Lincolnshire County Council elections

Lincolnshire County Council in England is elected every four years.

Council elections

Council composition

Year Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats[a] Reform Green UKIP DLP Independents
& Others		 Council control
after election
Local government reorganisation; council established (75 seats)
1973 35 9 3 – – – 5 23 No overall control
1977 54 5 2 – 0 – 1 13 Conservative
New division boundaries; seats increased from 75 to 76
1981 42 13 10 – 0 – – 11 Conservative
1985 39 14 20 – 0 – – 3 Conservative
1989 39 19 12 – 0 – – 6 Conservative
1993 31 25 15 – 0 – – 5 No overall control
1997 43 19 11 – 0 0 – 3 Conservative
New division boundaries; seats increased from 76 to 77
2001 49 21 4 – 0 0 – 3 Conservative
2005 45 21 8 – 0 0 – 3 Conservative
2009 60 4 5 – 0 0 – 8[b] Conservative
2013 36 12 3 – 0 16 – 10[c] No overall control
New division boundaries; seats reduced from 77 to 70
2017 58 6 1 – 0 0 – 5[d] Conservative
2021 54 4 3 0 0 0 – 9[e] Conservative
2025 14 3 5 44 0 0 – 4[f] Reform

County result maps

By-election results

1997–2001

Boston Rural South By-Election 23 September 1999
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 449 46.8 −19.2
Liberal Democrats 354 36.9 +36.9
Labour 156 16.3 −17.7
Majority 95 9.9
Turnout 959 13.0
Conservative hold Swing
Gainsborough North By-Election 18 November 1999
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats 296 46.9 +11.5
Conservative 212 33.6 +7.0
Labour 105 16.6 −18.5
Independent 18 2.9 +2.9
Majority 84 13.3
Turnout 631 13.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

2001–2005

Lincoln Boultham By-Election 11 July 2002
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 524 45.9 −17.4
Independent 339 29.7 +17.3
Conservative 235 20.6 +0.0
Green 44 3.9 +3.9
Majority 185 16.2
Turnout 1,142 20.6
Labour hold Swing

2005–2009

Boston Coastal By-Election 6 April 2006[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Bedford 800 57.9 +10.3
UKIP Sue Ransome 217 15.7 −8.8
Labour Paul Kenny 205 14.8 −13.2
Liberal Democrats Albert Tebbs 160 11.6 +11.6
Majority 583 42.2
Turnout 1,382 25.0
Conservative hold Swing
Bourne Castle By-Election 6 July 2006[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charlotte Farquharson 657 44.6 −2.5
Labour Trevor Holmes 435 29.5 +2.6
Liberal Democrats Timothy Fitzgerald 255 17.3 −8.7
UKIP Jamie Corney 127 8.6 +8.6
Majority 222 15.1
Turnout 1,474 23.5
Conservative hold Swing
Heighington and Washingborough By-Election 15 November 2007[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Clive Oxby 877 61.8 +14.5
Labour Darren Hopewell 206 14.5 −26.9
Liberal Democrats Roy Harris 137 9.7 +9.7
BNP Michael Clayton 126 8.9 +8.9
UKIP Steven Pearson 52 3.7 −7.6
Independent Victor Sahunta 21 1.5 +1.5
Majority 671 47.3
Turnout 1,419 26.2
Conservative hold Swing
Louth Wolds By-Election 31 July 2008[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Hugo Marfleet 1,013 49.9 +13.5
Independent Daniel Simpson 361 17.8 −0.6
Liberal Democrats Eric Needham 304 15.0 −18.4
BNP Robert West 219 10.8 +10.8
Labour Michael Preen 75 3.7 +3.7
UKIP Barry Gleeson 59 2.9 −9.0
Majority 652 32.1
Turnout 2,031 31.9
Conservative hold Swing
Bourne Abbey By-Election 2 October 2008[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sue Woolley 760 41.4 −12.9
Independent Helen Powell 355 19.3 +19.3
BNP David Owens 239 13.0 +13.0
Labour Roberta Britton 202 11.0 −34.7
Liberal Democrats Peter Morris 198 10.8 +10.8
Green Ashley Baxter 42 2.3 +2.3
UKIP Peter Oldham 41 2.2 +2.2
Majority 405 22.1
Turnout 1,837 21.0
Conservative hold Swing

2009–2013

Boston North West By-Election 15 October 2009[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrea Jenkyns 597 38.7 +13.2
BNP David Owens 581 37.7 +17.1
Labour Pam Kenny 204 13.2 +1.9
Liberal Democrats Michael Shriden-Shinn 160 10.4 +3.2
Majority 16 1.0
Turnout 1,542 21.3
Conservative hold Swing
Sleaford West and Leasingham By-Election 13 October 2011[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew Hagues 614 43.0 −2.4
Lincolnshire Independent David Suiter 454 31.8 +31.8
Labour Jim Clarke 315 22.1 +13.5
Liberal Democrats David Harding-Price 45 3.2 −7.9
Majority 160 11.2
Turnout 1,428
Conservative hold Swing
Lincoln East By-Election 2 August 2012[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robin Renshaw 563 48.8 +14.5
Conservative Simon Parr 314 27.2 −11.8
Liberal Democrats John Bishop 95 8.2 −18.5
UKIP Pat Nurse 79 6.8 +6.8
TUSC Nick Parker 79 6.8 +6.8
English Democrat Elliot Fountain 24 2.1 +2.1
Majority 249 21.6
Turnout 1,154
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Nettleham and Saxilby By-Election 6 September 2012[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jackie Brockway 1,026 43.4 +9.4
Liberal Democrats Charles Shaw 600 25.4 −35.1
UKIP Howard Thompson 266 11.2 +11.2
Labour Richard Coupland 257 10.9 +5.4
Lincolnshire Independent David Watson 196 8.3 +8.3
English Democrat Elliot Fountain 21 0.9 +0.9
Majority 426 18.0
Turnout 2,366
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

