Abbey, Lincoln

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Abbey
Location within Lincolnshire
Population11,310 (2021 Census Ward Profile) [1]
•  London 157 mi (253 km)  S
Civil parish
  • Unparished
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Lincoln
Postcode district LN2
Dialling code 01522
Police Lincolnshire
Fire Lincolnshire
Ambulance East Midlands
UK Parliament
Councillors
  • Clare Smalley(Liberal Democrat)
  • Martin Christopher(Liberal Democrat)
  • Natasha Chapman(Liberal Democrat)
List of places
UK
England
Lincolnshire
53°13′58″N0°31′00″W / 53.232701°N 0.516705°W / 53.232701; -0.516705

Abbey is one of eleven electoral districts within the City of Lincoln Council. As of 2023, the Liberal Democrats hold all three seats in the ward having first taken a seat in the 2021 local elections being the first time a non-Labour Party candidate had won a seat in the ward since 1979. The ward is split between two Lincolnshire County Council divisions, St Giles in the north and Park in the south who respectively have elected a Conservative and Labour county councillor.

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Geography

Abbey Ward Map Abbey ward in Lincoln 2016.svg
Abbey Ward Map

The ward encompasses a large part of the east of Lincoln, stretching from Danesgate near the centre of town, up part of Lindum Hill, along Monks, Greetwell and Wragby Road, ending at the Carlton Centre bordering West Lindsey. It contains the County Hospital, Lincoln Prison, Greetwell Hollow Nature Reserve, the Usher Art Gallery and the Museum as well as the City of Lincoln Arboretum and the ruins of an abbey on Monks Road. Furthermore, there are two primary and secondary education schools in the ward; Monks Abbey School and Lincoln Carlton Academy as well as Lincoln College on the west end of Monks Road.

Abbey ward contains several areas of high deprivation, with an area in the south of the ward covering Cannon and Croft Street ranking in the top 5% in the UK for economic deprivation [2] with 25.7% of children in poverty.

Approximately 9.4% of 16–18 year olds not in education, employment or training, the second highest in the city [3] and the ward has the highest unemployment rate of all electoral wards in the city, at 10.8%.

Demographics

At the 2021 census, the ward profile population was 11,310. Of the findings, the ethnicity and religious composition of the ward was:

Abbey: Ethnicity: 2021 Census
Ethnic groupPopulation %
White9,76686.4%
Asian or Asian British6385.6%
Black or Black British3172.8%
Mixed3052.7%
Other Ethnic Group1921.7%
Arab860.8%
Total11,310100%

The religious composition of the ward at the 2021 Census was recorded as:

Abbey: Religion: 2021 Census
ReligiousPopulation %
Irreligious5,03248.3%
Christian4,59844.1%
Muslim4554.4%
Other religion1321.3%
Hindu1141.1%
Buddhist570.5%
Sikh180.3%
Jewish100.2%
Total11,310100%

Councillors

Abbey is represented in Westminster by Hamish Falconer MP for Lincoln.

The ward is represented on the City of Lincoln Council by three councillors: Clare Smalley, Martin Christopher and Natasha Chapman. Each of the three were elected in the 2021, 2022 and 2023 local elections respectively, with the latter two defeating incumbent Labour Councillors.

ElectionCouncillor
2016 K. Brothwell (Labour Party)
F. Smith (Labour Party)
P. West (Labour Party)
2018 B. Bilton (Labour Party)
2019 J. Loffhagen (Labour Party)
2021 C. Smalley (Liberal Democrat)
2022 M. Christopher (Liberal Democrat)
2023 N. Chapman (Liberal Democrat)

Electoral history

2020s

2023 City of Lincoln Council election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Natasha Chapman 1,028 56.4 Decrease2.svg 6.3
Labour Jane Loffhagen49327.0Decrease2.svg 1.1
Conservative Roger Hansard1548.4Decrease2.svg 0.8
Green Seamus Murray925.0Increase2.svg 5.0
Reform UK Benjamin Jackson573.1Increase2.svg 3.1
Majority53529.4
Turnout 1,82429.8
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing Decrease2.svg 2.6


