Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk. A former parliamentary candidate has confirmed she is to take legal action over her deselection. Its time to turn Bassetlaw red once again at the next General Election. Bassetlaw is a shire district in Nottinghamshire, England. 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 Pancras. [8] The fall in Labour's vote, 24.9%, was the greatest of any seat in the election.[9]. 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. It has not been confirmed if the content of Ms Yates' tweets was directly linked to her suspension from the party. 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). Brexit is our way of getting those people back to where they came from. I challenge them but it gets really nasty. Senior Labour sources in Bassetlaw have said they are 'immensely frustrated' at the decision, with one accusing the national party of 'inventing' allegations. The 2023 Bassetlaw District Council election will take place on 4 May, 2023, to elect all 48 members of Bassetlaw District Council in England. Update, August 6th: Deputy leader of Bassetlaw council Jo White has been selected as the Labour candidate for Bassetlaw. Bassetlaw is divided into 25 wards for electoral purposes, with each ward electing between one and three councillors. Bassetlaw was for many years a safe seat for the Labour Party. 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 people of Bassetlaw will not accept an outside stooge imposed by the cult around Corbyn. General Election 2019 Latest . Mind you, I could see the result coming. Many former miners moved into the public sector after the pits closed. 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Ms Gimson said: "I am baffled that when we have a party which talks about justice and fairness, and also talks about how local members need to be making decisions, that the central party can come in and say the decision made by local members here in Bassetlaw is not valid and they cannot endorse me.". 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. In 1918, the number of parliamentary divisions in Nottinghamshire was increased from four to five, with resulting changes in boundaries. BBC Radio Nottingham political reporter Hugh Casswell said local supporters were "incandescent with rage" at the deselection. 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. Lewisham Deptford is running a ballot to see if they want an Open Selection. The 2019 Bassetlaw District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect all 48 members of Bassetlaw District Council in England. The only way to win against the tories is to face them head on. Some outraged Bassetlaw Labour members demonstrated outside the meeting. Labour first won the seat in the 1929 general election. This page was last edited on 14 July 2022, at 12:42. It was this that led me to join the Labour Party to stand up and fight for thearea I am proud to call home. Asterisks denote incumbent Councillors seeking re-election. [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. Why should we do what other countries tell us? In the letter they said: "The Labour Party has undertaken a process that is an utter sham conducted with no concern for the truth or fairness but with the single objective of ensuring our client does not run.". Definitions and Explanations . 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. 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. Meet Jo. 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. The 2015 Bassetlaw District Council election took place on 7 May 2015, to elect all 48 members of Bassetlaw District Council in England. Sally Gimson's deselection and the battle for Labour's soul | The Spectator Anyone who doubts that the far left is more interested in winning the faction fight within the Labour party than. Sally Gimson said she was 'baffled' by the action of the party, The previous Labour MP for Bassetlaw, John Mann, described the action as a "stitch-up", At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece. They said: "We are aware of comments made online by one of our members recently. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. Lots of my friends voted Tory for the first time to get out of the EU, he says. 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. [n 2]Before that election, the seat had been part of the so-called "red wall", being held by the Labour Partysince 1929. Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results. "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. Outside of politics, Patil has worked as a doctor in the NHS for 27 years. We also may change the frequency you receive our emails from us in order to keep you up to date and give you the best relevant information possible. 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. Potts was out of work for eight years, before North Notts FE College employed him to coordinate support for students. I usually end up singing in a bar somewhere with George, says Dave Anderson, 67, a gala committee member. Our dedicated coverage of Labour's policies and personalities, internal debates, selections and elections relies on donations from our readers. 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 want them out. Val Yates, who is. The Conservatives have subsequently improved their position to 8 seats following a series of by-election gains. The district is named after the ancient Bassetlaw wapentake of Nottinghamshire. More than two-thirds of voters in the constituency backed Leave in the referendum of 2016. 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. 