1995 City of Lincoln Council election

1995 City of Lincoln Council election ^{[1] [2]}

←  1994 4 May 1995 1996  →
11 of the 33 seats to City of Lincoln Council 17 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Labour Conservative Last election 30 3 Seats won 11 0 Seats after 31 2 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 16,949 5,447 Percentage 72.8% 23.4%
Map showing the results of the 1995 Lincoln City Council elections by ward. Red shows Labour seats and blue shows Conservative seats.
Council control before election Labour Council control after election Labour

The 1995 City of Lincoln Council election took place on 4 May 1995. This was on the same day as other local elections. One third of the council was up for election: the seats of which were last contested in 1991. The Labour Party retained control of the council.

Overall results

1995 City of Lincoln Council Election

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	11	1	0	1	100.0	72.8	16,949	12.9
	Conservative	0	0	1	1	0.0	23.4	5,447	11.9
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	0		0.0	1.0	240	New
	Green	0	0	0		0.0	2.5	573	1.9
	Independent	0	0	0		0.0	0.3	68	New
Total		11						23,277

All comparisons in vote share are to the corresponding 1991 election.

Ward results

Abbey

Location of Abbey ward

Abbey ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Peter West [4]	1,322	78.1%
	Conservative	P. Forbes-Ritte	200	11.8%
	Green	P. North	102	6.0%
	Independent	D. Webb	68	4.0%
Turnout				33.7%
	Labour hold

Birchwood

Location of Birchwood ward

Birchwood ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	W. Duncan	2,092	59.6%
	Conservative	Edmund Strengiel [5]	1,421	40.4%
Turnout				35.1%
	Labour gain from Conservative

Boultham

Location of Boultham ward

Boultham ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	T. Rook	1,414	74.9%
	Liberal Democrats	D. Paton	240	12.7%
	Conservative	S. Daly	234	12.4%
Turnout				36.9%
	Labour hold

Bracebridge

Location of Bracebridge ward

Bracebridge ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. Hall	1,602	72.4%
	Conservative	R. Meads	611	27.6%
Turnout				38.1%
	Labour hold

Carholme

Location of Carholme ward

Carholme ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	L. Richardson	1,548	68.0%
	Conservative	Sandra Gratrick [6]	449	19.7%
	Green	D. Kane	278	12.2%
Turnout				41.8%
	Labour hold

Castle

Location of Castle ward

Castle ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Anthony Morgan [7]	1,659	79.2%
	Conservative	Y. Sampson	322	15.4%
	Green	B. Alford	114	5.4%
Turnout				37.5%
	Labour hold

Longdales

Location of Longdales ward

Longdales ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Neil Murray [8]	1,497	74.7%
	Conservative	David Gratrick [9]	507	25.3%
Turnout				41.8%
	Labour hold

Minster

Location of Minster ward

Minster ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jerome O'Brien [10]	1,943	70.9%
	Conservative	C. Talbot	799	29.1%
Turnout				37.4%
	Labour hold

Moorland

Location of Moorland ward

Moorland ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Martin Bushell [11]	1,420	75.8%
	Conservative	D. Fraser	454	24.2%
Turnout				36.9%
	Labour hold

Park

Location of Park ward

Park ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David Jackson [12]	1,109	80.6%
	Conservative	P. Brooks	188	13.7%
	Green	K. Yates	79	5.7%
Turnout				27.6%
	Labour hold

Tritton

Location of Tritton ward

Tritton ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. Hurst	1,343	83.7%
	Conservative	M. Clark	262	16.3%
Turnout				38.7%
	Labour hold

References

1. "Council compositions by year". The Elections Centre.
2. "Local Election Summaries 1995". The Elections Centre.
3. "City of Lincoln Council Election Results 1973-2012". Elections Centre. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
4. "Councillors - Abbey ward". Archived from the original on 19 April 2003. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
5. "Councillors - Birchwood ward". City of Lincoln Council. Archived from the original on 26 August 2003. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
6. "Councillors - Minster ward". Archived from the original on 7 October 2006. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
7. "Councillors - Castle ward". Archived from the original on 19 April 2003. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
8. "Councillors - Castle ward". Archived from the original on 26 August 2003. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
9. "Councillors - Minster ward". Archived from the original on 19 April 2003. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
10. "Councillors - Glebe ward". Archived from the original on 19 April 2003. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
11. "Councillors - Moorland ward". Archived from the original on 19 April 2003. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
12. "Councillors - Park ward". Archived from the original on 19 April 2003. Retrieved 5 November 2019.