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. The Labour Party said it did not comment on its internal selection processes. And so it was. 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. He says: I was never a lover of the EU. Promoted by Daniel Henderson on behalf of Bassetlaw Labour Party, all at Labour Hall, New Street, Retford, DN22 6EG. I accepted that it could initially put the British economy in a tough position, but I thought we could get a deal like Norway has. The Labour Party has become a second family for me, and it is a party that I care about deeply. 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. Asia Pacific; EMEA; Latin America; UK Solicitors; UK Bar; United States He stood down in 2017. The Labour members of Bassetlaw had placed their trust in me. Both Independents and Labour gained seats from the Conservatives. Councillors will be elected across the district, in elections on Thursday, May 2. Val Yates, who is. But on Wednesday, Labour's National Executive Committee (NEC) axed her over "very serious allegations". Striking miners including Adrian Gilfoyle and Phil Whitehead, far left, and George Bell, far right, on the picket line at Shireoaks in Christmas 1984. The Nottinghamshire constituency of Bassetlaw has been a Labour stronghold since 1935, with John Mann having represented the seat since 2001. [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. The Labour Party earlier said it did not comment on its internal selection processes but has been approached for comment about the latest developments. . The Labour Party has removed a parliamentary candidate, less than two weeks after she received the endorsement of her local party. Our part of the country benefited from huge amounts of EU money for infrastructure but people didnt realise that. General Election 2019 Latest . 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. BBC Radio Nottingham political reporter Hugh Casswell said local supporters were "incandescent with rage" at the deselection. Neeraj Patil has made it on to the shortlist. I have been replaced by Keir Morrison, the candidate I beat, who was chosen by the NEC yesterday evening. 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. Bassetlaw District Council held local elections on 2 May 2019 along with other councils in England as part of the 2019 local elections. The central aim of the Labour Party is to speak up for everyone in fighting for social justice. The quick and essential guide to domestic and global politics from the New Statesman's politics team. It is for her, and women from all walks of life, that I want to make a difference. 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. 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I joined the Labour Party when my daughter Katy was nine months old. Yet once the country voted to leave, however, he believes Labour should have accepted the decision and fought for a proper deal. 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. Read about our approach to external linking. Following the next set of elections in 1976, the Labour Party lost its majority and no single party held a majority of seats. 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. 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. "Dan Henderson & Sue Shaw for Retford East", "One Of Your Labour Candidates For Retford North", "Your Labour Candidates For Retford South", "Your Labour Candidates For Worksop East", "Your Labour Candidates For Worksop North East", "Your Labour Candidates For Worksop South", "Your Labour Candidates For Worksop South East", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2023_Bassetlaw_District_Council_election&oldid=1140177993, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 18 February 2023, at 21:03. The Bassetlaw Labour Party executive said Mrs Gimson had "already been out on doorstep", adding that the deselection decision had been "widely and voraciously condemned". and others attesting to my upstanding behaviour and probity in general and at meetings. The Tories have betrayed the trust of local people in Bassetlaw. Bassetlaw is divided into 25 wards for electoral purposes, with each ward electing between one and three councillors. 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 . Birklands, Meden (both in the Warsop area). 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 . That needs to change, The autonomous future is nearly here with Wejo, The need to grow Londons EV infrastructure at speed and scale, Is it time to get rid of hospitals? 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. It comes on the same day that three former Labour MPs - including Jeremy Corbyn ally Chris Williamson - were barred from standing by the NEC. White is deputy leader of Bassetlaw council. I always thought it primarily represented the interests of bosses, big business and the banks, it rarely did anything for ordinary people. A fortnight on and that has all changed. 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. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk. The election resulted in the Labour Party retaining its control of the council[4]. Councillor Simon Greaves, who has led the authority for a. Many former miners moved into the public sector after the pits closed. Our dedicated coverage of Labour's policies and personalities, internal debates, selections and elections relies on donations from our readers. 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. 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. [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. 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]? 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. 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. Labour won the seat in 2017 with a majority from the Conservatives of 4,852. Bassetlaw is a local government district in Nottinghamshire, England. Women and some ethnic minority men, who were treated similarly, have called me to offer their sympathy and solidarity. It is where I raised my three children and serve as Deputy Leader at Bassetlaw District Council and as Cabinet Member for Regeneration. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. They have squandered billions of taxpayers money and lurch from crisis to crisis whilst local families and business suffer. Senior Labour sources in Bassetlaw have said they are 'immensely frustrated' at the decision, with one accusing the national party of 'inventing' allegations. He contested Putney constituency at the 2017 election, coming second to the Tory candidate by 1,554 votes. The Liberal Democrats gained a seat from Labour in East Retford West, the first Liberal Democrat elected in Bassetlaw since 2006. The previous Bassetlaw District Council election occurred in 2019 and resulted in the Labour Party winning 37 seats and . Facebook; Twitter; I am a Bassetlaw resident and have been for over 20 years. (They hung on with a 5,000 majority in 2019). I love the Labour Party dearly and believe in it, but it cannot narrow its base like this. 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. Some comrades made this video to encourage eligible Labour Party to members attend their branch meetings and vote for an open selection. A stroke seven years ago forced him to retire from Bassetlaw Learning Centre where he was working with pupils excluded from school. The Conservatives have subsequently improved their position to 8 seats following a series of by-election gains. This includes thousands of jobs at Appleyhead, Vesuvius, Snape Lane, and Gamston Airport. The Bassetlaw Division (named after one of the ancient Wapentakes of the county) as originally created in 1885 consisted of the municipal borough of East Retford, the petty sessional divisions of Retford and Worksop and part of Mansfield petty sessional division. 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. Many cited confusing messaging over Covid, and Dominic Cummingss trip to Barnard Castle as the reason for their change of heart. 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.". 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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 council resolved in 2014 to hold all-out elections from 2015 onwards, with all 48 councillors elected in all-out elections every four years. 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. 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. Menu Home; Rankings. Ive come from a miners strike that fell apart. A former parliamentary candidate has confirmed she is to take legal action over her deselection. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected; 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, Bassetlaw constituency boundaries, shown within the county of Nottinghamshire, As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig, Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916, British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig, Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901, Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886, candidate endorsed by the coalition government, List of parliamentary constituencies in Nottinghamshire, "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England", "Labour's John Mann quits as MP to join House of Lords", "Sally Gimson: Bassetlaw Labour candidate deselected by NEC", "Deselected Bassetlaw candidate Sally Gimson drops legal fight", "New Labour MP candidate announced after selection row", "Conservatives take Bassetlaw with biggest swing of night - ending 90 years of Labour dominance", Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 1), UK General Election February 1974 results, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bassetlaw_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&oldid=1098152653, Beckingham, Blyth, Carlton, Clayworth, Everton, Harworth East, Harworth West, Hodsock, Misterton, Rampton, Ranskill, Sturton, Sutton, Welbeck, Worksop East, Worksop North, Worksop North East, Worksop North West, Worksop South, Worksop South East. 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