City of Lincoln Council election, 2002

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Elections to City of Lincoln Council in Lincolnshire, England, were held on 2 May 2002. 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 2002
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 7 -2 63.6 46.4 7,095
  Conservative 4 +2 36.4 38.1 5,825
  Lincoln Independent Alliance 0 0 0 0 0 9.9 1,522
  Liberal Democrat 0 0 0 0 0 4.4 681
  Green 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 184

Ward results

Abbey
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Fay Smith 663 64.4
Conservative Jonathan Gainey 366 35.6
Majority 297 28.8
Turnout 1,029
Birchwood
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Edmund Strengiel 672 50.9
Labour Paul Gowen 560 42.5
Lincoln Independent Alliance Robert Wells 87 6.6
Majority 112 8.4
Turnout 1,319
Boultham
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Amode Toofany 749 52.1
Conservative Darren Grice 327 22.7
Lincoln Independent Alliance Malcolm Skeels 240 16.7
Liberal Democrat Daniel Paton 122 8.5
Majority 422 29.4
Turnout 1,438
Bracebridge
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Hilton Spratt 912 50.1
Labour Andrew Taylor 688 37.8
Liberal Democrat Donald Simpson 192 10.6
Lincoln Independent Alliance Amanda Fletcher 27 1.5
Majority 224 12.3
Turnout 1,819
Carholme
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Neil Murray 695 45.4
Conservative Sally-Ann Grice 364 23.8
Liberal Democrat Daniel Paton 239 15.6
Green Nicola Watson 147 9.6
Lincoln Independent Alliance Janet Spencer 87 5.7
Majority 331 21.6
Turnout 1,532
Castle
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Donald Nannestad 714 57.8
Conservative Beryl Hollands 442 35.8
Lincoln Independent Alliance Lee Openshaw 80 6.5
Majority 272 22.0
Turnout 1,236
Glebe
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Lawrence Wells 692 49.7
Conservative Phillip Mappin 408 29.3
Lincoln Independent Alliance George Spencer 292 21.0
Majority 284 20.4
Turnout 1,392
Hartsholme
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Ronald Hills 814 47.5
Labour Leslie Burke 535 31.2
Lincoln Independent Alliance Richard Hall 364 21.2
Majority 279 16.3
Turnout 1,713
Minster
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative David Gratrick 757 47.4
Labour Margaret Schofield 601 37.7
Lincoln Independent Alliance Paul Wilkinson 238 14.9
Majority 156 9.7
Turnout 1,596
Moorland
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Denise Moore 686 52.6
Conservative Duncan Fraser 541 41.5
Lincoln Independent Alliance John Webster 76 5.8
Majority 145 11.1
Turnout 1,303
Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Patrick Vaughan 512 55.1
Conservative Barry Briggs 222 23.9
Liberal Democrat Jack Merian 128 13.8
Green Kenneth Yates 37 4.0
Lincoln Independent Alliance Barbara Freeborough 31 3.3
Majority 290 31.2
Turnout 930

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