2023 East Lindsey District Council election

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2023 East Lindsey District Council election
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All 55 seats on East Lindsey District Council
28 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
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LeaderCraig LeylandRos Jackson
Party Conservative Independent Labour
Last election29 seats, 49.7%12 seats, 15.0%7 seats, 23.1%
Seats before3111 [lower-alpha 1] 6
Seats after26166
Seat changeDecrease2.svg3Increase2.svg4Decrease2.svg1
Popular vote13,2709,0437,950
Percentage38.4%26.2%23.0%
SwingDecrease2.svg11.3%Increase2.svg11.2%Decrease2.svg0.1%
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LeaderDanny BrookesFiona Martin
Party Skegness Urban District Society Green Liberal Democrats
Last election6 seats, 9.4%n/a1 seats, 2.2%
Seats before601
Seats after511
Seat changeDecrease2.svg1Increase2.svg1Steady2.svg
Popular vote2,8721,369n/a
Percentage8.3%4.0%n/a
SwingDecrease2.svg1.1%Increase2.svg4.0%n/a
East Lindsey UK ward map 2023.svg
Results by ward
Leader before election

Craig Leyland
Conservative

Leader after election

Craig Leyland
Conservative
No overall control

The 2023 East Lindsey District Council election took place on 4 May 2023, to elect all 55 members of East Lindsey District Council in Lincolnshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England.

Contents

Prior to the election the Conservatives held a majority of the seats on the council. There were thirteen seats (24%) that were elected unopposed in 2023, of which ten were taken by the Conservatives, two by independents and one by the Liberal Democrats. [2]

The council went under no overall control following the election. The Conservatives remained the largest party but lost their majority. They managed to form a minority administration and their leader, Craig Leyland, kept his position as leader of the council. [3] [4]

Results

The overall results were as follows: [5]

2023 East Lindsey District Council election
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 2636Decrease2.svg347.338.413,270
  Independent 1651Increase2.svg429.126.29,043
  Labour 612Decrease2.svg110.923.07,950
  Skegness Urban District Society 501Decrease2.svg19.18.32,872
  Green 110Increase2.svg11.84.01,369
  Reform UK 000Steady2.svg0.00.261
  Liberal Democrats 100Steady2.svg1.8n/an/a

Ward results

The results for each ward were as follows, with an asterisk (*) indicating an incumbent councillor standing for re-election. [6]

Alford

Alford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sarah Caroline Devereux* 510 55.0
Conservative Graham Anthony Marsh* 365 39.4
Independent Alan Vassar31634.1
Labour Edward John David Green
(Ed Green)		21923.6
Labour Cameron Joshua Marnoch18520.0
Turnout 92724.67
Registered electors 3,815
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Binbrook

Binbrook
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Geoffrey Fry* 415 67.2
Labour Jacob Frederick Croft20332.8
Turnout 61831.64
Registered electors 1,988
Conservative hold

Burgh le Marsh

Burgh le Marsh
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Skegness Urban District Society James William Brookes*
(Jimmy Brookes)		283 48.3
Conservative Susan Anita Jane Blackburn15626.6
Independent Neil Douglas Luther Cooper14725.1
Turnout 58628.50
Registered electors 2,102
Skegness Urban District Society hold

Chapel St Leonards

Chapel St Leonards
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stephen Anthony Evans* 486 47.1
Labour Roger Alan Dawson 443 43.0
Independent Graham John Fisher40839.6
Conservative Dilys Carolyn Jenkinson35634.5
Turnout 1,03126.39
Registered electors 3,918
Conservative hold
Labour gain from Conservative

Coningsby and Mareham

Coningsby and Mareham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Martin John Foster* unopposed
Conservative Alex Martin Hall* unopposed
Conservative James Andrew Knowles unopposed
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Croft

Croft
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sid Dennis* unopposed
Conservative hold

Friskney

Friskney
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Carleen Dickinson* 249 60.0
Conservative Carl David Drury16640.0
Turnout 41523.71
Registered electors 1,784
Independent hold

Fulstow

Fulstow
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Edward Peel Mossop* unopposed
Independent hold

Grimoldby

Grimoldby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Terence John Knowles*
(Terry Knowles)		346 73.9
Labour David Richard Hoyles12226.1
Turnout 46825.5
Registered electors 1,855
Independent hold

Hagworthingham

Hagworthingham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Joseph Grover*
(Will Grover)		317 48.7
Independent David Vernon Powell17927.5
Green Paul Fisher15523.8
Turnout 65133.99
Registered electors 1,930
Conservative hold

Halton Holegate

Halton Holegate
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Terry Taylor* unopposed
Conservative gain from Independent

Terry Taylor had won the seat in a by-election in 2022; in 2019 the seat had been won by independent councillor Jim Swanson. Seat shown as Conservative gain from independent to allow comparison with 2019 results.

