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• Find Your Councillor

Bassetlaw District Council is run by a Cabinet of six Elected Councillors.

Cabinet works with various Scrutiny & Review Panels who monitor performance and spending for each of the Council's priority areas.

Full Council acts as a watchdog, making sure that the Cabinet's decisions are in the best interests of the people of Bassetlaw. The Cabinet refers many key decisions to Council, because they are so important that all Councillors need to be involved.

Councillor Facts

• The Council is made up of 48 democratically-elected Councillors - voted for by local people, in local elections.
• Following the May 2008 elections, there are currently 30 Conservative, 16 Labour and 2 Independent Councillors.
• The Conservative Group forms the Political Administration of the Council.
• The Leader of the Council is Councillor Mike Quigley and the Deputy Leader is Councillor Terry Yates.
• The Leader of the Labour Group is Councillor Graham Oxby.
• The Leader of the Independent Group is Councillor Hugh Burton.
• The Council's decisions are made by the Cabinet which meets every month.

Visit our Find your local councillor page for the contact details.

View our latest Committee Reports.

View our Membership of Council Meetings document.