2014 City of Lincoln Council election

2014 City of Lincoln Council election ^[1]

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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 24 9 Seats before 25† 8† Seats won 9 2 Seats after 27 6 Seat change 2 2 Popular vote 7,730 5,280 Percentage 39.9% 27.3%
Map showing the results of the 2014 Lincoln City Council elections by ward. Red shows Labour seats and blue shows the Conservative Party's. † Labour gained a seat from the Conservatives in a by-election in 2013 [2] [3]
Council control before election Labour Council control after election Labour

The 2014 City of Lincoln Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of City of Lincoln Council in England. ^[4] This was on the same day as other local elections. The Labour Party increased its majority on the council by gaining three seats, leaving them with 27 seats to the Conservatives 6. ^[5]

Election results

2014 Lincoln Council Election Results

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	9	2	0	2	81.8	39.9	7,730	3.9
	Conservative	2	0	2	2	18.2	27.3	5,280	6.7
	UKIP	0	0	0		0.0	23.3	4,520	21.3
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	1	1	0.0	4.7	901	18.4
	Green	0	0	0		0.0	2.4	467	New
	TUSC	0	0	0		0.0	1.8	353	1.6
	Independent	0	0	0		0.0	0.6	120	New

All comparisons in vote share are to the corresponding 2010 election.

Ward results

Abbey

Location of Abbey ward

Abbey ^{[6] [1]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Peter West	744	43.2%
	UKIP	Chris Butler	385	22.3%
	Conservative	Christopher Reid	364	21.1%
	Liberal Democrats	Heather Cullen	138	8.0%
	TUSC	Nick Parker	93	5.4%
Majority			359	20.9%
Turnout			1,724
	Labour hold

Birchwood

Location of Birchwood ward

Birchwood ^{[6] [1]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Anthony Gray	579	33.6%
	Conservative	David Denman	576	33.4%
	UKIP	Tony Wells	523	30.3%
	TUSC	Samuel Mumby	47	2.7%
Majority			3	0.2%
Turnout			1,725
	Labour gain from Conservative

Boultham

Location of Boultham ward

Boultham ^{[6] [1]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ralph Toofany	834	47.2%
	UKIP	Jane Smith	445	25.2%
	Conservative	Alexander Gilder	363	20.5%
	Liberal Democrats	Lynn Pepper	79	4.5%
	TUSC	Nicole Good	46	2.6%
Majority			389	22.0%
Turnout			1,767
	Labour hold

Bracebridge

Location of Bracebridge ward

Bracebridge ^{[6] [1]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Keith Weaver	674	35.6%
	Labour	Carol Daniel	576	30.4%
	UKIP	Barry Stonham	551	29.1%
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Gaskell	92	4.9%
Majority			98	5.2%
Turnout			1,893
	Conservative hold

Carholme

Location of Carholme ward

Carholme ^{[6] [1]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Karen Lee	1,129	52.7%
	Conservative	Vasos Melides	413	19.3%
	UKIP	Mike Wilkinson	328	15.3%
	Liberal Democrats	Natasha Chapman	143	6.7%
	Independent	Jacek Musialik	80	3.7%
	TUSC	Lewis Shearwood	48	2.2%
Majority			716	33.4%
Turnout			2,141
	Labour hold

Castle

Location of Castle ward

Castle ^{[6] [1]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Loraine Woolley	655	38.1%
	Conservative	Kirsty Esberger	389	22.6%
	UKIP	David Warde	382	22.2%
	Green	Ruth Dredge	152	8.8%
	Liberal Democrats	Benjamin Atkinson	102	5.9%
	TUSC	Danny Wilkinson	39	2.3%
Majority			266	15.5%
Turnout			1,719
	Labour hold

Glebe

Location of Glebe ward

Glebe ^{[6] [1]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ric Metcalfe	569	36.8%
	Conservative	Matthew Wilson	402	26.0%
	UKIP	Max Smith	368	23.8%
	Green	Norman Haigh	110	7.1%
	Liberal Democrats	David Harding-Price	81	5.2%
	TUSC	Keri Lowe	16	1.0%
Majority			167	10.8%
Turnout			1,546
	Labour hold

Hartsholme

Location of Hartsholme ward

Hartsholme ^{[6] [1]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Marika Riddick	730	39.1%
	Labour	Biff Bean	632	33.8%
	UKIP	Elaine Warde	429	23.0%
	Liberal Democrats	Jessica Key	78	4.2%
Majority			98	5.3%
Turnout			1,869
	Conservative hold

Minster

Location of Minster ward

Minster ^{[6] [1]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Liz Maxwell	683	35.1%
	Conservative	Yvonne Bodger	660	34.0%
	UKIP	Joseph Willan	405	20.8%
	Green	Valerie Wilkinson	105	5.4%
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Brown	72	3.7%
	TUSC	Michael Hancock	19	1.0%
Majority			23	1.1%
Turnout			1,944
	Labour gain from Conservative

Moorland

Location of Moorland ward

Moorland ^{[6] [1]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Geoff Ellis	768	43.9%
	Conservative	Marc Jones	505	28.8%
	UKIP	James Simpson	396	22.6%
	Liberal Democrats	Ross Pepper	54	3.1%
	TUSC	Vince Williams	28	1.6%
Majority			263	15.1%
Turnout			1,751
	Labour hold

Park

Location of Park ward

Park ^{[6] [1]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David Jackson	561	43.4%
	UKIP	Hannah Smith	308	23.8%
	Conservative	Janusz Kala	204	15.8%
	Green	Kenneth Yates	100	7.7%
	Liberal Democrats	Iain Baker	62	4.8%
	Independent	Zivile Zuokiene	40	3.1%
	TUSC	Gavyn Graham	17	1.3%
Majority			253	19.6%
Turnout			1,292
	Labour hold

References

1. Andrew Teale. "Local Election Results 2014". Local Election Results 2014 - Lincoln.
2. Keith Edkins. "Local Authority Byelection Results - August 2013". Archived from the original on 10 August 2014. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
3. "Bracebridge Ward By-Election - Thursday, 22nd August 2013". City of Lincoln Council. 19 October 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
4. "England council results". BBC News. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
5. Steven Ayres (11 June 2014). "Local elections 2014". House of Commons Library. p. 19.
6. "City of Lincoln Council Election Results 1973-2012". Elections Centre. Retrieved 29 October 2019.