City of Lincoln Council election, 2004

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Elections to City of Lincoln Council in Lincolnshire, England, were held on 10 June 2004. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the Council.

Lincolnshire County of England

Lincolnshire is a county in eastern England, with a long coastline on the North Sea to the east. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders Northamptonshire in the south for just 20 yards (18 m), England's shortest county boundary. The county town is the city of Lincoln, where the county council has its headquarters.

England Country in north-west Europe, part of the United Kingdom

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to the west and Scotland to the north-northwest. The Irish Sea lies west of England and the Celtic Sea lies to the southwest. England is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south. The country covers five-eighths of the island of Great Britain, which lies in the North Atlantic, and includes over 100 smaller islands, such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight.

The Labour Party is a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom which has been described as an alliance of social democrats, democratic socialists and trade unionists. The party's platform emphasises greater state intervention, social justice and strengthening workers' rights.

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After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Lincoln Local Election Result 2004
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 5 +1 45.5 40.2 9,689 +4.4%
  Labour 5 -2 45.5 39.2 9,450 -12.3%
  Liberal Democrat 1 +1 9.1 13.3 3,211 +10.4%
  Lincoln Independent Alliance 0 0 0 0 0 5.0 1,218 -0.2%
  Socialist Alternative 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 329 +1.4%
  Independent 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 222 -1.3%

Ward results

Abbey
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Fay Smith 703 42.1 -8.3
Liberal Democrat John Margetts 489 29.3 +11.7
Conservative Anne Duguid 479 28.7 -4.3
Majority 214 12.8 -5.6
Turnout 1,671
Birchwood
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Edmund Strengiel 1,015 48.3 +15.4
Labour Julie Cooper 756 36.0 -9.2
Socialist Alternative Ryan Hayward 329 15.7 +15.7
Majority 259 12.3
Turnout 2,100
Boultham
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Amode Toofany 979 43.5 -10.1
Liberal Democrat Jayne Fisk 637 28.3 +28.3
Conservative Darius Laws 635 28.2 +6.3
Majority 342 15.2 -14.0
Turnout 2,251
Bracebridge
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Hilton Spratt 1,575 59.0 +11.5
Labour Kevin Parnham 1,093 41.0 -11.5
Majority 482 18.0
Turnout 2,668
Carholme
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Neil Murray 767 36.6 -5.4
Liberal Democrat Charles Shaw 596 28.5 +8.6
Conservative Jayne Harris 509 24.3 -1.0
Independent Peter McGovern 222 10.6 +10.6
Majority 171 8.1 -8.6
Turnout 2,094
Castle
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Donald Nannestad 790 40.7 -25.5
Conservative Michael Reeve 426 21.9 -11.9
Liberal Democrat Phillip Mappin 372 19.2 +19.2
Lincoln Independent Alliance Richard Hall 353 18.2 +18.2
Majority 364 18.8 -13.6
Turnout 1,941
Glebe
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Lawrence Wells 926 38.2 -5.8
Lincoln Independent Alliance George Spencer 865 35.7 +3.3
Conservative Geoffrey Brooking 634 26.1 +2.6
Majority 61 2.5 -9.1
Turnout 2,425
Hartsholme
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Ronald Hills 1,710 63.7 +15.1
Labour Elizabeth Jones 973 36.3 -15.1
Majority 737 27.4
Turnout 2,683
Labour hold Swing
Minster
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative David Gratrick 1,099 46.2 -3.4
Labour Winston Duncan 760 32.0 -18.4
Liberal Democrat Daphne Shaw 518 21.8 +21.8
Majority 339 14.2
Turnout 2,377
Moorland
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative David Bellamy 1,181 51.4 +10.0
Labour Denise Moore 1,117 48.6 -10.0
Majority 64 2.8
Turnout 2,298
Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Heather Quinton 599 37.2 +37.2
Labour Patrick Vaughan 586 36.4 -16.5
Conservative Paul Grice 426 26.4 -2.9
Majority 13 0.8
Turnout 1,611

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