Boston Borough Council elections

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Boston Borough Council in Lincolnshire, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2015, 30 councillors are elected from 15 wards.

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Council elections

Election results

Overall control Conservative Labour Lib Dems UKIP English Democrats Boston Bypass Independents Boston Independent Blue Revolution Independent
2023Boston Independent5010001815
2019Conservative16201000011
2015NOC13201300002
2011Conservative1930024004
2007Boston Bypass Independents5000025002
2003NOC12114000005

Borough result maps

By-election results

1995-1999

Swineshead By-Election 27 February 1997
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent 49557.5
Independent 14216.5
Liberal Democrats 11813.7
Labour 10612.3
Majority 35341.0
Turnout 861
Independent hold Swing
Kirton By-Election 11 December 1997
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 36359.0
Labour 25241.0
Majority 11118.0
Turnout 615
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
West By-Election 2 July 1998
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 58066.8
Labour 28833.2
Majority 29233.6
Turnout 868
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

1999-2003

Kirton By-Election 17 February 2000
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 18134.3
Liberal Democrats 15830.0
Independent 14126.8
Labour 478.9
Majority 234.3
Turnout 52719.2
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Pilgrim By-Election 26 October 2000
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 11643.3
Labour 9635.8
Liberal Democrats 3312.3
Independent 238.6
Majority 207.5
Turnout 26819.8
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
South By-Election 22 February 2001
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 18238.1
Labour 14931.2
Liberal Democrats 14730.8
Majority 336.9
Turnout 47832.7
Conservative hold Swing

2003-2007

Staniland South By-Election 1 April 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 33046.0
Conservative 25135.0
Independent 13719.1
Majority 7911.0
Turnout 71826.9
Labour hold Swing
Fishtoft By-Election 14 July 2005 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Gall31633.1+16.6
Liberal Democrats Robert Dodson31032.5+0.9
Conservative Terence Taylor25426.6−25.3
UKIP Don Ransome757.8+7.8
Majority 60.6
Turnout 95520.5
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Kirton By-Election 2 February 2006 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Rylatt50572.8+30.5
Labour Catrina Holstead10415.0−2.5
Independent John Fitzgerald8512.2−28.0
Majority 40157.8
Turnout 69420.6
Conservative hold Swing
Old Leake & Wrangle By-Election 6 April 2006 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Frank Pickett36655.2−12.8
UKIP Sue Ransome11517.3+2.6
Labour Clive Marshall9914.9+14.9
Liberal Democrats Paul Appleby8312.5+12.5
Majority 25137.9
Turnout 66325.5
Conservative hold Swing
Fishtoft By-Election 6 July 2006 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Raymond Singleton-McGuire49544.7+6.8
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Chapman42838.7−2.1
UKIP John Flynn18416.6+16.6
Majority 676.0
Turnout 1,10723.6
Conservative hold Swing

2007-2011

Coastal By-Election 24 July 2008 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Raymond Singleton-McGuire34430.9−1.6
Boston Bypass Independents David Durrant30627.5−32.9
Liberal Democrats Ossy Snell21319.1+19.1
BNP David Owens11910.7+10.7
UKIP Felicity Ransome887.9+0.7
Labour Pam Imlah443.9+3.9
Majority 383.4
Turnout 1,11437.3−4.5
Conservative gain from Boston Bypass Independents Swing
Fenside By-Election 13 November 2008 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BNP David Owens27942.6+42.6
Boston Bypass Independents Carl Smith14121.5−21.8
Conservative Paul Mould11918.2−0.1
Labour Norman Hart6910.5−13.2
UKIP Cyril Wakefield243.7−11.0
Liberal Democrats Gavin Carrington233.5+3.5
Majority 13821.1
Turnout 65522.1−0.5
BNP gain from Boston Bypass Independents Swing
Kirton By-Election 4 June 2009 [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Colin Brotherton49042.2+8.9
Boston Bypass Independents Carl Smith24320.9−45.7
UKIP Sue Ransome23019.8+19.8
Independent Frank Martin12213.1+13.1
Labour Elizabeth Leonard756.5+6.5
Majority 24721.3
Turnout 1,16031.7+0.9
Conservative hold Swing
Pilgrim By-Election 4 June 2009 [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Myles Larrington11032.4−16.7
Labour Paul Kenny7622.4+13.0
UKIP Felicity Ransome5917.4+17.4
Boston Bypass Independents Trevor Page5315.6−26.1
Liberal Democrats Mike Sheridan-Shinn4212.4+12.4
Majority 3410.0
Turnout 34027.4+0.3
Conservative hold Swing

