They said in full: "The Labour Party takes all complaints seriously. The full list of candidates has been released for the upcoming Bassetlaw District Council elections. 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. The Labour Party was born at the turn of the 20th century out of the frustration of working-class people at their inability to field parliamentary candidates through the Liberal Party, which at that time was the dominant social-reform party in Britain. Read about our approach to external linking. 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. 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. Ex-coal miners from the Shireoaks Colliery near Worksop in Nottinghamshire. The Tories have failed us in Bassetlaw. The 2019 Bassetlaw District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect all 48 members of Bassetlaw District Council in England. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk. The seat was retained for the Labour Party by Joe Ashton with a slender 1.72% majority, the narrowest since the 1920s. 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 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. We win in Bassetlaw by working as a team, listening to local residents and taking on the tories head on. The views expressed in these comments do not represent the views of the Bassetlaw Labour Party and we disassociate ourselves from them completely. The complainant, the woman referred to in the article, said that the article was inaccurate in breach of Clause 1. I just thought things couldnt get any worse for a lot of people round here and maybe it would lead to more internal investment if we left., Whitehead was another Brexiter. The 1923 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 6 December 1923. I have represented Bassetlaw at a national level for over 10 years fighting for our area. They have squandered billions of taxpayers money and lurch from crisis to crisis whilst local families and business suffer. Bellenger held the seat until he died in 1968. The local party backed Ms Gimson at an emergency meeting on Wednesday night and appealed to Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn to "see sense". The Labour Party has removed a parliamentary candidate, less than two weeks after she received the endorsement of her local party. He is disillusioned with politics. The 2019 Bassetlaw District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect all 48 members of Bassetlaw District Council in England. I look back and realise theyve done nothing for us. The district was formed in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972. 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. Most of the figures in this report are derived from the 2011 Census which was held on 27 March 2011. Theyve been replaced by young families buying four-bed houses in new upmarket housing estates, who have little attachment to the area or its history. It has not been confirmed if the content of Ms Yates' tweets was directly linked to her suspension from the party. Lewisham Deptford is running a ballot to see if they want an Open Selection. 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. Striking miners including Adrian Gilfoyle and Phil Whitehead, far left, and George Bell, far right, on the picket line at Shireoaks in Christmas 1984. 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. . Sally Gimson said last month she was "delighted to have been selected" to represent Labour in Bassetlaw, Nottinghamshire. Why should we do what other countries tell us? If you have any questions about this privacy policy or any concerns or complaints about how your data has been processed, please contact us at info@bassetlawlabour.com 2. Well done, Darrell Pulk. Asterisks denote incumbent Councillors seeking re-election. 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 . Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. In 1950, the five Parliamentary Divisions of Nottinghamshire were reorganised as six County Constituencies. 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. Covering Retford, Worksop, Harworth & Bircotes and our rural villages. Many cited confusing messaging over Covid, and Dominic Cummingss trip to Barnard Castle as the reason for their change of heart. 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. [3], Bassetlaw is divided into 25 wards for electoral purposes. 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. 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. Bassetlaw District Council was created in 1974 following the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. 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Follow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. [1] The election will take place on the same day as other local elections in England as part of the 2023 United Kingdom local elections. Currently the confirmed candidates for the seat are: Green Party, Kristopher Wragg; Brexit Party, Debbie Soloman and Liberal Democrat, Helen Tamblyn-Saville. Bassetlaw. It is predominantly rural, with two towns: Worksop and Retford. We are a proud diverse country with so much to offer the world. In 1918, the number of parliamentary divisions in Nottinghamshire was increased from four to five, with resulting changes in boundaries. 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]? It shares the name with the Bassetlaw district. 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. Video, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece, Record 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. 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LabourList has more readers than ever before - but we need your support. Contents The Tories are hell bent on division and hate. 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/bstl/is a parliamentary constituency[n 1]in Nottinghamshire, represented in the House of Commonsof the UK Parliamentsince the 2019 general electionby Brendan Clarke-Smith, a Conservative. Its time to turn Bassetlaw red once again at the next General Election. The Nottinghamshire constituency of Bassetlaw has been a Labour stronghold since 1935, with John Mann having represented the seat since 2001. The Labour Party has become a second family for me, and it is a party that I care . A stroke seven years ago forced him to retire from Bassetlaw Learning Centre where he was working with pupils excluded from school. Although she was the vice chairwoman for campaigning, she did not hold a role as an officer in Bassetlaw Labour. The account has since gone private, but screenshots seen by Lincolnshire Live show Ms Yates discussing being banned from Facebook and criticising nearby towns and families. I have extensive experience in fighting the tories in Bassetlaw and accross the country. 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. Its first Member of Parliament Malcolm MacDonald was one of the few Labour MPs to join his father Ramsay MacDonald's National Government. 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. 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. Councillor Simon Greaves, who has led the authority for a. 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. These wards were transferred to Mansfield constituency in 2010. Map of the results of the election. 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. Local families are being taxed to the hilt.Living standards are being squeezed like never before.The Tories have betrayed the trust of local people andwasted billions of taxpayers money. With you on our side, we are stronger in this fight. The north-east has also seen profound changes in the politics of its residents. Enough is enough. The Conservative Party have won 4 by elections in 2021, taking 2 seats from Labour Party and 1 seat from Independents . Put other recent Notts results into some perspective. [n 2]Before that election, the seat had been part of the so-called "red wall", being held by the Labour Partysince 1929. I know all parties stitch up selections to secure their preferred candidates, but this was of a different order. The central aim of the Labour Party is to speak up for everyone in fighting for social justice. DeSantis won't say he's running. He says he was one of the few people he knew who voted both remain and Labour. The constituency was held by the Labour Party until December 2019, when the incumbent Labour MP John Mann stood down to take on a full-time role as the government's antisemitism tsar. I know the difficulties of when there are only pennies available to pay for food or heating. The Labour Party will place cookies on your computer to help us make this website better. The Labour Party has picked Keir Morrison as its new parliamentary candidate for Bassetlaw, replacing originally selected challenger Sally Gimson. Worksop was where the miners lived and had always voted Labour, but a lot of them are dead now, says Whitehead. 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 . 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. 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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. 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. John Scott, 73, another ex-Manton miner, worked for a local charity providing second-hand furniture for homeless people and people on low incomes. The seat voted strongly for Brexit in the 2016 referendum. Surprisingly, I was long-listed and then short-listed. 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: Labour have enjoyed comfortable majorities of over 8,000 at all recent elections until 2017, when the Conservatives shaved it to under 5,000. For Potts, who was sacked from Manton after being jailed during the strike in 1984, the betrayals during the miners strike still loom large. 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. 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. 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. The Labour Party said it did not comment on its internal selection processes. Its time to turn Bassetlaw red at the next General Election. Local families are being taxed to the hilt. This is the mother of all Momentum stitch ups. 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