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Bassetlaw District

Bassetlaw District

District of Nottinghamshire, England

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.

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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 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:[2]

The new district was named Bassetlaw after the medieval Bassetlaw Wapentake, which had covered a similar area.[3][4] The council's logo now says "Bassetlaw District Council – North Nottinghamshire".

Governance

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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.[7][8]

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:[9][10]

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Leadership

The leaders of the council since 1991 have been:[11]

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Composition

Following the 2023 election the composition of the council was:[12]

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The next election is due in 2027.

Elections

See also: Bassetlaw District Council elections

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.[13]

Most of the district is within the Bassetlaw constituency. The south-east of the district, including Tuxford, is in the Newark constituency.[8]

Premises

Worksop Town Hall
Retford Town Hall

Council meetings are held at both Worksop Town Hall, built in 1851,[14] and Retford Town Hall, built in 1868,[15] 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.[16] The council also maintains an area office in Harworth.[17]

Settlements

Harworth Bircotes, a civil parish with town status in Bassetlaw District
Tuxford, a historic market town in Bassetlaw District

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.[19]

  1. Beckingham
  2. Blyth
  3. Carlton
  4. Clayworth
  5. East Markham
  6. East Retford East
  7. East Retford North
  8. East Retford South
  9. East Retford West
  10. Everton
  11. Harworth
  12. Langold
  13. Misterton
  1. Rampton
  2. Ranskill
  3. Sturton
  4. Sutton
  5. Tuxford and Trent
  6. Welbeck
  7. Worksop East
  8. Worksop North
  9. Worksop North East
  10. Worksop North West
  11. Worksop South
  12. Worksop South East

Demography

Population

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Religion

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Media

In terms of television, 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. [22]

Radio stations that broadcast to the area are BBC Radio Sheffield, Greatest Hits Radio South Yorkshire, Hallam FM, TX1 Radio and Trust AM, an online hospital radio station serving the Bassetlaw District General Hospital in Worksop.

Bassetlaw's local newspapers are Worksop Guardian, Worksop Trader and Retford Times.

Town twinning

References

  1. [1]
    UK Census (2021). "2021 Census Area Profile – Bassetlaw Local Authority (E07000171)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  2. [2]
    "The English Non-metropolitan District (Definition) Order 1972", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1972/2039, retrieved 17 November 2023
  3. [3]
    "The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Names) Order 1973", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1973/551, retrieved 31 May 2023
  4. [4]
    "Bassetlaw | district, England, United Kingdom | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  5. [5]
    "Council minutes, 17 May 2023". Bassetlaw District Council. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  6. [6]
    "Committee report, 28 April 2022" (PDF). Bassetlaw District Council. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  7. [7]
    "Local Government Act 1972", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1972 c. 70, retrieved 31 May 2023
  8. [8]
    "Election Maps". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  9. [9]
    "Compositions calculator". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  10. [10]
    "Bassetlaw". BBC News Online. 19 April 2008. Retrieved 11 September 2009.
  11. [11]
    "Council minutes". Bassetlaw District Council. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  12. [12]
    "Local elections 2023: live council results for England". The Guardian.
  13. [13]
    "The District of Bassetlaw (Electoral Changes) Order 2000", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2000/3285, retrieved 20 December 2023
  14. [14]
    Historic England. "Worksop Town Hall (1045762)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  15. [15]
    Historic England. "Town Hall (1370374)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  16. [16]
    "The Queen going on a walk about around Worksop 5 June 1981". Worksop Guardian. 25 February 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  17. [17]
    "Contact and find us". Bassetlaw District Council. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  18. [18]
    "Local Area Reports". Nomis - Official Labour Market Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  19. [19]
    "Bassetlaw". Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  20. [20]
    Bassetlaw District: Historical statistics: Population, A Vision of Britain through Time, retrieved 18 April 2011
  21. [21]
    Bassetlaw: Census Area Statistics, Office for National Statistics, retrieved 18 April 2011
  22. [22]
    "Emley Moor (Kirklees, England) Full Freeview transmitter". UK Free TV. 1 May 2004. Retrieved 18 April 2024.

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