VideoRecord numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. White is deputy leader of Bassetlaw council. 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. She has served on the council for ten years, nine of which she has spent as cabinet member for regeneration. It is for her, and women from all walks of life, that I want to make a difference. This was on the same day as other local elections.. Sally Gimson said last month she was "delighted to have been selected" to represent Labour in Bassetlaw, Nottinghamshire. I know the difficulties of when there are only pennies available to pay for food or heating. The seat voted strongly for Brexit in the 2016 referendum. LabourList has more readers than ever before - but we need your support. A fortnight on and that has all changed. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Patil was mayor of Lambeth from 2010 to 2011 and served as a councillor in the borough for seven years. Bassetlaw is a pro-Leave marginal seat with a Labour majority of fewer than 5,000 votes. The district is along with Bolsover District, North East Derbyshire and Borough of Chesterfield is a non-constituent member of the Sheffield City Region. 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. 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. Both Independents and Labour gained seats from the Conservatives. He then worked nationally for Unison and in 2005 became Labour MP for Blaydon, in Gateshead. Bassetlaw is divided into 25 wards for electoral purposes, with each ward electing between one and three councillors. This page was last edited on 29 December 2022, at 19:16. 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. Original hand signed autograph - Emanuel 'Manny' Shinwell - 1983DedicatedIn poor condition - creases present & marks showing from damage to reverse - please see photosMeasures approx. Our weekly culture newsletter from books and art to pop culture and memes sent every Friday. I will always rememberhow hard my parents worked to provide for our family. 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. A weekly round-up of some of the best articles featured in the most recent issue of the New Statesman, sent each Saturday. A former fitter at Shireoaks colliery, near Worksop, Bell is retired and volunteers on the Chesterfield Canal a 46-mile stretch of water created in the 18th century to transport coal and which until last year ran through traditional Labour heartlands. These by election results returned the Conservative Party to be the official opposition on Bassetlaw District Council. A newsletter showcasing the finest writing from the ideas section, covering political ideas, philosophy, criticism and intellectual history - sent every Wednesday. 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. 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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. He contested Putney constituency at the 2017 election, coming second to the Tory candidate by 1,554 votes. But I believe that we are at a turning point for the country and that we need a Labour government to stop us turning into a low-tax state with a race to the bottom on wages and workers rights and with the NHS becoming a bargaining chip in trade negotiations with the US. The Labour 2017. It is where I raised my three children and serve as Deputy Leader at Bassetlaw District Council and as Cabinet Member for Regeneration. On June 12, a tweet was posted from the account saying that Ms Yates was going "walk the walk" and had been elected to the position at the Bassetlaw party's annual gathering meeting (AGM). The Conservative Party suffered its worst defeat in Bassetlaw since 1973, winning only 5 seats of the . Many people have been in touch with me since it happened expressing outrage. Read about our approach to external linking. A fortnight on and that has all changed. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. We also underestimated how it has in some ways legitimised xenophobia and racist opinions., Bell agrees. Pre-1974 statistics were gathered from local government areas that now comprise Bassetlaw. It was my neighbour who encouraged me to join. 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. Support 100 years of independent journalism. [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, andI had been given the opportunity to fight to represent the people of this wonderful place for a party that I love. Menu Home; Rankings. The Conservatives have subsequently improved their position to 8 seats following a series of by-election gains. The Tories have slashed funding to Bassetlaw Council by10m. The New Statesmans weekly environment email on the politics, business and culture of the climate and nature crises - in your inbox every Thursday. Mrs Gimson said: "I am the democratically selected candidate by Bassetlaw Labour Party; I have the full backing of their executive and their anger is overwhelming.". Its first Member of Parliament Malcolm MacDonald was one of the few Labour MPs to join his father Ramsay MacDonald's National Government. 