2015 East Lindsey District Council election

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The 2015 East Lindsey District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of East Lindsey District Council in England. [1] This was on the same day as other local elections. The Conservative Party won overall control of the council from NOC. [2]

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Results

East Lindsey District Council Election Result 2015
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 33N/AN/AN/A60.0041.4036,498
  UKIP 8N/AN/AN/A14.5523.6620,857
  Independent 6N/AN/AN/A10.917.036,200
  Labour 4N/AN/AN/A7.2717.0715,049
  Lincolnshire Independent 3N/AN/AN/A5.464.974,379
  Liberal Democrats 1N/AN/AN/A1.812.061,814
No Label0N/AN/AN/A0.001.531,350
  Green 0N/AN/AN/A0.001.281,128
  Independence from Europe 0N/AN/AN/A0.001.00881

Council composition

After the election, the composition of the council was:

3386431
ConservativeUKIPINDLabLILD

IND - Independent
Lab - Labour
LI - Lincolnshire Independents
LD - Liberal Democrats

Ward results

Source - [3]

Alford

Alford (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Graham Anthony Marsh1,05745.55
Lincolnshire Independent Sarah Caroline Devereux 77520.65
Conservative Colin Matthews652
Labour Daniel Paul Hopwood62826.23
Labour Sharon Margaret Wilkinson356
Green Andrew Gareth Hill2847.57
Turnout 61.57
Conservative win (new seat)
Lincolnshire Independent win (new seat)

A total of 18 ballots were rejected.

Binbrook

Binbrook (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Geoffrey Fry96472.00
Labour Andrew David Charles Austin37528.00
Majority58944.00
Turnout 1,33968.66
Conservative win (new seat)

A total of 19 ballots were rejected.

Burgh Le Marsh

Burgh Le Marsh (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Neil Douglas Luther Cooper58245.90
UKIP James William Brookes41432.65
Independent David Poole27221.45
Majority16813.25
Turnout 1,26863.90
Conservative win (new seat)

A total of 23 ballots were rejected.

Chapel St Leonards

Chapel St Leonards (2 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paul Anthony Hibbert-Greaves84345.23
Conservative Melvin Leivers778
Labour Fiona Mary Brown77036.13
Independent Hazel Newcombe66818.64
Labour David George Smart525
Turnout 58.03
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

A total of 13 ballots were rejected.

Coningsby & Mareham

Coningsby & Mareham (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stanley Morris Avison2,39238.62
UKIP Aimee Anne Flitcroft 1,54642.37
Independent Martin John Foster1,17719.01
UKIP Julia Pears1,078
Turnout 63.07
Conservative win (new seat)
UKIP win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)

A total of 45 ballots were rejected.

Croft

Croft (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Pauline May Cooper73867.52
Independence from Europe Valerie Pain35532.48
Majority38335.04
Turnout 1,09363.58
Conservative win (new seat)

A total of 39 ballots were rejected.

Friskney

Friskney (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Carleen Dickinson53150.48
Conservative Kevin Stephen Smith52149.52
Majority100.96
Turnout 1,05263.75
UKIP win (new seat)

A total of 35 ballots were rejected.

Fulstow

Fulstow (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Michael Buckley84761.33
UKIP Iris Dainton29821.58
Labour Jason Paul Garrett-Pughe23617.09
Majority54939.75
Turnout 1,38173.54
Conservative win (new seat)

A total of 17 ballots were rejected.

Grimoldby

Grimoldby (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Terence John Knowles61152.13
Conservative Helena Poskitt27523.46
UKIP Arthur Henderson17214.68
Labour Dawn Margaret Blakey1149.73
Majority33628.67
Turnout 1,17267.87
Independent win (new seat)

A total of 9 ballots were rejected.

Hagworthingham

Hagworthingham (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Grover86468.19
UKIP Leslie James Pears40331.81
Majority46136.38
Turnout 1,26771.43
Conservative win (new seat)

A total of 63 ballots were rejected.

Halton Holegate

Halton Holegate (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent James Macaulay Swanson58341.23
Conservative Thomas James Kemp43430.69
UKIP Marian Elizabeth Raven35324.97
Independence from Europe John James Barry443.11
Majority14910.54
Turnout 1,41470.21
Independent win (new seat)

A total of 23 ballots were rejected.

