Worksop, in the Bassetlaw council area — Worksop: a photograph of the Bassetlaw area, not of East Markham itself. Dave Bevis / CC BY-SA 2.0

East Markham by-election

Polls closed on 15 September 2026 from 7am to 10pm. One seat on Bassetlaw, contested by 4 candidates.

Polls have closed and the count is under way. We will publish the result here once the council declares it. We would rather leave this blank than print a projection.

Who is standing

Every candidate on the ballot paper, in alphabetical order, exactly as the council published them.

Colette Maureen RobertsLabour Party
David BeanGreen Party
James Robert PurleConservative and Unionist Party
Matthew Stephen EvansReform UK

Party names link to our own page on where that party stands. Candidates standing as independents, or for parties we do not cover, are listed without a link rather than pointed somewhere that does not describe them.

Every by-election, ward by ward