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. Bassetlaw is divided into 25 wards for electoral purposes, with each ward electing between one and three councillors. Follow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. There continues to be considerable debate over which specific constituencies make up the Red Wall but Bassetlaw seems a pretty clear-cut case. Labour won the seat in 2017 with a majority from the Conservatives of 4,852. The Liberal Democrats gained a seat from Labour in East Retford West, the first Liberal Democrat elected in Bassetlaw since 2006. A lot of it is low-paid, non-unionised work, says Bell. We will not be commenting further at this stage.". 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. Ive come from a miners strike that fell apart. 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. This includes thousands of jobs at Appleyhead, Vesuvius, Snape Lane, and Gamston Airport. Speaking to LBC's Andrew Pierce, Mr Mann called for him to stand. [2], Bassetlaw is a shire district in Nottinghamshire, England. I joined the Labour Party when my daughter Katy was nine months old. He had become a homelessness officer for Bassetlaw district council in Nottinghamshire, and was an active Unison branch secretary, using skills gained from his days in the National Union of Mineworkers to fight for employees terms and conditions, when the council transferred its housing staff to a new organisation. In 1950, the five Parliamentary Divisions of Nottinghamshire were reorganised as six County Constituencies. [n 2] Before that election, the seat had been part of the so-called "red wall", being held by the Labour Party since 1929. 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[4] The Labour candidate initially chosen to replace Mann, Sally Gimson, was deselected before the election by the party's National Executive Committee over what were described as "very serious allegations". VideoAt the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece, Blackpink lead top stars back on the road in Asia, 'Wales is in England' gaffe sparks TikToker's trip, Ukraine war casts shadow over India's G20 ambitions, Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. [3], Bassetlaw is divided into 25 wards for electoral purposes. Jo White Candidate for Bassetlaw. More than two-thirds of voters in the. Bassetlaw Labour @BassetlawLabour This is the official twitter account for the Bassetlaw Labour Party. The 2019 Bassetlaw District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect all 48 members of Bassetlaw District Council in England. The Red Wall will crumble unless Rishi Sunak delivers on his pledge to stop small migrant boats crossing the Channel, the new chairman of the Blue Collar Conservatives group has warned.. Brendan . Val Yates, who is. In the 2019 general election the Conservative Party candidate Brendan Clarke-Smith won the seat with the biggest swing in the election, turning a 4,852 Labour majority into a 14,013 Conservative majority and becoming the first non-Labour MP to represent the constituency in 90 years.[2]. [n 2]Before that election, the seat had been part of the so-called "red wall", being held by the Labour Partysince 1929. No official complaint has ever been made about me in all my time as a member and on the contrary I have numerous character references from my local party in Holborn and St Pancrasand others attesting to my upstanding behaviour and probity in general and at meetings. 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. The Conservative Party have won 4 by elections in 2021, taking 2 seats from Labour Party and 1 seat from Independents . (They hung on with a 5,000 majority in 2019). The 1923 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 6 December 1923. The north-east has also seen profound changes in the politics of its residents. What's he waiting for? He is in no doubt that the partys position cost it the 2019 election. Read more: Bassetlaw council leader Simon Greaves announces he is standing as Labour MP candidate, "Swift action has been taken and the individual concerned has been immediately suspended from the Labour Party. He says he was one of the few people he knew who voted both remain and Labour. A lot of it was down to the anti-Corbyn rhetoric.. 2023 BBC. A by-election followed. The Tories are hell bent on division and hate. The local party backed Ms Gimson at an emergency meeting on Wednesday night and appealed to Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn to "see sense". 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. Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said the situation is an 'insulting and ghoulish spectacle' and called on the Prime Minister to ensure the Covid inquiry, which has already cost 85million, is . The constituency was created in 1885 by the Redistribution of Seats Act. In 2011 I became a Labour councillor in Camden and served in the cabinet. I usually end up singing in a bar somewhere with George, says Dave Anderson, 67, a gala committee member. Lots of my friends voted Tory for the first time to get out of the EU, he says. She is the wife of former MP John Mann and worked as his office manager between 2003 and 2019. I was intending to live there if I won. The district is named after the ancient Bassetlaw wapentake of Nottinghamshire. Some comrades made this video to encourage eligible Labour Party to members attend their branch meetings and vote for an open selection. Its time to turn Bassetlaw red at the next General Election. Labour won the seat in 2017 with a majority from the Conservatives of 4,852. The first elections to the council took place on 7 June 1973, which resulted in the Labour Party taking control of the newly created council after winning 29 of 51 seats available. He has worked in senior roles for a number of housing associations across the region ever since. BBC Radio Nottingham political reporter Hugh Casswell said local supporters were "incandescent with rage" at the deselection. A poll for Channel 4 earlier this month of 45 red wall seats won by the Tories in the North and Midlands in 2019, found that 16% of 2019 Conservative voters say they do not know how they would vote now, while 7% say they would switch directly to Labour. 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. We desperately need to defeat the Tories and secure a Labour government, but we will have difficulty doing so if we alienate our members and give natural Labour people excuses not to vote for us. DeSantis won't say he's running. [1] Prior to this election, the council decided to move to all-out elections from 2015. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. But I fell in love with Bassetlaw and its warm-hearted, straight-talking people in a short space of time. The election resulted in the Labour Party retaining its control of the council with an increased majority. It shares the name with the Bassetlaw district. "As the Labour Party prepares for the District Elections in May 2023, I think the time is right for them . The Tories have failed us in Bassetlaw. The Labour Party has until 14 November to name its new candidate. ", In a tweet dated May 5 this year, Ms Yates appeared to express disdain for the town of Worksop, describing it as an "utter [expletive] place where an earthquake would improve it". The Labour Party said it did not comment on its internal selection processes. They slash the budgets and deflect the blame. This is a heavily Leave seat and although Scottish, I have been living in London. 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. Why should we do what other countries tell us? Currently the confirmed candidates for the seat are: Green Party, Kristopher Wragg; Brexit Party, Debbie Soloman and Liberal Democrat, Helen Tamblyn-Saville. It is predominantly rural, with two towns: Worksop and Retford. Bassetlaw was for many years a safe seat for the Labour Party. 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. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk. Video, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece, Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. Asterisks denote incumbent Councillors seeking re-election. 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 Lewisham Deptford is running a ballot to see if they want an Open Selection. The constituency was created in 1885 by the Redistribution of Seats Act. It comes on the same day that three former Labour MPs - including Jeremy Corbyn ally Chris Williamson - were barred from standing by the NEC. A weekly newsletter helping you fit together the pieces of the global economic slowdown. Although she was the vice chairwoman for campaigning, she did not hold a role as an officer in Bassetlaw Labour. 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Facebook; Twitter; I am a Bassetlaw resident and have been for over 20 years. The Labour MP for Bassetlaw has long been an outspoken critic of his party leader, claiming that "people see him as a loser". The Mexican Silver Town Band and Shireoaks colliery banner at the Durham miners gala in 2009. I was soon on the board of my local community centre and a governor at the local hospital and school. 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. I have been a Labour Party member for 27 years, a local Councillor for 19 years and Council Leader for 10 years. Labour regained control of the council in 2011 for the first time in seven years and has been in control of the council since. A stroke seven years ago forced him to retire from Bassetlaw Learning Centre where he was working with pupils excluded from school. Ex-coal miners from the Shireoaks Colliery near Worksop in Nottinghamshire. Local members wanted a moderate on the ballot paper and as the selection had reopened for women not enough had applied this was an opportunity. 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. Labour's victory in the Sutton ward of Bassetlaw on Thursday has to be one of the greatest local victories I've ever heard of in our locale. Hawara: 'What happened was horrific and barbaric', The people who want you to believe the Ukraine war is fake. Sally Gimson was last week. 