2013–2017

Scotter Rural By-Election 19 December 2013[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Lesley Rollings 726 49.2 +26.3
Conservative Richard Butroid 348 23.6 −18.4
UKIP Nick Smith 264 17.9 −7.1
Lincolnshire Independent Chris Darcel 137 9.3 +9.3
Majority 378 25.6
Turnout 1,475
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Stamford North By-Election 11 December 2014[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UKIP Robert Foulkes 400 31.5 +31.5
Labour Mark Ashberry 268 21.1 +0.1
Conservative Matthew Lee 261 20.6 −11.0
Lincolnshire Independent Max Sawyer 199 15.7 +15.7
Liberal Democrats Harrish Bisnauthsing 142 11.2 +11.2
Majority 132 10.4
Turnout 1,270
UKIP gain from Independent Swing
Grantham Barrowby By-Election 2 July 2015[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mark Whittington 579 49.5 +11.7
Labour Rob Shorrock 257 22.0 −7.9
UKIP Maureen Simon 179 15.3 +15.3
Lincolnshire Independent Mike Williams 155 13.2 +13.2
Majority 322 27.5
Turnout 1,170
Conservative hold Swing

2021–2025

Colsterworth Rural By-Election 24 February 2022[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charlotte Vernon 986 59.6 −17.2
Liberal Democrats Harrish Bisnauthsing 277 16.8 +16.8
Labour Stuart Fawcett 269 16.3 −6.9
Green Mike Turner 121 7.3 +7.3
Majority 709 42.9
Turnout 1,653
Conservative hold Swing
Spalding West By-Election 8 December 2022[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SH Independents Manzur Hasan 676 63.2 −17.5
Conservative Paul Redgate 393 36.8 +17.5
Majority 283 26.4
Turnout 1,069
SH Independents hold Swing
Eagle and Hykeham West By-Election 4 May 2023[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alan Briggs 759 32.5 −31.3
Lincolnshire Independent Charles Overton 470 20.1 +20.1
Labour Calum Watt 439 18.8 +4.4
Independent Nikki Dillon 299 12.8 −3.5
Liberal Democrats Tony Richardson 178 7.6 +2.1
Green Sally Horscroft 103 4.4 +4.4
Reform Nicola Smith 75 3.2 +3.2
Liberal Charles Shaw 10 0.4 +0.4
Majority 289 12.4
Turnout 2,333
Conservative hold Swing
Carholme By-Election 14 September 2023[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Neil Murray 896 48.0 −9.8
Liberal Democrats James Brown 680 36.4 +32.5
Conservative Thomas Hulme 150 8.0 −16.4
TUSC Nick Parker 74 4.0 +2.3
Reform Jane Smith 66 3.5 +3.5
Majority 216 11.6
Turnout 1,866
Labour hold Swing
Grantham North By-Election 9 November 2023[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul Martin 762 39.2 −31.6
Independent Tim Harrison 446 23.0 +23.0
Labour Jonathan Cook 380 19.6 +2.1
Green Anne Gayfer 193 9.9 −1.8
Liberal Democrats Nat Sweet 87 4.5 +4.5
Independent Dean Ward 74 3.8 +3.8
Majority 316 16.3
Turnout 1,942
Conservative hold Swing
Park By-Election 2 May 2024[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Debbie Armiger 1,054 45.2 −1.7
Liberal Democrats Martin Christopher 656 28.1 +11.2
Reform Jane Smith 212 9.1 +5.7
Green Sally Horscroft 192 8.2 −1.1
Conservative Charlie Rogers 148 6.3 −14.8
TUSC Emma Knight 48 2.1 −0.3
Liberal Charles Shaw 22 0.9 +0.9
Majority 398 17.1
Turnout 2,332
Labour hold Swing

Notes

  1. ↑ Includes totals for the predecessors of the Liberal Democrats, the Liberal Party and SDP (both of which participated in the Alliance).
  2. ↑ Including 4 Lincolnshire Independents, 1 Boston Bypass Independents
  3. ↑ Including 8 Lincolnshire Independents
  4. ↑ Including 1 Lincolnshire Independent
  5. ↑ Including 3 South Holland Independents, 1 Lincolnshire Independents
  6. ↑ Including 1 Lincolnshire Independents

References

  1. ↑ "Lincolnshire". BBC News Online. BBC. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
  2. ↑ "Boston Coastal electoral division". Boston borough council. Archived from the original on 3 June 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
  3. ↑ "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). South Kesteven District Council. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
  4. ↑ "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Lincolnshire County Council. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
  5. ↑ "Tories win by-election but BNP beat Labour". Louth Leader. 1 August 2008. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
  6. ↑ "Conservatives win county seat in Bourne by-election". Spaldingtoday. 3 October 2008. Archived from the original on 4 October 2008. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
  7. ↑ "BNP narrowly beaten in by-election". Boston Standard. 16 October 2009. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
  8. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Sleaford West and Leasingham Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  9. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Lincoln East Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  10. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Nettleham and Saxilby Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  11. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Scotter Rural Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  12. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Stamford North Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  13. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Grantham Barrowby Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  14. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Colsterworth Rural Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  15. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Spalding West Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  16. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Eagle and Hykeham West Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  17. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Carholme Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  18. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Grantham North Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  19. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Park Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
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