2006 West Lindsey District Council election

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]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Liberal Democrat 18
• Conservative 17
• Independent 2

Election result

West Lindsey local election result 2006

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	6	2	0	+2	50.0	47.1	5,763	-6.6%
	Conservative	6	0	2	-2	50.0	46.3	5,667	+10.6%
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	4.3	528	+4.3%
	Labour	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	185	-4.1%
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	0.8	99	-4.1%

Ward results

Bardney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Fleetwood	483	67.5	−4.9
	Liberal Democrats	Heather Shore	137	19.1	−8.5
	UKIP	Carol Pearson	96	13.4	+13.4
Majority			346	48.4	+3.6
Turnout			716	46.5	−0.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cherry Willingham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Irmgard Parrott	1,074	79.9	+45.0
	UKIP	Steven Pearson	270	20.1	+20.1
Majority			804	59.8
Turnout			1,344	39.5	−17.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fiskerton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margaret Davidson	414	60.8	+10.9
	Liberal Democrats	Penelope Smith	202	29.7	+3.3
	UKIP	Anthony Pearson	65	9.5	+9.7
Majority			212	31.1	+7.6
Turnout			681	40.8	+7.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Gainsborough East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Melvyn Starkey	760	67.0	+18.7
	Conservative	Jessie Milne	375	33.0	+15.8
Majority			385	34.0	+20.1
Turnout			1,135	23.7	−11.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Gainsborough North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Brown	812	67.1	+29.4
	Conservative	Karen Foreman	302	24.9	+0.8
	UKIP	Gordon Simmonds	97	8.0	+8.0
Majority			510	42.2	+28.6
Turnout			1,211	24.4	−16.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Hemswell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Scott Pritchard	477	56.3	+17.7
	Conservative	Colin Wotherspoon	370	43.7	−17.7
Majority			107	12.6
Turnout			847	45.3	+9.6
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Market Rasen

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Adam Duguid	744	52.7	+7.2
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Bridger	668	47.3	−7.2
Majority			76	5.4
Turnout			1,412	36.2	+0.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Nettleham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alfred Frith	1,005	61.1	−3.6
	Conservative	Susan Harland	510	31.0	−4.3
	Labour	Brian Pocknee	130	7.9	+7.9
Majority			495	30.1	+0.7
Turnout			1,645	46.0	−9.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Scampton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Heath	527	58.5	−16.7
	Conservative	David Howe	374	41.5	+16.7
Majority			153	17.0	−33.4
Turnout			901	40.2	+2.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Thonock

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Lesley Rollings	552	68.1	+40.7
	Conservative	Donald Sweeting	258	31.9	−11.6
Majority			294	36.2	+21.8
Turnout			810	39.1	+5.9
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Waddingham & Spital

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeffrey Summers	421	51.2	+2.9
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Burton-Stepan	302	36.7	+11.6
	Independent	Ernest Coleman	99	12.0	−14.6
Majority			119	14.5	−7.2
Turnout			822	43.6	−2.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wold View

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bernard Theobald	342	47.6	−8.5
	Liberal Democrats	John Connolly	321	44.7	+44.7
	Labour	John Indian	55	7.7	−36.2
Majority			21	2.9	−25.0
Turnout			718	38.9	+11.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

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

• 2006 West Lindsey election result
• Ward results