Holton-le-Clay and North Thoresby

Holton-le-Clay and North Thoresby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Terence F. Aldridge*
(Terry Aldridge)		684 59.4
Conservative Stephen Keith Lyons 528 45.9
Labour Phillip Martin Smith*
(Phyll Smith)		44939.0
Turnout 1,15128.45
Registered electors 4,060
Independent hold
Conservative gain from Labour

Horncastle

Horncastle
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Martin Avison* unopposed
Independent Sandra Campbell-Wardman* unopposed
Liberal Democrats Fiona Martin* unopposed
Conservative hold
Independent hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Ingoldmells

Ingoldmells
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Colin John Davie* 242 59.9
Skegness Urban District Society Jason Lawrence Boswell-Larkum
(Jason Boswell)		16240.1
Turnout 40424.61
Registered electors 1,662
Conservative hold

Legbourne

Legbourne
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Adam Grist* 415 65.9
Labour Hannah Filer21534.1
Turnout 63033.81
Registered electors 1,872
Conservative hold

Mablethorpe

Mablethorpe
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Graham Edward Cullen* 1,159 62.5
Labour Claire Elizabeth Arnold* 909 49.0
Labour Kate Marnoch 857 46.2
Conservative Martin Victor Clark
(Victor Clark)		69237.3
Conservative Carl Ian Tebbutt63134.0
Turnout 1,85428.65
Registered electors 6,566
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Marshchapel and Somercotes

Marshchapel and Somercotes
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Daniel McNally* 717 63.3
Conservative Paul John Rickett* 558 49.2
Labour Freddie William Mossop37433.0
Independent Helena Poskitt18516.3
Independent Patricia Maureen Midgley645.6
Turnout 1,13331.05
Registered electors 3,665
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

North Holme

North Holme
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David James Ernest Hall* 239 49.3
Conservative Kirsty Corbitt14229.3
Independent Karen Elizabeth Parsons10421.4
Turnout 48523.21
Registered electors 2,098
Labour hold

Priory and St James'

Priory and St James'
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Andrew Leonard* 511 51.0
Independent Darren Lee Hobson 464 46.3
Independent Lynne Marie Cooney36035.9
Conservative Pauline Frances Watson25825.7
Turnout 1,00227.68
Registered electors 3,641
Independent hold
Independent gain from Labour

The other previous incumbent, Sarah Parkin, had been elected as a Labour councillor in 2019 but left the party later that year and sat as an independent for the rest of her term of office. Seat shown as independent gain from Labour to allow comparison with 2019 results. [7]

Roughton

Roughton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Gray* unopposed
Conservative hold

Scarborough and Seacroft

Scarborough and Seacroft
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Richard Edginton*
(Dick Edginton)		598 43.3
Conservative Stephen Russell Kirk*
(Steve Kirk)		593 42.9
Skegness Urban District Society Billy Brookes* 539 39.0
Conservative Julie Day Sadler51036.9
Labour Paul Collins46233.5
Skegness Urban District Society Adrian David Findley39428.5
Skegness Urban District Society Robert Michael Walker
(Bob Walker)		35525.7
Turnout 1,38120.32
Registered electors 6,817
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Skegness Urban District Society hold

Sibsey and Stickney

Sibsey and Stickney
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tom Ashton* unopposed
Conservative Neil Jones* unopposed
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Spilsby

Spilsby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Eleanor Louisa Marsh
(Ellie Marsh)		250 52.3
Conservative David Michael Mangion*22847.7
Turnout 47821.1
Registered electors 2,289
Independent hold

David Mangion had been elected in 2019 as an independent, but joined the Conservatives in 2020. Seat shown as an independent hold to allow comparison with 2019 results. [8]

