Lincolnshire County Council elections

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Lincolnshire County Council in England is elected every four years.

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Council elections

Council composition

Year Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats [a] Reform Green UKIP DLP Independents
& Others		Council control
after election
Local government reorganisation; council established (75 seats)
1973 3593–––523No overall control
1977 5452–0–113Conservative
New division boundaries; seats increased from 75 to 76
1981 421310–0––11Conservative
1985 391420–0––3Conservative
1989 391912–0––6Conservative
1993 312515–0––5No overall control
1997 431911–00–3Conservative
New division boundaries; seats increased from 76 to 77
2001 49214–00–3Conservative
2005 45218–00–3Conservative
2009 6045–00–8 [b] Conservative
2013 36123–016–10 [c] No overall control
New division boundaries; seats reduced from 77 to 70
2017 5861–00–5 [d] Conservative
2021 5443000–9 [e] Conservative
2025 14354400–4 [f] Reform

County result maps

By-election results

1997–2001

Boston Rural South By-Election 23 September 1999
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 44946.8−19.2
Liberal Democrats 35436.9+36.9
Labour 15616.3−17.7
Majority 959.9
Turnout 95913.0
Conservative hold Swing
Gainsborough North By-Election 18 November 1999
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats 29646.9+11.5
Conservative 21233.6+7.0
Labour 10516.6−18.5
Independent 182.9+2.9
Majority 8413.3
Turnout 63113.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

2001–2005

Lincoln Boultham By-Election 11 July 2002
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 52445.9−17.4
Independent 33929.7+17.3
Conservative 23520.6+0.0
Green 443.9+3.9
Majority 18516.2
Turnout 1,14220.6
Labour hold Swing

2005–2009

Boston Coastal By-Election 6 April 2006 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Bedford80057.9+10.3
UKIP Sue Ransome21715.7−8.8
Labour Paul Kenny20514.8−13.2
Liberal Democrats Albert Tebbs16011.6+11.6
Majority 58342.2
Turnout 1,38225.0
Conservative hold Swing
Bourne Castle By-Election 6 July 2006 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charlotte Farquharson65744.6−2.5
Labour Trevor Holmes43529.5+2.6
Liberal Democrats Timothy Fitzgerald25517.3−8.7
UKIP Jamie Corney1278.6+8.6
Majority 22215.1
Turnout 1,47423.5
Conservative hold Swing
Heighington and Washingborough By-Election 15 November 2007 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Clive Oxby87761.8+14.5
Labour Darren Hopewell20614.5−26.9
Liberal Democrats Roy Harris1379.7+9.7
BNP Michael Clayton1268.9+8.9
UKIP Steven Pearson523.7−7.6
Independent Victor Sahunta211.5+1.5
Majority 67147.3
Turnout 1,41926.2
Conservative hold Swing
Louth Wolds By-Election 31 July 2008 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Hugo Marfleet1,01349.9+13.5
Independent Daniel Simpson36117.8−0.6
Liberal Democrats Eric Needham30415.0−18.4
BNP Robert West21910.8+10.8
Labour Michael Preen753.7+3.7
UKIP Barry Gleeson592.9−9.0
Majority 65232.1
Turnout 2,03131.9
Conservative hold Swing
Bourne Abbey By-Election 2 October 2008 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sue Woolley76041.4−12.9
Independent Helen Powell35519.3+19.3
BNP David Owens23913.0+13.0
Labour Roberta Britton20211.0−34.7
Liberal Democrats Peter Morris19810.8+10.8
Green Ashley Baxter422.3+2.3
UKIP Peter Oldham412.2+2.2
Majority 40522.1
Turnout 1,83721.0
Conservative hold Swing

2009–2013

Boston North West By-Election 15 October 2009 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrea Jenkyns 59738.7+13.2
BNP David Owens58137.7+17.1
Labour Pam Kenny20413.2+1.9
Liberal Democrats Michael Shriden-Shinn16010.4+3.2
Majority 161.0
Turnout 1,54221.3
Conservative hold Swing
Sleaford West and Leasingham By-Election 13 October 2011 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Hagues61443.0−2.4
Lincolnshire Independent David Suiter45431.8+31.8
Labour Jim Clarke31522.1+13.5
Liberal Democrats David Harding-Price453.2−7.9
Majority 16011.2
Turnout 1,428
Conservative hold Swing
Lincoln East By-Election 2 August 2012 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robin Renshaw56348.8+14.5
Conservative Simon Parr31427.2−11.8
Liberal Democrats John Bishop958.2−18.5
UKIP Pat Nurse796.8+6.8
TUSC Nick Parker796.8+6.8
English Democrat Elliot Fountain242.1+2.1
Majority 24921.6
Turnout 1,154
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Nettleham and Saxilby By-Election 6 September 2012 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jackie Brockway1,02643.4+9.4
Liberal Democrats Charles Shaw60025.4−35.1
UKIP Howard Thompson26611.2+11.2
Labour Richard Coupland25710.9+5.4
Lincolnshire Independent David Watson1968.3+8.3
English Democrat Elliot Fountain210.9+0.9
Majority 42618.0
Turnout 2,366
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

