City of Lincoln Council election, 2003

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Elections to City of Lincoln Council in Lincolnshire, England, were held on 1 May 2003. 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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A trial took place for all postal voting leading to turnout increasing from 26% in 2002 to 47% in this election. [1]

Postal voting voting, election, ballot papers, distributed to electors or returned by post, mail

Postal voting is voting in an election whereby ballot papers are distributed to electors or returned by post, in contrast to electors voting in person at a polling station or electronically via an electronic voting system. Historically, postal votes must be distributed and placed in return mail before the scheduled election day, it is sometimes referred to as a form of early voting. It can also be used as an absentee ballot. However, in recent times the model in the US has morphed, in municipalities that use postal voting exclusively, to be one of ballots being mailed out to voters, but the return method taking on alternatives of return by mail or dropping off the ballot in person via secure drop boxes and/or voting centers.

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Lincoln Local Election Result 2003
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 11 0 0 0 100 51.5 14,382 +5.1%
  Conservative 0 0 0 0 0 35.8 10,005 -2.3%
  Lincoln Independent Alliance 0 0 0 0 0 5.2 1,455 -4.7%
  Liberal Democrat 0 0 0 0 0 2.9 812 -1.5%
  Green 0 0 0 0 0 2.4 657 +1.2%
  Independent 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 613 +2.2%

Ward results

Abbey
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Kathleen Brothwell 1,011 50.4 -14.0
Conservative David Bellamy 641 32.0 -3.6
Liberal Democrat Charles Shaw 353 17.6 +17.6
Majority 370 18.4 -10.4
Turnout 2,005
Labour hold Swing
Birchwood
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Stephen Allnutt 1,100 45.2 +2.7
Conservative Frank Martin 801 32.9 -18.0
Lincoln Independent Alliance Richard Hall 532 21.9 +15.3
Majority 299 12.3
Turnout 2,433
Labour hold Swing
Boultham
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Richard Coupland 1,346 53.6 +1.5
Independent Malcolm Skeels 613 24.4 +24.4
Conservative John Woolf 550 21.9 -0.8
Majority 733 29.2 -0.2
Turnout 2,509
Labour hold Swing
Bracebridge
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Bud Robinson 1,628 52.5 +14.7
Conservative Paul Grice 1,473 47.5 -2.6
Majority 155 5.0
Turnout 3,101
Labour hold Swing
Carholme
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Karen Lee 970 42.0 -3.4
Conservative Ann Duguid 584 25.3 +1.5
Liberal Democrat Phillip Mappin 459 19.9 +4.3
Green Nicola Watson 299 12.9 +3.3
Majority 386 16.7 -4.9
Turnout 2,312
Labour hold Swing
Castle
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Anthony Morgan 1,470 66.2 +8.4
Conservative Michael Reeve 749 33.8 -2.0
Majority 721 32.4 +10.4
Turnout 2,219
Labour hold Swing
Glebe
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Richard Metcalfe 1,254 44.0 -5.7
Lincoln Independent Alliance George Spencer 923 32.4 +11.4
Conservative Marion Mellows 670 23.5 -5.8
Majority 331 11.6 -8.8
Turnout 2,847
Labour hold Swing
Hartsholme
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Christopher Grimshaw 1,563 51.4 +20.2
Conservative Philip Hubbard 1,477 48.6 +1.1
Majority 86 2.8
Turnout 3,070
Labour hold Swing
Minster
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Morris Cookson 1,336 50.4 +12.7
Conservative Anthony Calvert 1,313 49.6 +2.2
Majority 23 0.8
Turnout 2,649
Labour hold Swing
Moorland
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Geoffrey Ellis 1,638 58.6 +6.0
Conservative Duncan Fraser 1,157 41.4 -0.1
Majority 481 17.2 +6.1
Turnout 2,795
Labour hold Swing
Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour David Jackson 1,066 52.9 -2.6
Conservative Barry Briggs 590 29.3 +5.4
Green Kenneth Yates 358 17.8 +13.8
Majority 576 23.6 -7.5
Turnout 2,014
Labour hold Swing

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References

  1. ↑ "Postal voting is election's big winner". BBC Online . 2003-05-02. Retrieved 2008-04-29.
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