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. The previous Bassetlaw District Council election occurred in 2019 and resulted in the Labour Party winning 37 seats and retaining control of the council with an increased majority. The central aim of the Labour Party is to speak up for everyone in fighting for social justice. In 1950, the five Parliamentary Divisions of Nottinghamshire were reorganised as six County Constituencies. We seem to be forgotten.. I know the difficulties of when there are only pennies available to pay for food or heating. The Labour Party changed the rules by which it decides to how to chose its candidate for MP in seats with an incumbent Labour MP. I look back and realise theyve done nothing for us. My suddenremoval as the parliamentary candidate for Bassetlaw shows how moderates are being frozen out of the party. Pre-1974 statistics were gathered from local government areas that now comprise Bassetlaw. 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. Labour won the seat in 2017 with a majority from the Conservatives of 4,852. He stood down in 2017. Ms Yates tweeted again on May 20: "Oh the disappointment that a family of screaming kids have moved in next door to shatter the idyllic peace we came here for.". A shortlist for the constituencys next parliamentary candidate has now been finalised and hustings are scheduled for August 6th after which local members will vote for who they want to be Labours parliamentary candidate. My names Simon and im seeking selection to be the Labour Candidate. There were no boundary changes in 1997. The Labour Party has picked Keir Morrison as its new parliamentary candidate for Bassetlaw, replacing originally selected challenger Sally Gimson. LabourList has more readers than ever before - but we need your support. The Labour leader of Bassetlaw District Council has announced he is stepping down from the role after 10 years at the local authority. Read about our approach to external linking. The big employers locally are out-of-town warehouses and distribution centres. Bassetlaw is divided into 25 wards for electoral purposes, with each ward electing between one and three councillors. We are a proud diverse country with so much to offer the world. Matt Hancock is paying the price for his self-congratulatory book, Sunaks Windsor deal has left Boris Johnson high and dry, Universal Credit falls short of covering the bare essentials. The 2019 Bassetlaw District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect all 48 members of Bassetlaw District Council in England. 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. Election results: Labour Party loses 25 percent of votes in Bassetlaw since 2017 (Image: BBC) With the Tories expected to cruise to a comfortable majority, a deflated Mr Corbyn said it had been a "very disappointing night", with support crumbling in former Labour heartlands. 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 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. 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. 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. Val Yates, who is believed to have been recently appointed to the role, has been suspended by the party. . 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 Tories have betrayed the trust of local people in Bassetlaw. Bassetlaw District Council was created in 1974 following the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. It was my neighbour who encouraged me to join. 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. A fortnight on and that has all changed. DeSantis won't say he's running. 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. 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. 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. The district has four towns: Worksop, Tuxford, Harworth Bircotes and Retford. The election resulted in the Labour Party retaining its control of the council with an increased majority. 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. It is for her, and women from all walks of life, that I want to make a difference. The Conservative Party are expected to choose their candidate shortly and Labour have until 14 November to make their final selection. Its first Member of Parliament Malcolm MacDonald was one of the few Labour MPs to join his father Ramsay MacDonald's National Government. Ex-coal miners from the Shireoaks Colliery near Worksop in Nottinghamshire. He says: I was never a lover of the EU. Bassetlaw Division was now defined as containing the Municipal Borough of East Retford, the Urban Districts of Warsop and Worksop, and the Rural Districts of Blyth & Cuckney, Misterton and East Retford, with the civil parish of Sookholme from Skegby Rural District. This page was last edited on 29 December 2022, at 19:16. With its ageing population, it could be a test bed for delivering Labours promise of free social care. More than two-thirds of voters in the. For Potts, who was sacked from Manton after being jailed during the strike in 1984, the betrayals during the miners strike still loom large. I joined the Labour Party when my daughter Katy was nine months old. I love the Labour Party dearly and believe in it, but it cannot narrow its base like this. Former Bassetlaw MP John Mann, who has become a member of the House of Lords, called Ms Gimson's removal a "stitch-up". 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. She is the wife of former MP John Mann and worked as his office manager between 2003 and 2019. Labour regained control of the council in 2011 for the first time in seven years and has been in control of the council since. 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