Council by-election · Thursday, 29 October 2026

Bassetlaw District: Worksop East ward

Name: Bassetlaw District: Worksop East ward council by-election, 29 October 2026
Start: 2026-10-29T07:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-10-29T22:00:00+00:00
Location: Bassetlaw District: Worksop East ward

Archive. This election has already happened. Everything below is shown as it stood at the time: the candidates, their published positions as of the campaign, and household figures under the law of 2026. Nothing here is a judgement of what happened afterwards.

5 candidates stood here, polling day 29 October 2026. The same page for each of them, in the order you will see on the ballot paper. Read them all, or start with the one you have heard of.

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The 5 on your paper in the order you’ll see them

No. 1Restore Britain
Anne Froggatt
No statement supplied.
Nothing published that we could source yet
No. 2Labour Party
Cameron Holt
No statement supplied.
Nothing published that we could source yet
No. 3Green Party
Anne Kean
“A long‑time Worksop resident, Anne’s roots run deep through her family, her church community and her involvement with regional environmental groups.”
Nothing published that we could source yet
No. 4The Conservative Party Candidate
Ben Storey
No statement supplied.
Nothing published that we could source yet
No. 5Reform UK
Nancy Wright
“It is a great honour to have been selected as the Reform UK candidate for the upcoming Worksop East by-election taking place on Thursday 29th October.”
Nothing published that we could source yet

The result, Thursday, 29 October 2026

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Nancy Wright (elected)	Reform UK	600	45.9%
Cameron Holt	Labour Party	485	37.1%
Anne Froggatt	Restore Britain	91	7%
Ben Storey	Conservative and Unionist Party	89	6.8%
Anne Kean	Green Party	42	3.2%

1,307 valid votes, turnout 27.9% of 4,687 registered electors, 1 spoilt ballot. Result data from Democracy Club (source). Past results describe the past; each election is a new contest.

In this ward 5 candidates from 5 parties or independent slots are standing. Parties do not stand everywhere; here is how to find out whether yours stands nearby.

This is a council seat. A councillor's win changes what the council decides: council tax, housing repairs and allocations, planning, social care, schools admissions, parking, bins, libraries. It does not change national tax, benefits or NHS policy, so this page shows only positions published for this council election, and no national party pledges are implied.

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Your local councillor

Councillors sit on the council that runs services where you live. They set the council's budget and council tax, and decide local planning applications. Here, for Bassetlaw District: Worksop East ward.

What this office decides

Planning. Whether new homes, extensions and developments get permission.
Waste and streets. Bins, recycling, street cleaning, fly-tipping.
Council tax. The level you pay, within limits set nationally.
Social care. In county and unitary councils, care for older and disabled people.
Parks and libraries. Opening, funding, closing.
Council housing. Repairs, allocations and, in many areas, homelessness.

What it does not

NHS policy and waiting times. Parliament and the NHS.
Income tax and benefits. Parliament.
Immigration. Parliament.
Policing policy. The Home Office and your Police and Crime Commissioner or mayor.
Schools' curriculum. Government and, for academies, their trusts.

Candidates often campaign on things their office cannot change. That is not dishonest in itself — an MP can press a council, a councillor can lobby government — but it is worth knowing which is which. Summarised from the Local Government Association and UK Parliament descriptions of each role.

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1Anne Froggatt

Restore Britain

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Democracy Club profile Party site

In their own words

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Stood before

No previous candidacy on Democracy Club's record. Every candidate has this section.

Record in office

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Published positions on the ten topics

Nothing published that we could source, yet. A councillor sits on the council that sets council tax and decides planning, housing repairs and allocations, social care, bins, parking, libraries and, in most areas, school admissions. It cannot change national tax, benefits or NHS policy.

