Bassetlaw (UK Parliament constituency)

Bassetlaw
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Bassetlaw in Nottinghamshire for the 2010 general election.
Location of Nottinghamshire within England.
County	Nottinghamshire
Population	103,808 (2011 census)
Electorate	78,306 (December 2010)
Major settlements	Worksop and Retford
Current constituency
Created	1885
Member of parliament	John Mann (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	North Nottinghamshire
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	East Midlands

Bassetlaw /ˈbæsᵻtˌlɔː/ is a constituency in Nottinghamshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2001 by John Mann of the Labour Party.

The Bassetlaw constituency covers the north of Nottinghamshire, including the towns of Worksop and Retford. It shares the name of the Bassetlaw district.

The constituency includes 22 electoral wards from Bassetlaw District Council:

Following their review of parliamentary boundaries in Nottinghamshire, the Boundary Commission for England made changes to the constituency for the 2010 general election to allow for population changes, most noticeably by moving the small town of Market Warsop into Mansfield constituency.

The constituency was created in 1885 by the Redistribution of Seats Act.

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.