West Lindsey District Council election, 2006

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Elections to West Lindsey District Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party lost overall control of the council to no overall control. The Liberal Democrat party took overall control of the council two weeks later after a by-election victory in Lea ward. [1]

West Lindsey District in England

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

Conservative Party (UK) Political party in the United Kingdom

The Conservative Party, officially the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom. The governing party since 2010, it is the largest in the House of Commons, with 313 Members of Parliament, and also has 249 members of the House of Lords, 18 members of the European Parliament, 31 Members of the Scottish Parliament, 12 members of the Welsh Assembly, eight members of the London Assembly and 8,916 local councillors.

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

Election result

West Lindsey Local Election Result 2006
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Liberal Democrat 6 2 0 +2 50.0 47.1 5,763 -6.6%
  Conservative 6 0 2 -2 50.0 46.3 5,667 +10.6%
  UKIP 0 0 0 0 0 4.3 528 +4.3%
  Labour 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 185 -4.1%
  Independent 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 99 -4.1%

Ward results

Bardney
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Ian Fleetwood 483 67.5 -4.9
Liberal Democrat Heather Shore 137 19.1 -8.5
UKIP Carol Pearson 96 13.4 +13.4
Majority 346 48.4 +3.6
Turnout 716 46.5 -0.3
Conservative hold Swing
Cherry Willingham
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Irmgard Parrott 1,074 79.9 +45.0
UKIP Steven Pearson 270 20.1 +20.1
Majority 804 59.8
Turnout 1,344 39.5 -17.0
Conservative hold Swing
Fiskerton
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Margaret Davidson 414 60.8 +10.9
Liberal Democrat Penelope Smith 202 29.7 +3.3
UKIP Anthony Pearson 65 9.5 +9.7
Majority 212 31.1 +7.6
Turnout 681 40.8 +7.1
Conservative hold Swing
Gainsborough East
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Melvyn Starkey 760 67.0 +18.7
Conservative Jessie Milne 375 33.0 +15.8
Majority 385 34.0 +20.1
Turnout 1,135 23.7 -11.6
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Gainsborough North
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Thomas Brown 812 67.1 +29.4
Conservative Karen Foreman 302 24.9 +0.8
UKIP Gordon Simmonds 97 8.0 +8.0
Majority 510 42.2 +28.6
Turnout 1,211 24.4 -16.7
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Hemswell
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Scott Pritchard 477 56.3 +17.7
Conservative Colin Wotherspoon 370 43.7 -17.7
Majority 107 12.6
Turnout 847 45.3 +9.6
Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative Swing
Market Rasen
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Adam Duguid 744 52.7 +7.2
Liberal Democrat Kenneth Bridger 668 47.3 -7.2
Majority 76 5.4
Turnout 1,412 36.2 +0.5
Conservative hold Swing
Nettleham
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Alfred Frith 1,005 61.1 -3.6
Conservative Susan Harland 510 31.0 -4.3
Labour Brian Pocknee 130 7.9 +7.9
Majority 495 30.1 +0.7
Turnout 1,645 46.0 -9.4
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Scampton
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Peter Heath 527 58.5 -16.7
Conservative David Howe 374 41.5 +16.7
Majority 153 17.0 -33.4
Turnout 901 40.2 +2.2
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Thonock
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Lesley Rollings 552 68.1 +40.7
Conservative Donald Sweeting 258 31.9 -11.6
Majority 294 36.2 +21.8
Turnout 810 39.1 +5.9
Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative Swing
Waddingham & Spital
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Jeffrey Summers 421 51.2 +2.9
Liberal Democrat Michael Burton-Stepan 302 36.7 +11.6
Independent Ernest Coleman 99 12.0 -14.6
Majority 119 14.5 -7.2
Turnout 822 43.6 -2.6
Conservative hold Swing
Wold View
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Bernard Theobald 342 47.6 -8.5
Liberal Democrat John Connolly 321 44.7 +44.7
Labour John Indian 55 7.7 -36.2
Majority 21 2.9 -25.0
Turnout 718 38.9 +11.0
Conservative hold Swing

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References

  1. ↑ "Lib Dems win control of council". BBC Online . 2006-05-19. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
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