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. Support my campaign and lets win Bassetlaw for Labour. Each ward returns either one, two or three councillors at each election depending upon the number of electors within each ward. My suddenremoval as the parliamentary candidate for Bassetlaw shows how moderates are being frozen out of the party. Birklands, Meden (both in the Warsop area). In 2019, Mann resigned being having been appointed to head a government inquiry on tackling anti-Semitism and to take a seat in the House of Lords. The views expressed in these comments do not represent the views of the Bassetlaw Labour Party and we disassociate ourselves from them completely. Update, August 6th: Deputy leader of Bassetlaw council Jo White has been selected as the Labour candidate for Bassetlaw. If anyone had said back then that wed go Tory, Id have thought they were mad, says Bell, now 72. "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. They said in full: "The Labour Party takes all complaints seriously. There were no boundary changes in 1997. 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. And his family waited for a council house for 27 years. John Scott, 73, another ex-Manton miner, worked for a local charity providing second-hand furniture for homeless people and people on low incomes. But Adrian Gilfoyle, 69, and Dave Potts, 67, who worked at Bassetlaws Manton colliery the last local pit to close in 1994 dont regret their decision to vote leave. Each July (until Covid struck), the men I spoke to usually make the journey up to the Durham Miners Gala, where some 200,000 people gather on the second Saturday of the month to commemorate the countrys rich mining heritage, show solidarity and reminisce with old friends. 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. The previous Bassetlaw District Council election occurred in 2019 and resulted in the Labour Party winning 37 seats and . LOCAL COUNCILLOR FOR 19 YEARS Bassetlaw Labour is the controller and responsible for your personal data (referred to as " we ", " us " or " our " in this privacy policy). She said she had been "threatened not to tell anyone" about the complaint against her. The full list of candidates has been released for the upcoming Bassetlaw District Council elections. But Labour's National Executive Committee (NEC) deselected her earlier. I never voted leave for a no deal., Now, Whitehead says, Id probably vote differently, if given the opportunity again. Councillors defending their seats in this election were previously elected in 2015. They are fully investigated in line with our rules and procedures, and any appropriate action is taken.". . He stood down in 2017. Councillor Simon Greaves, who has led the authority for a. With you on our side, we are stronger in this fight. The district was formed in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972. She also criticised current Conservative MP Brendan Clarke-Smith, who represents Bassetlaw, describing him as "rude" and "contemptuous," and the wider legacy of the Conservatives in the UK. Video, Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story, Latest news and stories from the East Midlands, Ed Sheeran says wife developed tumour in pregnancy, Covid origin likely China lab incident - FBI chief, Bieber cancels remaining Justice world tour dates, Ruling party wins Nigeria's presidential election, Uranium particles enriched to 83.7% found in Iran, Pictures show devastation after Greece train disaster, Daily walk prevents one in 10 early deaths - study, Finland starts construction of Russia border fence, Trump lashes out at Murdoch over vote fraud case. Meet Jo. It feels like the machine now running the party believes it can be as brutal as it likes, especially now a general election has been called. Despite torycuts, Bassetlaw now has the largest Council House building programme in a generation and pays. 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 District Council held local elections on 2 May 2019 along with other councils in England as part of the 2019 local elections. 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 Phil Whitehead, 61, had been an electrician at Shireoaks. Surprisingly, I was long-listed and then short-listed. The big employers locally are out-of-town warehouses and distribution centres. The district was formed in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972. Lawyers for Ms Gimson are now seeking an injunction over this decision, calling the process "an utter sham". Val Yates, who is believed to have been recently appointed to the role, has been suspended by the party. Until 2015, the council was elected by thirds, with district elections being held every year except the year in which elections to Nottinghamshire County Council took place. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. It is important there are a broad range of people representing the party and that its MPs are reflective of society. Dominic Cummingss trip to Barnard Castle. 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. The first elections to the council took place on 7 June 1973, which resulted in the Labour Party taking control of the newly created council after winning 29 of 51 seats available. 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