Holton Le Clay & North Thoresby

Holton Le Clay & North Thoresby (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Siobhan Louise Weller1,72747.56
Lincolnshire Independent Terence Frederick Aldridge1,22533.74
Labour Michael Robert Booth67918.70
Turnout 67.81
Conservative win (new seat)
Lincolnshire Independent win (new seat)

A total of 37 ballots were rejected.

Horncastle

Horncastle (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Martin Avison1,84328.58
Liberal Democrats Fiona Margaret Martin1,66325.79
Independent Sandra Campbell-Wardman1,12517.45
UKIP Michael John Beecham1,04216.16
Labour Janet Frances Lister77512.02
Turnout 66.09
Conservative win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)

A total of 20 ballots were rejected.

Ingoldmells

Ingoldmells (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Colin John Davie36541.43
UKIP Christopher Garton27330.99
Labour Graham Archer23526.67
Independence from Europe Katie Leeann Owen80.91
Majority9210.44
Turnout 88160.14
Conservative win (new seat)

A total of 7 ballots were rejected.

Legbourne

Legbourne (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Adam Grist89473.64
UKIP Charles Frederick Wilson32026.36
Majority57447.28
Turnout 1,21471.00
Conservative win (new seat)

A total of 61 ballots were rejected.

Mabelthorpe

Mabelthorpe (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Terence Brindley Brown1,31335.45
Labour Graham Edward Cullen1,23436.81
Labour Anthony John Howard1,158
UKIP Annie Elizabeth Reynolds1,017
Labour Patrick Kevin Prince965
UKIP Christopher Reynolds903
Conservative Grama Michael Gooding85220.67
Conservative Moira Jessie Morgan539
Conservative Carl Ian Tebbutt494
Lincolnshire Independent David Barry Mellor2574.48
Liberal Democrats Keith Pinion151
Independent Graham Dexter Parkhurst1251.37
No LabelStephanie Jane Carruthers1111.22
Turnout 60.51
UKIP win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

A total of 9 ballots were rejected.

Marsh Chapel & Somercotes

Marsh Chapel & Somercotes (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert John Palmer1,29945.07
UKIP Daniel McNally1,09437.96
Labour Patricia Jane Newman48916.97
Turnout 66.05
Conservative win (new seat)
UKIP win (new seat)

A total of 6 ballots were rejected.

North Holme

North Holme (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Francis William Patrick Treanor52352.94
Labour David James Ernest Hall46547.06
Majority585.88
Turnout 98855.90
Conservative win (new seat)

A total of 26 ballots were rejected.

Priory & St James

Priory & St James (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sarah Rosemary Dodds1,08954.46
Conservative Pauline Frances Watson90227.19
Labour Stuart Pickering718
No LabelAndrew Leonard60918.35
Turnout 60.44
Labour win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

A total of 51 ballots were rejected.

Roughton

Roughton (1 seat) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William GrayUnopposed
Conservative win (new seat)

Scarbrough & Seacroft

Scarbrough & Seacroft (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stephen Russell Kirk1,20539.28
Conservative David Richard Edginton1,198
UKIP John Barry Byford1,02945.29
UKIP Darrell Blackburn941
Labour Gwendolen Margaret Gray85313.94
UKIP David John Cargill801
Independence from Europe Robert Milory Sloan911.48
Turnout 55.05
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
UKIP win (new seat)

A total of 31 ballots were rejected.

Sibsey & Stickney

Sibsey & Stickney (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Thomas Robert Ashton1,26955.94
Conservative Neil John Jones1,173
UKIP Jonathan Noble91941.54
UKIP Tracy Frances Lamy-Edwards894
Independence from Europe Giles Allen Crust1102.52
Turnout 68.08
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

A total of 128 ballots were rejected.

Spilsby

Spilsby (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Roderick Vincent Williams53844.76
UKIP Ebony Kate Moore36730.53
Labour Christopher Clech Prince29724.71
Majority17114.23
Turnout 1,20256.76
Conservative win (new seat)

A total of 8 ballots were rejected.

