<page_title> Bassetlaw (UK Parliament constituency) </page_title> <section_title> Elections in the 1960s </section_title> <table> <cell> Labour <col_header> Party </col_header> </cell> <cell> Joe Ashton <col_header> Candidate </col_header> </cell> <cell> 1.72 <col_header> % </col_header> <row_header> Majority </row_header> </cell> </table>
The seat of Bassetlaw was retained for the Labour Party by Joe Ashton with a 1.72% majority.