2022 City of Lincoln Council election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Martin Christopher 1,220 62.7 Increase2.svg 13.1
Labour Bill Bilton54628.1Increase2.svg 0.1
Conservative Roger Hansard1809.2Decrease2.svg 6.3
Majority67434.6
Turnout 1,946
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing Increase2.svg 6.5


2021 City of Lincoln Council election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Clare Smalley 974 49.6 Increase2.svg 24.8
Labour Val Moore54928.0Decrease2.svg 22.7
Conservative Roger Hansard30515.5Increase2.svg 2.0
Green Kenneth Yates995.0Decrease2.svg 6.1
Reform UK Donald Penman361.8Increase2.svg 1.8
Majority42521.6
Turnout 1,963
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing Increase2.svg 23.8

2010s

2019 City of Lincoln Council election [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Jane Loffhagen 679 42
Liberal Democrats Clare Smalley47829
Conservative Adam Clegg26016
Green Edward Francis21413
Majority20113
Turnout 28.27
Labour hold


2018 City of Lincoln Council election [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Bill Bilton 850 52.0
Conservative Richard Butroid34821.3
Liberal Democrats Clare Smalley31119.0
Green Edward Evelyn Francis1267.7
Majority50230.7
Turnout 28%
Labour hold


2016 City of Lincoln Council election (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Kathleen Brothwell 877 19.3%
Labour Fay Smith 833 18.3%
Labour Peter West 790 17.4%
Conservative Graham Bratby3818.4%
Conservative Douglas Collison3036.7%
Conservative Caleb Harris2866.3%
UKIP Chris Butler2716.0%
Green Kenneth Yates2475.4%
Liberal Democrats Clare Smalley1914.2%
Liberal Democrats Michael Brown1884.1%
TUSC Nick Parker641.4%
TUSC Gavyn Graham611.3%
TUSC Jac Green541.2%
Turnout 4,546
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)


2015 City of Lincoln Council election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Fay Smith 1,730 42.9%
Conservative Yaroslav Pustarnakov1,03425.7%
UKIP Chris Butler56814.1%
Green James Bird41710.3%
Liberal Democrats Aarron Smith2075.1%
TUSC Danny Wilkinson741.8%
Turnout 4,03055.9%
Labour hold


2014 City of Lincoln Council election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Peter West 744 43.2%
UKIP Chris Butler38522.3%
Conservative Christopher Reid36421.1%
Liberal Democrats Heather Cullen1388.0%
TUSC Nick Parker935.4%
Majority35920.9%
Turnout 1,724
Labour hold


2012 City of Lincoln Council election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Kath Brothwell 892 57.3%
Conservative Laura Goodliffe38624.8%
Liberal Democrats Natasha Chapman1419.1%
TUSC Gavyn Graham1398.9%
Majority50632.5%
Turnout 1,55823.4%
Labour hold


2011 City of Lincoln Council election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Fay Smith 1,052 48.3%
Conservative Barry Reeves61928.4%
Liberal Democrats Charly Harding-Price23610.8%
UKIP Pat Nurse1516.9%
TUSC Richard Steven Banks1205.5%
Majority43319.9%
Turnout 2,17831.16%
Labour hold


2010 City of Lincoln Council election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Peter West 1,438 37.0%
Conservative James Clarkson1,15529.7%
Liberal Democrats Matthew Holden1,01826.2%
UKIP Pat Nurse2075.3%
TUSC Richard Banks711.8%
Majority2837.3%
Turnout 3,88955.5%
Labour hold

2000s

2008 City of Lincoln Council election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Kath Brothwell 657 40.0%
Conservative Cordelia McCartney62538.1%
Liberal Democrats Heather Cullen25915.8%
UKIP Carol Pearson1016.2%
Majority321.9%
Turnout 1,64225.2%
Labour hold

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References

  1. ↑ "Abbey (Ward, United Kingdom) – Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  2. ↑ "Lincoln Drivers Report (2011)" (PDF). Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  3. ↑ "The Lincolnite" . Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  4. ↑ Daniel Jaines (3 May 2019). "In full: How Lincolnshire voted in the 2019 local election". Lincolnshire Reporter. Archived from the original on 24 July 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  5. ↑ "Election results for Abbey". City of Lincoln Council.
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