2013–2017

Scotter Rural By-Election 19 December 2013 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Lesley Rollings72649.2+26.3
Conservative Richard Butroid34823.6−18.4
UKIP Nick Smith26417.9−7.1
Lincolnshire Independent Chris Darcel1379.3+9.3
Majority 37825.6
Turnout 1,475
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Stamford North By-Election 11 December 2014 [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Robert Foulkes40031.5+31.5
Labour Mark Ashberry26821.1+0.1
Conservative Matthew Lee26120.6−11.0
Lincolnshire Independent Max Sawyer19915.7+15.7
Liberal Democrats Harrish Bisnauthsing14211.2+11.2
Majority 13210.4
Turnout 1,270
UKIP gain from Independent Swing
Grantham Barrowby By-Election 2 July 2015 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mark Whittington57949.5+11.7
Labour Rob Shorrock25722.0−7.9
UKIP Maureen Simon17915.3+15.3
Lincolnshire Independent Mike Williams15513.2+13.2
Majority 32227.5
Turnout 1,170
Conservative hold Swing

2021–2025

Colsterworth Rural By-Election 24 February 2022 [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charlotte Vernon98659.6−17.2
Liberal Democrats Harrish Bisnauthsing27716.8+16.8
Labour Stuart Fawcett26916.3−6.9
Green Mike Turner1217.3+7.3
Majority 70942.9
Turnout 1,653
Conservative hold Swing
Spalding West By-Election 8 December 2022 [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SH Independents Manzur Hasan67663.2−17.5
Conservative Paul Redgate39336.8+17.5
Majority 28326.4
Turnout 1,069
SH Independents hold Swing
Eagle and Hykeham West By-Election 4 May 2023 [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alan Briggs75932.5−31.3
Lincolnshire Independent Charles Overton47020.1+20.1
Labour Calum Watt43918.8+4.4
Independent Nikki Dillon29912.8−3.5
Liberal Democrats Tony Richardson1787.6+2.1
Green Sally Horscroft1034.4+4.4
Reform Nicola Smith753.2+3.2
Liberal Charles Shaw100.4+0.4
Majority 28912.4
Turnout 2,333
Conservative hold Swing
Carholme By-Election 14 September 2023 [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Neil Murray89648.0−9.8
Liberal Democrats James Brown68036.4+32.5
Conservative Thomas Hulme1508.0−16.4
TUSC Nick Parker744.0+2.3
Reform Jane Smith663.5+3.5
Majority 21611.6
Turnout 1,866
Labour hold Swing
Grantham North By-Election 9 November 2023 [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paul Martin76239.2−31.6
Independent Tim Harrison44623.0+23.0
Labour Jonathan Cook38019.6+2.1
Green Anne Gayfer1939.9−1.8
Liberal Democrats Nat Sweet874.5+4.5
Independent Dean Ward743.8+3.8
Majority 31616.3
Turnout 1,942
Conservative hold Swing
Park By-Election 2 May 2024 [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Debbie Armiger1,05445.2−1.7
Liberal Democrats Martin Christopher65628.1+11.2
Reform Jane Smith2129.1+5.7
Green Sally Horscroft1928.2−1.1
Conservative Charlie Rogers1486.3−14.8
TUSC Emma Knight482.1−0.3
Liberal Charles Shaw220.9+0.9
Majority 39817.1
Turnout 2,332
Labour hold Swing

Notes

  1. ↑ Includes totals for the predecessors of the Liberal Democrats, the Liberal Party and SDP (both of which participated in the Alliance).
  2. ↑ Including 4 Lincolnshire Independents, 1 Boston Bypass Independents
  3. ↑ Including 8 Lincolnshire Independents
  4. ↑ Including 1 Lincolnshire Independent
  5. ↑ Including 3 South Holland Independents, 1 Lincolnshire Independents
  6. ↑ Including 1 Lincolnshire Independents

References

  1. ↑ "Lincolnshire". BBC News Online . BBC . Retrieved 3 September 2009.
  2. ↑ "Boston Coastal electoral division". Boston borough council. Archived from the original on 3 June 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
  3. ↑ "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). South Kesteven District Council. Retrieved 3 September 2009.[ dead link ]
  4. ↑ "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Lincolnshire County Council. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
  5. ↑ "Tories win by-election but BNP beat Labour". Louth Leader. 1 August 2008. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
  6. ↑ "Conservatives win county seat in Bourne by-election". Spaldingtoday. 3 October 2008. Archived from the original on 4 October 2008. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
  7. ↑ "BNP narrowly beaten in by-election". Boston Standard. 16 October 2009. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
  8. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Sleaford West and Leasingham Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  9. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Lincoln East Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  10. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Nettleham and Saxilby Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  11. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Scotter Rural Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  12. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Stamford North Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  13. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Grantham Barrowby Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  14. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Colsterworth Rural Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  15. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Spalding West Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  16. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Eagle and Hykeham West Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  17. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Carholme Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  18. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Grantham North Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  19. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Park Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
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