2002 West Lindsey District Council election

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Elections to West Lindsey District Council were held on 2 May 2002. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.

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After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

West Lindsey local election result 2002
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 840+466.742.64,297+5.9%
  Liberal Democrats 203-316.731.93,223-19.1%
  Labour 10008.314.11,424+9.2%
  Independent 101-18.311.41,154+3.9%

Ward results

Bardney
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ian Fleetwood50172.4+13.1
Liberal Democrats John Turner19127.6−13.1
Majority 31044.8+26.2
Turnout 69246.8−6.3
Conservative hold Swing
Cherry Willingham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Irmgard Parrott70653.7+53.7
Liberal Democrats Adrian Heath43633.2−9.9
Labour Tara-Louise Burghardt17313.2+13.2
Majority 27020.5
Turnout 1,31541.6+11.4
Conservative hold Swing
Fiskerton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Margaret Davidson25149.9+49.9
Liberal Democrats Roy Harris13326.4−5.7
Labour Sally Scott11923.7+23.7
Majority 11823.5
Turnout 50333.7+6.2
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Gainsborough East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Melvyn Starkey42456.8−19.4
Labour Deborah Rose21729.0+29.0
Conservative Stephen Beer10614.2−9.6
Majority 20727.8−24.6
Turnout 74717.2+0.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Gainsborough North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Irene Tyson40336.3+36.3
Liberal Democrats Kristan Smith36933.2−30.1
Conservative Robert Gore33930.5−6.2
Majority 343.1
Turnout 1,11122.5+5.0
Labour hold Swing
Hemswell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Colin Wotherspoon39861.4+14.3
Liberal Democrats William Gabbott25038.6−14.3
Majority 14822.8
Turnout 64835.7+0.9
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Market Rasen
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Adam Duguid56348.5+14.2
Liberal Democrats Neil Taylor48441.7−18.9
Labour Philip Huckin1159.9+4.8
Majority 796.8−19.5
Turnout 1,16231.1−2.3
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Nettleham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Alfred Frith94474.8+74.8
Conservative Rodney Stainton31825.2−9.9
Majority 62649.6+19.8
Turnout 1,26235.6−6.8
Independent hold Swing
Scampton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Heath56775.2+4.6
Conservative Peter Randall18724.8−4.6
Majority 38050.4−0.8
Turnout 75438.0+3.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Thonock
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Keeley Henderson27143.5+9.1
Labour Paul Chappelow18129.1+29.1
Liberal Democrats David Clack17127.4−38.2
Majority 9014.4
Turnout 62333.2+2.8
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Waddingham & Spital
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jeffrey Summers38148.3−13.9
Independent Ernest Coleman21026.6+26.6
Liberal Democrats Andrew Heathorn19825.1−12.7
Majority 17121.7−2.7
Turnout 78946.2+6.8
Conservative hold Swing
Wold View
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bernard Theobald27656.1+14.7
Labour Frank Thomas21643.9+24.6
Majority 6012.2+10.1
Turnout 49227.9−7.5
Conservative hold Swing

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