West Lindsey District Council election, 2000

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Elections to West Lindsey District Council were held on 4 May 2000. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.

West Lindsey District in England

West Lindsey is a local government district in Lincolnshire, England.

In the context of local authorities in the United Kingdom, the term no overall control refers to a situation in which no single political group achieves a majority of seats; and is analogous to a hung parliament. Of the 310 councils who had members up for election in the 2007 local elections, 85 resulted in a NOC administration.

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After the election, the composition of the council was

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Election result

West Lindsey Local Election Result 2000
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Liberal Democrat 7 1 1 0 53.8 51.0 6,101 +4.9%
  Conservative 3 1 2 -1 23.1 36.7 4,385 +8.2%
  Independent 3 1 0 +1 23.1 7.5 893 -4.1%
  Labour 0 0 0 0 0 4.9 584 -8.9%

1 Independent candidate was unopposed.

Ward results

Caistor
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent Roy Schofield 366 47.2
Conservative Derrick Mortimer 305 39.3
Labour Robin Barr 82 10.6
Liberal Democrat Andrew Heathorn 23 3.0
Majority 61 7.9
Turnout 776 31.0
Independent gain from Conservative Swing
Cherry Willingham
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent George Greenaway 527 56.9
Liberal Democrat Stuart Miller 400 43.1
Majority 127 13.8
Turnout 927 30.2 -7.5
Independent hold Swing
Dunholme
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Susan Rawlins 390 65.5 +16.8
Liberal Democrat Peter Turner 205 34.5 -16.8
Majority 185 31.0
Turnout 595 36.2 -3.9
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat Swing
Gainsborough East
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Michael Tinker 551 76.2
Conservative William Morgan 172 23.8
Majority 379 52.4
Turnout 723 16.8 -5.4
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Gainsborough North
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Thomas Brown 552 63.3
Conservative Sally Jupp 320 36.7
Majority 232 26.6
Turnout 872 17.5 -4.5
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Gainsborough South-West
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Trevor Young 407 52.7
Labour Brenda Mills 188 24.4
Conservative Stephen Beer 177 22.9
Majority 219 28.3
Turnout 772 23.2 -3.6
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Market Rasen
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Gary Fenwick 740 60.6
Conservative Alfred Jones 419 34.3
Labour Philip Huckin 62 5.1
Majority 321 26.3
Turnout 1,221 33.4 -0.4
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Nettleham
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Raymond Sellars 977 64.9
Conservative Margaret Davidson 528 35.1
Majority 449 29.8
Turnout 1,505 42.4 -0.8
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Saxilby
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat David Cotton 667 54.3
Conservative Delyse Silverstone 417 33.9
Labour Howard Gillson 145 11.8
Majority 250 20.4
Turnout 1,229 39.1 +7.2
Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative Swing
Scotter
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative William Parry 742 68.6
Liberal Democrat Martin Walker 340 31.4
Majority 402 37.2
Turnout 1,082 32.3 -2.0
Conservative hold Swing
Stow
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Reginald Shore 562 71.0
Conservative Martin Macpherson-Lawley 229 29.0
Majority 333 42.0
Turnout 791 47.3 +4.4
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Sudbrooke
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent Stuart Curtis uncontested
Independent hold Swing
Welton
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Charles Ireland 686 46.7
Liberal Democrat Roger Hiscox 677 46.1
Labour Sally Scott 107 7.3
Majority 9 0.6
Turnout 1,470 40.7 +2.5
Conservative hold Swing

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