For the 130th year of a woman's right to stand as a District Councillor, thanks to the 1894 Local Government Act, we decided to mark the occasion by shining a spotlight on Bassetlaw's past and present female Councillors. We have had 77 over the years!
| Elizabeth Yates, 2003 - 2012 | Wendy Quigley, 1995 - 1995 and 1998 - 2014 | Margaret Grundy, 1991 - 1999 |
| Blodwen Yeoman, 1973 - 1975 | Carol Palmer, 2011 - unknown | Sarah Farncombe, 2015 - 2019 |
| Helen Tamblyn-Saville, 2019 - 2023 | Janet Pimperton, 1995 - 2003 | Sybil Fielding, 2012 - to date |
| Tracey Taylor, 2012 - unknown | Jane Claire Levin, 2019 - 2023 | Deirdre Foley, 2014 - 2018 |
| Shirley Toms, 2014 - unknown | Josie Potts, 2007 - to date | Gillian Freeman, 1999 - 2003 and 2006 - to date |
| Carolyn Troop, 1987 - to date | Sylvia May, 2011 - 2015 | Gloria (June) Evans, 2010 - to date |
| Constance Tucker, 1979 - 1990 | Marilyn McCarthy, 1979 - 199 and 1996 to 2000 | Edith Dernie, 1990 - 1998 |
| Julianna Smith, 2003 - 2011 | Debbie Merryweather, 2015 - to date | Denise Depledge, 2021 - 2022 |
| Mary Stokes, 1973 - 2011 | Adele Mumby, 2011 - 2015 | Stephanie Dodds, 1995 - 1998 |
| Kathleen Straker, 1983 - 1995 | Margaret Muskett, 2000 - 2003 | Patricia Douglas, 2011 - 2015 |
| Joan Sanger, 1996 - 2000 & 2012 - to date | Audrey Lees, 1992 - 1996 | Maria Chalesworth, 2019 - to date |
| Lynne Schuller, 2019 - to date | Rebecca Leigh, 2012 - 2015 | Helen Colton, 2006 - 2010 |
| Sue Shaw, 2015 - to date | Julie Leigh, 2011 - to date | Pamela Covill, 1987 - 1998 |
| Annette Simpson, 2006 - unknown | Pamela Lewis, 1998 - 2003 | Marie (Teresa) Critchley, 2002 - 2006 and 2015 - 2019 |
| Pamela Skelding, 2000 - 2002 | Gwyneth Jones, 2012 - 2023 | Emma Bloomer, 1981 - 1999 |
| Margaret Skelton, 2010 - unknown | Sara Jackson, 1979 - 2006 | Irene Balding, 2000 - 2002 |
| Vicki Smailes, 1999 - 2002 | Shirley Isard, 2008 - 2023 | Josie Barry, 1990 - 2006 |
| Anita Smith, 2014 - 2019 | Dianne Hare, 2015 - 2019 | Avril Barsley, 1998 - 2002 |
| Kathleen Sutton, 2019 - unknown | Audrey Hornsby, 1979 - 1992 | Ann Baltey, 2012 - 2015 |
| Mavis Rickells, 1991 - 1999 | Mary Hall, 1992 - 2000 | Hazel Brand, 2012 - to date |
| Tina Raffety, 2011 - 2015 | June Harris, 1999 - 2002 | Jo White, 2012 - to date |
| Sharon Randall, 2004 - 2008 | Pauline Noare, 1988 - 1995 | Patricia Waugh, 1996 - 2000 |
| Helen Richards, 2015 - 2021 | Hilda Hunter, 1990 - 1994 | Vicky Wanless, 2008 - 2012 |
| Maddie Richardson, 2014 - to date | Michelle Gregory, 2012 - 2014 | Edna Wilson, 1973 - 1979 |
| Harriet Digby, 2023 - to date | Lynn Dixon, 2023 - to date | Emma Griffin, 2023 - to date |
| Laura Sanders, 2023 - to date |
Last Updated on Thursday, December 5, 2024