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1Anne Froggatt

Restore Britain

2Cameron Holt

Labour Party

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Stood before

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Record in office

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Published positions on the ten topics

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2Cameron Holt

Labour Party

3Anne Kean

Green Party

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In their own words

A long‑time Worksop resident, Anne’s roots run deep through her family, her church community and her involvement with regional environmental groups. She’s standing to help tackle the issues that matter most to people across Worksop East: From protecting our local environment and supporting families, to building stronger & more resilient communities through greener practices, she will continue to support local businesses for the future.

Anne is ready to focus on key #Bassetlaw priorities:

Cleaner & greener communities - Addressing environmental issues, all while protecting nature and supporting renewable energy projects.

Growing Local, supporting local - Backing local businesses, strengthening our local economy and helping our community grow & thrive.

Protecting our community services — Standing up for the services residents rely on for safety, health and wellbeing. Helping to protect & secure their future.

Affordable household bills - Being a Worksop resident who is also being impacted by rising energy costs, Anne wants Bassetlaw to own their own energy sources, ensuring Bassetlaw can use any profit from selling excess energy to reduce bills and benefit the local workforce.

For a cleaner, greener Bassetlaw — support local, vote local, vote Green.

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Record in office

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3Anne Kean

Green Party

4Ben Storey

The Conservative Party CandidateBallot-paper description. Registered party: Conservative and Unionist Party.

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No statement to voters supplied to Democracy Club.

Stood before

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Record in office

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Where this information comes from

Published positions on the ten topics

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4Ben Storey

Conservative and Unionist Party

5Nancy Wright

Reform UK

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In their own words

It is a great honour to have been selected as the Reform UK candidate for the upcoming Worksop East by-election taking place on Thursday 29th October.

This by-election has been triggered by Jo White our Labour MP finally resigning from Bassetlaw District Council. Local residents have been clear with me that they want a voice which is concerned with fixing the streets of Worksop, and not focussed entirely on Westminster.

For too long residents have been over looked and taken for granted by Labour, this election is your chance to send a clear message that Worksop deserves better . On Thursday 29th October the choice is clear, continuing chaos with Labour or, real change with Reform UK 🇬🇧

Statement to voters supplied by the candidate to Democracy Club, retrieved 2026-10-26. Reproduced unedited.

Stood before

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Record in office

Campaign leaflets archived

This campaign · 2026-10-05

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Where this information comes from

Published positions on the ten topics

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5Nancy Wright

Reform UK

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Commons Library: constituency data dashboards — House of Commons Library. Parliamentary research service, impartial by statute.
electionleaflets.org: archive of election leaflets, searchable by area — Democracy Club. Civic-technology archive; leaflets are the parties' own material.
Electoral Commission: political finance register (donations, loans, spending) — Electoral Commission. Official register.
Full Fact — Full Fact. Independent fact-checking charity.
House of Commons Library research briefings — House of Commons Library. Parliamentary research service, impartial by statute.
Institute for Government — Institute for Government. Independent think tank on how government works.
Ipsos Issues Index: what the public says matters most — Ipsos. Polling company (monthly, unprompted survey).
LG Inform: council performance and finance data — Local Government Association. Sector body for councils.
Local Elections Archive Project: every council result since 2002 — Andrew Teale. Independent archive from Returning Officers' data, CC BY-SA.
mySociety Local Intelligence Hub: data by constituency — mySociety. Civic-technology charity; non-partisan.
UK Parliament: Commons votes (every division, how each MP voted) — UK Parliament. Official record, Open Parliament Licence.
UK Parliament: petitions, with signatures by constituency — UK Parliament. Official record.

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Bassetlaw District: Worksop East ward

The 5 on your paper in the order you’ll see them

Anne Froggatt

Cameron Holt

Anne Kean

Ben Storey

Nancy Wright

Your local councillor

What this office decides

What it does not

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1Anne Froggatt

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1Anne Froggatt

2Cameron Holt

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2Cameron Holt

3Anne Kean

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3Anne Kean

4Ben Storey

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4Ben Storey

5Nancy Wright

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5Nancy Wright

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1Anne Froggatt

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2Cameron Holt

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3Anne Kean

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4Ben Storey

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5Nancy Wright

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Where this information comes from

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