TOP THREE PARTIES AT A GLANCE
Labour		48.1%
Conservative		18.4%
Independent		17.0%
Swing: 0.1% from LAB to CON

IN DETAIL
Name	Party	Votes	%	+/- %
Alan Meale	Labour	18,400	48.1	-9.0
Anne Wright	Conservative	7,035	18.4	-8.8
Stewart Rickersey	Independent	6,491	17.0	+17.0
Roger Shelley	Liberal Democrat	5,316	13.9	-1.8
Michael Harvey	Veritas	1,034	2.7	+2.7
Majority		11,365	29.7
Turnout		38,276	55.4	+0.2

POLITICAL MAKE UP OF EAST MIDLANDS

Full details for East Midlands

2001 RESULT FOR MANSFIELD
Labour		57.1%
Conservative		27.2%
Liberal Democrat		15.7%