Before anyone asks for your vote: what the official record says about the ground around this area — housing sites, schools, protected areas, air quality — and who represents you now.
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Boundary: ONS Open Geography Portal (Open Government Licence). Map tiles: OpenStreetMap.
Official open data about the area. It describes the place, not you, and it favours no candidate.
People claiming unemployment-related benefits
120 people in Worksop East ward, 3.2% of residents aged 16–64, against 4% across England (August 2026).
Claimant count, Office for National Statistics via Nomis (Open Government Licence). It counts people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance or Universal Credit while required to seek work; it is not the same as the unemployment rate.
House prices in Bassetlaw
Average price £214,281, up 5.5% on a year earlier (July 2026).
Flats and maisonettes: £92,966
Detached houses: £319,067
Source: HM Land Registry UK House Price Index for the local authority (Open Government Licence). A local-authority average; prices within it vary widely.
Recorded crime nearby, July 2026
2 street-level crimes recorded within about a mile of the area's centre.
anti social behaviour: 1
criminal damage arson: 1
Source: data.police.uk (Open Government Licence). Centroid of the ONS 2024 boundary. Statistics near this point describe the area, not any household. Recorded crime reflects reporting and policing as well as offending; see the ONS guidance in further reading.
Past elections in this ward
Every recorded council election here since 2006, most recent first. Elected candidates in bold. Past results describe the past; each election is a new contest.
2023— Labour Party, Labour Party, Labour Party elected · turnout 24%
Jo White
Labour Party
824
Cliff Entwistle
Labour Party
805
Debbie Merryweather
Labour Party
770
Pamela Briggs
Conservative and Unionist Party
328
Tim Griffith
Conservative and Unionist Party
287
Klaudia Piatek
Conservative and Unionist Party
222
2019— Labour Party, Labour Party, Labour Party elected · turnout 33%
Cliff Entwistle
Labour Party
834
Debbie Merryweather
Labour Party
785
Jo White
Labour Party
767
David Paul Kirton
UK Independence Party (UKIP)
480
Deidre Dora Vernon
Conservative and Unionist Party
167
Arthur Raymond Dernie
Conservative and Unionist Party
161
Susan Radcliffe
Conservative and Unionist Party
156
Helen Elizabeth Cooper
Liberal Democrats
143
2015— Labour Party, Labour Party, Labour Party elected · turnout 66%
Cliff Entwistle
Labour Party
1,731
Debbie Merryweather
Labour Party
1,640
Jo White
Labour Party
1,435
Chris Barker
UK Independence Party (UKIP)
884
Richard Strickson
Conservative and Unionist Party
571
2014— Labour Party elected · turnout 31%
Griff Wynne
Labour Party
914
Michael Lowe
UK Independence Party (UKIP)
463
Geoff Coe
Independent
161
2012— Labour Party elected · turnout 31%
Jo White
Labour Party
1,135
Geoff Coe
Independent
376
2011— Labour Party elected · turnout 39%
Cliff Entwistle
Labour Party
1,436
Geoff Coe
Independent
554
2010— Labour Party elected
Griff Wynne
Labour Party
2,090
Geoff Coe
Independent
893
2008— Labour Party elected
John Scott
Labour Party
663
Geoff Coe
Independent
581
Geoff Hurst
Independent
357
2007— Labour Party elected
Cliff Entwistle
Labour Party
953
Martin Introna
Independent
692
2006— Labour Party elected
Griffith Wynne
Labour Party
812
William Rodgers
Independent
744
Source: DCLEAPIL v1.0 British local election results 2006–2024, by Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's Local Elections Archive Project and Democracy Club (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0). Where a ward's boundaries changed, earlier results were for a somewhat different area.
Who represents you now
Councillors for Worksop East, as recorded after the May 2026 elections:
Jo White, Labour Party
Cliff Entwistle, Labour Party
Deborah Merryweather, Independent / Other
This by-election fills a seat that has fallen vacant since then, so one of those listed may no longer hold it.
Across the whole of Bassetlaw council (48 seats in 2026): Conservative 4, Labour 35, Reform UK 6, Other 3. Run by: Labour, with a majority.
Councillors and council make-up from Open Council Data (public domain). The council's own website lists current councillors and how to contact them.
