The 2023 West Lindsey District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of West Lindsey District Council in Lincolnshire, England.[1][2][3] This was on the same day as other local elections in England.
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Prior to the election the council was under no overall control; the Conservatives had won a majority at the previous election in 2019 but had lost their majority during 2021 as a result of changes of allegiance. The council was therefore being run by a administration comprising the Conservatives and three of the independent councillors.[4]
Following the election the Liberal Democrats won exactly half the seats on the council.[5][6] The Liberal Democrats formed an administration with the support of one of the independent councillors, with Liberal Democrat leader Trevor Young being appointed leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 22 May 2023.[7]
Results summary edit
West Lindsey election result.[8][9]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 50.0 | 47.0 | |||
Conservative | 14 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 38.9 | 37.0 | |||
Independent | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5.5 | 5.0 | |||
Lincolnshire Independent | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5.5 | 4.0 | ||||
Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | ||||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | ||||
Reform UK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | ||||
TUSC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | <1.0 | ||||
Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | <1.0 |
Ward Results edit
West Lindsey District Council election results.[10]
Incumbent councillors are denoted by an asterisk (*).
Bardney edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ian Fleetwood* | 439 | 60.9 | -5.2 | |
Green | Vicky Pearson | 149 | 20.7 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Caroline Kenyon | 73 | 10.1 | New | |
Liberal | Charles Shaw | 60 | 8.3 | -4.4 | |
Majority | 290 | 40 | -5 | ||
Turnout | 721 | 35 | 0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Caistor and Yarborough edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Owen Bierley* | 726 | 58.5 | -5.1 | |
Conservative | Angela Lawrence* | 699 | 56.3 | -9.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | June Clark | 469 | 37.8 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Keith Panter | 411 | 33.1 | New | |
Turnout | 1,241 | 28 | -5 | ||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Cherry Willingham edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lincolnshire Independent | Chris Darcel* | 918 | 48.8 | -10.4 | |
Conservative | Trevor Bridgwood | 741 | 39.4 | +4.0 | |
Conservative | Maureen Palmer | 740 | 39.3 | +8.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Emily Morris | 675 | 35.9 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | James Plastow | 524 | 27.9 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | James Ward | 505 | 26.8 | New | |
Conservative | Glen Thompson | 491 | 26.1 | -3.2 | |
Turnout | 1,891 | 30 | -2 | ||
Lincolnshire Independent hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative gain from Lincolnshire Independent |
Dunholme and Welton edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Paul Swift | 1,038 | 46.9 | +13.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sabastian Hague | 909 | 41.1 | New | |
Independent | Di Rodgers* | 906 | 41.0 | -15.4 | |
Conservative | Caralyne Grimble* | 788 | 35.6 | +1.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Freddie Easters | 754 | 34.1 | New | |
Conservative | Craig Seal | 705 | 31.9 | -9.5 | |
Conservative | Emily Sharman | 670 | 30.3 | -1.1 | |
Turnout | 2,229 | 33 | +1 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | |||||
Independent hold |
Gainsborough East edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Matt Boles** | 534 | 64.3 | +34.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Dave Dobbie* | 397 | 47.8 | +15.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jacob Flear | 382 | 46.0 | +23.2 | |
Independent | Mick Devine* | 186 | 22.4 | -8.8 | |
Labour | Perry Smith | 161 | 19.4 | +0.9 | |
Independent | Tim Davies* | 154 | 18.6 | -16.6 | |
Conservative | Andrew Burge | 130 | 15.7 | +0.5 | |
Conservative | Ken Downey | 110 | 13.3 | -0.8 | |
TUSC | Michael Hancock | 68 | 8.2 | New | |
Turnout | 835 | 16 | 0 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent |
- Matthew Boles represented the Gainsborough North ward from 2015 to 2023.