St Clements

St Clements (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Mark Vincent Dannatt70440.58
Conservative Sidney Alfred Dennis57335.08
UKIP Christina Draper550
Conservative James Anthony Carpenter511
Labour Barry Cresswell37512.14
Independent Mark Crawford Anderson35011.33
Independence from Europe Malcolm Keen270.87
Turnout 53.64
UKIP win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

A total of 34 ballots were rejected.

St Margarets

St Margarets (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christopher Thomas Green48142.23
Labour Laure Marie Stephenson40335.38
Independent Eileen Ballard25522.39
Majority786.85
Turnout 1,13965.02
Conservative win (new seat)

A total of 19 ballots were rejected.

St Marys

St Marys (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Gillian Mary Makinson-Sanders71458.29
Conservative Victoria Emma Treanor34428.08
Labour Michael Bateson16713.63
Majority37030.21
Turnout 1,22566.49
Independent win (new seat)

A total of 7 ballots were rejected.

St Michaels

St Michaels (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent George Edward Horton49044.67
Conservative Daniel Mark Turner38435.00
Labour Neil Andrew Ward22320.33
Majority1069.67
Turnout 1,09767.19
Independent win (new seat)

A total of 19 ballots were rejected.

Sutton on Sea

Sutton on Sea (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Lincolnshire Independent Stephen Leslie William Palmer95336.52
Conservative Helen Angela Matthews80031.52
UKIP John Peter Critchlow75716.30
Lincolnshire Independent Anthony David John Mee743
Conservative Helen Parkhurst664
Labour Josephine Philomena Alderson42915.66
Labour Keith Finney298
Turnout 68.82
Lincolnshire Independent win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

A total of 3 ballots were rejected.

Tetford & Donington

Tetford & Donington (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David George Andrews48033.66
Lincolnshire Independent Daniel Anthony Simpson42629.87
Independent Douglas Rodwell27028.94
UKIP Andrew Wyatt Truscott25017.53
Majority543.79
Turnout 1,42674.96
Conservative win (new seat)

A total of 14 ballots were rejected.

Tetney

Tetney (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stuart Watson64852.90
No LabelBlair Keith Maynard57747.10
Majority715.80
Turnout 1,22558.56
Conservative win (new seat)

A total of 32 ballots were rejected.

Trinity

Trinity (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rosalind Alice Jackson36139.03
Conservative Edward George Bell23425.30
UKIP Christopher Burton19521.08
Independent David Edmund Wing828.86
No LabelOwen Charles Nicholson535.73
Majority12713.73
Turnout 92552.46
Labour win (new seat)

A total of 0 ballots were rejected.

Wainfleet

Wainfleet (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Wendy Bowkett55746.73
UKIP James Gary Edwards29124.41
Labour Robert Henry Caudwell19116.02
Independence from Europe Chris Pain15312.84
Majority26622.32
Turnout 1,19259.46
Conservative win (new seat)

A total of 6 ballots were rejected.

Willoughby with Sloothby

Willoughby with Sloothby (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alan Vassar59144.74
Independent Stephen William Eyre56342.62
Labour Rae Rigby16712.64
Majority282.12
Turnout 1,32167.56
Conservative win (new seat)

A total of 13 ballots were rejected.  

Winthorpe

Winthorpe (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Daniel Brookes99060.97
UKIP Susan Anita Jane Blackburn 922
Conservative Carl Stuart Macey78625.06
Green Philip William Gaskell34511.00
Independence from Europe Neil Adrian Woods932.97
Turnout 53.57
UKIP win (new seat)
UKIP win (new seat)

A total of 38 ballots were rejected.  

Withern and Theddlethorpe

Withern and Theddlethorpe (1 seat) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sandra HarrisonUnopposed
Conservative win (new seat)

Woodhall Spa

Woodhall Spa (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Craig James Leyland 1,58975.18
Conservative Susanna Philippa Helen Gorst1,357
Green Harry Richard Wells49912.73
Labour Martin Roger Yeldham47412.09
Turnout 69.73
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

A total of 20 ballots were rejected.

Wragby

Wragby (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nicholas John Guyatt73155.67
Independent Philip John Grimes58244.33
Majority14911.34
Turnout 1,31369.75
Conservative win (new seat)

A total of 49 ballots were rejected.

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