48 members of Bassetlaw District Council in England. Facebook; Twitter; I am a Bassetlaw resident and have been for over 20 years. The most recent council election on 2 May 2019 resulted in the Labour Party retaining its control of the council with an increased majority. From an actual Tory MP Local families are being taxed to the hilt. The East Midlands Labour Party tweeted a photo of their new favourite holding up a placard of Jeremy Corbyn, which will raise a smile for HERE'S a story to wake a sleeping blog: the former Camden councillor and one time leadership contender Sally Gimson was yesterday selected by Labour as the parliamentary candidate for Bassetlaw. A fortnight on and that has all changed. PURPOSE OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY By clicking subscribe you confirm you have read and agree to our privacy policy. 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. Local Government in Nottinghamshire is organised on a two-tier basis, with local district councils such as Bassetlaw District Council 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 Conservative Party suffered its worst defeat in Bassetlaw since 1973, winning only 5 seats of the . The full list of candidates has been released for the upcoming Bassetlaw District Council elections. The constituency was created in 1885 by the Redistribution of Seats Act. [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 north-east has also seen profound changes in the politics of its residents. The Tories are hell bent on division and hate. The Conservative Party suffered its worst defeat in Bassetlaw since 1973, winning only 5 seats of the 12 seats it was defending. The 2019 Bassetlaw District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect all 48 members of Bassetlaw District Council in England. 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 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. Earlier this week, the national executive committee (NEC) decided not to endorse Gimson as a candidate because complaints were made against her. A fortnight on and that has all changed. It was headlined "Labour Party suspends Bassetlaw vice chairwoman after controversial tweets" and was published on 1 July. My suddenremoval as the parliamentary candidate for Bassetlaw shows how moderates are being frozen out of the party. We also underestimated how it has in some ways legitimised xenophobia and racist opinions., Bell agrees. The 2019 Bassetlaw District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect all 48 members of Bassetlaw District Council in England. Most people dont like change, but theyll get use to it, says Gilfoyle, who is semi-retired from the council caretaker job he still loves after 17 years. Bassetlaw Labour @BassetlawLabour This is the official twitter account for the Bassetlaw Labour Party. She is the wife of former MP John Mann and worked as his office manager between 2003 and 2019. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk. Menu Home; Rankings. No one understood what Labour stood for. Currently the confirmed candidates for the seat are: Green Party, Kristopher Wragg; Brexit Party, Debbie Soloman and Liberal Democrat, Helen Tamblyn-Saville. He was later given a life peerage in Theresa May's resignation honours list, styling himself Baron Mann, of Holbeck Moor in the City of Leeds. . The tweet read: "Had enough of the all-round [expletive] that is our Tory government. Neeraj Patil has made it on to the shortlist. Although she was the vice chairwoman for campaigning, she did not hold a role as an officer in Bassetlaw Labour. 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. The local party backed Ms Gimson at an emergency meeting on Wednesday night and appealed to Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn to "see sense". Ive come from a miners strike that fell apart. Labour cant achieve anything unless we are in power locally and nationally. I have represented Bassetlaw at a national level for over 10 years fighting for our area. "As the Labour Party prepares for the District Elections in May 2023, I think the time is right for them . The Labour 2017. I was intending to live there if I won. Bassetlaw /bstl/ is a parliamentary constituency[n 1] in Nottinghamshire, represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since the 2019 general election by Brendan Clarke-Smith, a Conservative. All these foreign countries want to do business with us they cant afford not to. DeSantis won't say he's running. LabourList has more readers than ever before - but we need your support. The Labour Party said that all complaints were taken "seriously" and were "fully investigated". The profile picture linked to the account matched a profile picture used by a Facebook account belonging to Ms Yates. He is disillusioned with politics. 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. Lots of my friends voted Tory for the first time to get out of the EU, he says. They said in full: "The Labour Party takes all complaints seriously. Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. This is a heavily Leave seat and although Scottish, I have been living in London. The Conservative Party suffered a heavy defeat and was reduced to just 5 seats, a historic low. 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. Mind you, I could see the result coming. Lawyers for Ms Gimson are now seeking an injunction over this decision, calling the process "an utter sham". This includes thousands of jobs at Appleyhead, Vesuvius, Snape Lane, and Gamston Airport. At that election, Labour won a majority of seats and retained its control of the council, which it has controlled since 2011. A newsletter showcasing the finest writing from the ideas section, covering political ideas, philosophy, criticism and intellectual history - sent every Wednesday. 2023 BBC. The Local Democracy Reporting Service said it was understood that the deselection came after complaints relating to "very serious allegations" concerning "protected characteristics" - this can relate to issues surrounding race, disability, and sexuality. 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 district has four towns: Worksop, Tuxford, Harworth Bircotes and Retford. Westminster Parliamentary Candidate Application Form - The Labour Party Candidate Selections Westminster Parliamentary Candidate Application Form Westminster Parliamentary Candidate Application Form Seat Deadline Step 1 of 4 25% First Name * Last Name * Full name to appear on ballot paper * Membership Number * 0 of 8 max characters Enough is enough. Potts was out of work for eight years, before North Notts FE College employed him to coordinate support for students. 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. It is predominantly rural, with two towns: Worksop and Retford. Councillors defending their seats in this election were previously elected in 2015. Bassetlaw District Council was created in 1974 following the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Labour won the seat in 2017 with a majority from the Conservatives of 4,852. Sally Gimson said last month she was "delighted to have been selected" to represent Labour in Bassetlaw, Nottinghamshire. 21cm x 15cm Overseas buyers - we are happy to combine purchases if buying more than one item - please buy each item but DO NOT pay - request an invoice so we can amend the postage for you Any questions, please . 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. VideoRecord numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. 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