2006 West Lindsey District Council election

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Elections to West Lindsey District Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party lost overall control of the council to no overall control. The Liberal Democrat party took overall control of the council two weeks later after a by-election victory in Lea ward. [1]

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After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

West Lindsey Local Election Result 2006
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Liberal Democrats 620+250.047.15,763-6.6%
  Conservative 602-250.046.35,667+10.6%
  UKIP 000004.3528+4.3%
  Labour 000001.5185-4.1%
  Independent 000000.899-4.1%

Ward results

Bardney
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ian Fleetwood48367.5−4.9
Liberal Democrats Heather Shore13719.1−8.5
UKIP Carol Pearson9613.4+13.4
Majority34648.4+3.6
Turnout 71646.5−0.3
Conservative hold Swing
Cherry Willingham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Irmgard Parrott1,07479.9+45.0
UKIP Steven Pearson27020.1+20.1
Majority80459.8
Turnout 1,34439.5−17.0
Conservative hold Swing
Fiskerton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Margaret Davidson41460.8+10.9
Liberal Democrats Penelope Smith20229.7+3.3
UKIP Anthony Pearson659.5+9.7
Majority21231.1+7.6
Turnout 68140.8+7.1
Conservative hold Swing
Gainsborough East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Melvyn Starkey76067.0+18.7
Conservative Jessie Milne37533.0+15.8
Majority38534.0+20.1
Turnout 1,13523.7−11.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Gainsborough North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Thomas Brown81267.1+29.4
Conservative Karen Foreman30224.9+0.8
UKIP Gordon Simmonds978.0+8.0
Majority51042.2+28.6
Turnout 1,21124.4−16.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Hemswell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Scott Pritchard47756.3+17.7
Conservative Colin Wotherspoon37043.7−17.7
Majority10712.6
Turnout 84745.3+9.6
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Market Rasen
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Adam Duguid74452.7+7.2
Liberal Democrats Kenneth Bridger66847.3−7.2
Majority765.4
Turnout 1,41236.2+0.5
Conservative hold Swing
Nettleham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Alfred Frith1,00561.1−3.6
Conservative Susan Harland51031.0−4.3
Labour Brian Pocknee1307.9+7.9
Majority49530.1+0.7
Turnout 1,64546.0−9.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Scampton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Heath52758.5−16.7
Conservative David Howe37441.5+16.7
Majority15317.0−33.4
Turnout 90140.2+2.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Thonock
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Lesley Rollings55268.1+40.7
Conservative Donald Sweeting25831.9−11.6
Majority29436.2+21.8
Turnout 81039.1+5.9
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Waddingham & Spital
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jeffrey Summers42151.2+2.9
Liberal Democrats Michael Burton-Stepan30236.7+11.6
Independent Ernest Coleman9912.0−14.6
Majority11914.5−7.2
Turnout 82243.6−2.6
Conservative hold Swing
Wold View
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bernard Theobald34247.6−8.5
Liberal Democrats John Connolly32144.7+44.7
Labour John Indian557.7−36.2
Majority212.9−25.0
Turnout 71838.9+11.0
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. "Lib Dems win control of council". BBC Online. 19 May 2006. Retrieved 25 April 2008.