2002 City of Lincoln Council election

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2002 City of Lincoln Council election [1] [2] [3]
←  2000 2 May 2002 2003  →
11 of the 33 seats to City of Lincoln Council
17 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
 
Party Labour Conservative
Last election294
Seats won92
Seats after276
Seat changeDecrease2.svg2Increase2.svg2
Popular vote8,5026,082
Percentage52.4%37.5%
City of Lincoln Council Election Results 2002.svg
Map showing the results of the 2002 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

Elections to City of Lincoln Council in Lincolnshire, England, were held on 2 May 2002. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.

Contents

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

Lincoln local election result 2002
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 702Decrease2.svg263.652.48,502
  Conservative 420Increase2.svg236.437.56,082
 Lincoln Independent Alliance000Steady2.svg07.31,184
  Green 000Steady2.svg02.8450

Ward results

Abbey

Location of Abbey ward Abbey ward in Lincoln 1999.svg
Location of Abbey ward
Abbey [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Fay Smith 663 64.4
Conservative Jonathan Gainey36635.6
Majority29728.8
Turnout 1,029
Labour hold

Birchwood

Location of Birchwood ward Birchwood ward in Lincoln 1999.svg
Location of Birchwood ward
Birchwood [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Edmund Strengiel 672 50.9
Labour Paul Gowen56042.5
Lincoln Independent AllianceRobert Wells876.6
Majority1128.4
Turnout 1,319
Conservative gain from Labour

Boultham

Location of Boultham ward Boultham ward in Lincoln 1999.svg
Location of Boultham ward
Boultham [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Amode Toofany 749 52.1
Conservative Darren Grice32722.7
Lincoln Independent AllianceMalcolm Skeels24016.7
Liberal Democrats Daniel Paton1228.5
Majority42229.4
Turnout 1,438
Labour hold

Bracebridge

Location of Bracebridge ward Bracebridge ward in Lincoln 1999.svg
Location of Bracebridge ward
Bracebridge [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Hilton Spratt 912 50.1
Labour Andrew Taylor68837.8
Liberal Democrats Donald Simpson19210.6
Lincoln Independent AllianceAmanda Fletcher271.5
Majority22412.3
Turnout 1,819
Conservative gain from Labour

Carholme

Location of Carholme ward Carholme ward in Lincoln 1999.svg
Location of Carholme ward
Carholme [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Neil Murray 695 45.4
Conservative Sally-Ann Grice36423.8
Liberal Democrats Daniel Paton23915.6
Green Nicola Watson1479.6
Lincoln Independent AllianceJanet Spencer875.7
Majority33121.6
Turnout 1,532
Labour hold

Castle

Location of Castle ward Castle ward in Lincoln 1999.svg
Location of Castle ward
Castle [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Donald Nannestad 714 57.8
Conservative Beryl Hollands44235.8
Lincoln Independent AllianceLee Openshaw806.5
Majority27222.0
Turnout 1,236
Labour hold

Glebe

Location of Glebe ward Minster ward in Lincoln 1999.svg
Location of Glebe ward
Glebe [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Lawrence Wells 692 49.7
Conservative Phillip Mappin40829.3
Lincoln Independent AllianceGeorge Spencer29221.0
Majority28420.4
Turnout 1,392
Labour hold

Hartsholme

Location of Hartsholme ward Hartsholme ward in Lincoln 1999.svg
Location of Hartsholme ward
Hartsholme [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Ronald Hills 814 47.5
Labour Leslie Burke53531.2
Lincoln Independent AllianceRichard Hall36421.2
Majority27916.3
Turnout 1,713
Conservative gain from Labour

Minster

Location of Minster ward Minster ward in Lincoln 1999.svg
Location of Minster ward
Minster [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative David Gratrick 757 47.4
Labour Margaret Schofield60137.7
Lincoln Independent AlliancePaul Wilkinson23814.9
Majority1569.7
Turnout 1,596
Conservative gain from Labour

Moorland

Location of Moorland ward Moorland ward in Lincoln 1999.svg
Location of Moorland ward
Moorland [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Denise Moore 686 52.6
Conservative Duncan Fraser54141.5
Lincoln Independent AllianceJohn Webster765.8
Majority14511.1
Turnout 1,303
Labour hold

Park

Location of Park ward Park ward in Lincoln 1999.svg
Location of Park ward
Park [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Patrick Vaughan 512 55.1
Conservative Barry Briggs22223.9
Liberal Democrats Jack Merian12813.8
Green Kenneth Yates374.0
Lincoln Independent AllianceBarbara Freeborough313.3
Majority29031.2
Turnout 930
Labour hold

By-elections between 2002 and 2003

Boultham By-Election 11 July 2002 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 605 52.9 Decrease2.svg3.3
Independent 27323.9Increase2.svg5.0
Conservative 26523.2Steady2.svg0.0
Majority 33229.0
Turnout 1,14320.5
Labour hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ "Council compositions by year". The Elections Centre.
  2. ↑ "Local Election Summaries 2002". The Elections Centre.
  3. ↑ "Council by Council - Lincoln". BBC News . Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Andrew Teale. "Local Election Results 2002 - Lincoln". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  5. ↑ Keith Edkins. "Local Authority Byelection Results - July 2002". Archived from the original on 1 September 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
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