St Clement's

St Clement's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Skegness Urban District Society Mark Vincent Dannatt* 295 36.6
Skegness Urban District Society Richard Cunnington* 290 36.0
Labour Mark Crawford Anderson27634.3
Labour Nicholas Gary Bryan Walton
(Nick Walton)		23829.6
Conservative Allison Margaret Miller-Ross
(Ally Miller-Ross)		22928.4
Conservative Lynn Miller-Ross21827.1
Turnout 80520.2
Registered electors 4,025
Skegness Urban District Society hold
Skegness Urban District Society hold

St Margaret's

St Margaret's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Samuel William Howard Kemp
(Sam Kemp)		227 38.1
Labour Hannah Leanne Watkins20133.7
Independent Susan Jean Crew
(Sue Crew)		16828.2
Turnout 59629.59
Registered electors 2,028
Conservative hold

St Mary's

St Mary's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Gillian Mary Makinson-Sanders*
(Jill Makinson-Sanders)		581 84.9
Conservative Stuart Watson6910.1
Independent Maurice Bellwood345.0
Turnout 68436.81
Registered electors 1,861
Independent hold

St Michael's

St Michael's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent George Edward Horton* 379 70.2
Labour Laura Marie Stephenson16129.8
Turnout 54029.65
Registered electors 1,828
Independent hold

Sutton on Sea

Sutton on Sea
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Robert William Watson 1,048 67.3
Independent Stefanie Le Ann Bristow
(Stef Bristow)		654 42.0
Conservative Adrian Victor Benjamin*40325.9
Conservative Helen Angela Matthews*39925.6
Turnout 1,55840.62
Registered electors 3,845
Green gain from Conservative
Independent gain from Conservative

Tetford and Donington

Tetford and Donington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Daniel Anthony Simpson 395 49.5
Conservative David George Andrews*22928.7
Labour Anthony Charles Cox
(Tony Cox)		9111.4
Green Peter Edward Skipworth8310.4
Turnout 79840.11
Registered electors 1,997
Independent gain from Conservative

Tetney

Tetney
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Steven John McMillan*
(Steve McMillan)		395 75.0
Labour Christopher D. Lyons13225.0
Turnout 52725.9
Registered electors 2,062
Independent hold

Trinity

Trinity
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rosalind Alice Jackson*
(Ros Jackson)		249 65.5
Independent Malcolm David Lamb13134.5
Turnout 38020.99
Registered electors 1,810
Labour hold

Wainfleet

Wainfleet
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Wendy Bowkett* unopposed
Conservative hold

Willoughby with Sloothby

Willoughby with Sloothby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Stephen William Eyre* 508 82.1
Labour Isaac George Bailey11117.9
Turnout 61931.44
Registered electors 1,991
Independent hold

Winthorpe

Winthorpe
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Carl Stuart Macey 332 40.1
Skegness Urban District Society Daniel Brookes*
(Danny Brookes)		307 37.1
Conservative Stephen James O'Dare
(Steve O'Dare)		29235.3
Skegness Urban District Society Trevor Paul Burnham*24729.8
Labour Kevin Evans16319.7
Labour Carole Irene Clark15018.1
Green Philip William Gaskell
(Phil Gaskell)		8310.0
Turnout 82819.58
Registered electors 4,269
Conservative gain from Skegness Urban District Society
Skegness Urban District Society hold

Withern and Theddlethorpe

Withern and Theddlethorpe
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Travis Stephen Hesketh 461 55.8
Conservative Sandra Diane Harrison*26432.0
Labour Stephen Anthony Holland
(Steve Holland)		10112.2
Turnout 82639.68
Registered electors 2,094
Independent gain from Conservative

Woodhall Spa

Woodhall Spa
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Craig James Leyland* 803 58.9
Conservative Thomas James Kemp* 658 48.3
Independent John Sanderson47935.1
Independent Rebecca Louise Shaw
(Becky Shaw)		29421.6
Labour Ellen Wright24117.7
Turnout 1,36336.99
Registered electors 3,706
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Wragby

Wragby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Ruchira Asthana Yarsley
(Ru Yarsley)		297 47.7
Conservative Julie Angela Platt*26442.4
Reform UK Sean Roger Matthews619.8
Turnout 62230.32
Registered electors 2,071
Independent gain from Conservative

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