2011-2015

Frampton and Holme By-Election 18 October 2012 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Stuart Ashton20439.2−17.8
Independent Maggie Peberdy13926.7−2.2
Conservative Claire Rylott12624.2+24.2
UKIP Sue Ransome326.2−7.9
Labour Mike Sheridan-Shinn193.7+3.7
Majority 6512.5
Turnout 52035.6−13.2
Independent hold Swing
Staniland South By-Election 2 May 2013 [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Bob Mcauley37644.4+44.4
Labour Co-op Pam Kenny20223.8−2.5
Independent Robert Lauberts14517.1+17.1
Conservative Carl Richmond12414.6−16.3
Majority 17420.6
Turnout 84729.9−5.4
UKIP gain from Conservative Swing
Fenside By-Election 5 September 2013 [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Tiggs Keywood-Wainwright16239.4+39.4
Conservative Dan Elkington8721.2+21.2
Liberal Democrats Alan Taylor8721.2+11.4
Labour Ben Cook7518.2−8.0
Majority 7518.2
Turnout 41113.7−11.2
UKIP gain from English Democrat Swing

2015-2019

Old Leake and Wrangle By-Election 22 February 2018 [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tom Ashton53674.2+21.3
Labour Joseph Pearson12317.0+17.0
UKIP Don Ransome506.9−40.2
Blue Revolution Richard Thornalley131.8+1.8
Majority 41357.2
Turnout 722
Conservative hold Swing

2019-2023

Kirton and Frampton By-Election 12 December 2019 [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Brown2,01869.9+35.7
Independent Lorraine O'Connor45315.7+15.7
Liberal Democrats Alan Taylor41514.4+14.4
Majority 1,56554.2
Turnout 2,886
Conservative hold Swing
Skirbeck By-Election 12 December 2019 [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Martin Howard95551.3+27.3
Labour Jackie Barton43723.5+2.0
Independent Don Jenkins19510.5+10.5
Independent Sue Ransome1126.0+6.0
Liberal Democrats Jason Stevenson1005.4+5.4
Blue Revolution Christopher Moore623.3−11.2
Majority 51827.8
Turnout 1,861
Conservative hold Swing
Skirbeck By-Election 6 May 2021 [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Katie Chalmers33834.5+10.5
Independent Dale Broughton30731.4+31.4
Labour Jackie Barton21021.5+0.0
For the People Not the PartyChristopher Moore889.0+9.0
Independent Christopher Cardwell363.7+3.7
Majority 313.2
Turnout 979
Conservative gain from Independent Swing

2023-2027

Trinity By-Election 1 May 2025 [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Reform UK Jonathan Noble38839.2
Boston Independent Shafqat Bashir27728.0
Conservative Katie Chalmers23724.0
Green Jonathan Wolf767.7
Blue Revolution Richard Thornalley111.1
Majority 11111.2
Turnout 989
Reform UK gain from Boston Independent Swing

References

  1. ↑ The Borough of Boston (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977
  2. ↑ "Boston". BBC Online . Retrieved 30 July 2008.
  3. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Boston (Electoral Changes) Order 1998. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  4. ↑ "Boston electoral review". Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
  5. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Boston (Electoral Changes) Order 2013. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
  6. ↑ "Strong swing to Labour in local byelections". guardian.co.uk . 15 July 2005. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
  7. ↑ "Declaration of result of poll". Boston Borough Council. Archived from the original on 21 June 2011. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
  8. ↑ "Declaration of result of poll". Boston Borough Council. Archived from the original on 21 June 2011. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
  9. ↑ "Declaration of result of poll". Boston Borough Council. Archived from the original on 21 June 2011. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
  10. ↑ "By-Election Result". Boston Borough Council. Retrieved 30 July 2008.
  11. ↑ "Fenside Ward Result - November 2008". Boston Borough Council. Retrieved 14 November 2008.
  12. 1 2 "Labour Party wiped off Boston's political map". Lincolnshire Echo . 9 June 2009. Archived from the original on 14 July 2009. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
  13. ↑ "Frampton and Holme by-election result". Boston Borough Council. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
  14. ↑ "Staniland South By-Election, Boston Borough Council". Boston Borough Council. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
  15. ↑ "Fenside Ward - declaration of result of poll Thursday 5 September 2013". Boston Borough Council. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
  16. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Old Leake and Wrangle Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  17. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Kirton and Frampton Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  18. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Skirbeck Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  19. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Skirbeck Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  20. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Trinity Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 13 August 2025.
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