Gainsborough North edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Jim Snee* | 622 | 51.5 | +9.3 | |
Lincolnshire Independent | Paul Key | 585 | 48.4 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Mandy Snee** | 555 | 45.9 | -0.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sean Brennan | 503 | 41.6 | +7.6 | |
Green | Nigel Bowler | 341 | 28.2 | New | |
Conservative | Hugh McDaniel | 226 | 18.7 | -5.5 | |
Turnout | 1,212 | 23 | -1 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Lincolnshire Independent gain from Liberal Democrats | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold |
- Mandy Snee represented the Scotter and Blyton ward from 2019 to 2023.
Gainsborough South West edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Trevor Young* | 551 | 68.3 | +10.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jeanette McGhee | 477 | 59.1 | +0.5 | |
Labour | Harry Eddowes | 122 | 15.1 | -2.8 | |
Independent | Richard Craig | 108 | 13.4 | New | |
Conservative | Vicki Woodward | 102 | 12.6 | +4.8 | |
Reform UK | Stuart Morley | 69 | 8.6 | New | |
Turnout | 810 | 21 | -2 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Hemswell edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Paul Howitt-Cowan | 307 | 45.8 | -20.3 | |
Conservative | Richard Butroid | 212 | 31.6 | -34.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Barstow | 151 | 22.5 | -11.4 | |
Majority | 95 | 14 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 670 | 32 | +2 | ||
Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A |
Kelsey Wold edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Morris | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Lea edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Emma Bailey | 356 | 51.4 | New | |
Conservative | Jessie Milne* | 337 | 48.6 | -19.2 | |
Majority | 19 | 2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 693 | 39 | +1 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A |
Market Rasen edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Stephen Bunney* | 1,539 | 69.0 | +21.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Eve Bennett | 1,041 | 46.7 | +11.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Moira Westley | 859 | 38.5 | +5.2 | |
Conservative | John McNeil* | 693 | 31.1 | -9.9 | |
Conservative | Laura Ashby | 623 | 27.9 | -13.0 | |
Conservative | Rachel Bridgwood | 561 | 25.2 | -13.9 | |
Labour | Colin Saywell | 341 | 15.3 | +3.3 | |
Labour | Katie Vause | 332 | 14.9 | +3.8 | |
Turnout | 2,239 | 34 | +1 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative |
Nettleham edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Barrett | 641 | 43.0 | +3.0 | |
Conservative | Frazer Brown | 593 | 39.7 | -10.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Hladun | 475 | 31.8 | -18.1 | |
Labour | Jess McGuire | 409 | 27.4 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Heather Shore | 295 | 19.8 | -26.0 | |
Green | Christine Johnson | 273 | 18.3 | New | |
Reform UK | Jane Smith | 62 | 4.2 | New | |
Reform UK | Alexander Cambo | 54 | 3.6 | New | |
Turnout | 1,496 | 41 | +13 | ||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats |
Saxilby edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Jackie Brockway* | 1,055 | 69.5 | +15.1 | |
Conservative | Paul Lee | 851 | 56.1 | +22.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lorraine Young | 475 | 31.3 | -4.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Rollings | 462 | 30.5 | New | |
Turnout | 1,529 | 32 | -3 | ||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats |
Scampton edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Roger Patterson* | 298 | 37.2 | +37.2 | |
Labour | Giles Sullivan | 294 | 36.7 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Nathan Berger | 111 | 13.8 | New | |
Reform UK | Nick Smith | 99 | 12.3 | New | |
Majority | 4 | 0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 802 | 38 | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Scotter and Blyton edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Lesley Rollings* | 1,037 | 57.7 | +2.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Liz Clews* | 970 | 54.0 | +1.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Karen Carless | 884 | 49.2 | +2.9 | |
Conservative | Sheila Bibb | 595 | 33.1 | -8.5 | |
Conservative | Lynne Blakelock | 531 | 29.5 | -11.6 | |
Reform UK | Christine Allison | 288 | 16.0 | New | |
Independent | Kenneth Woolley | 262 | 14.6 | -26.5 | |
Turnout | 1,808 | 30 | +1 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Stow edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Lynda Mullally | 387 | 57.9 | New | |
Conservative | Tracey Coulson* | 281 | 42.1 | +42.1 | |
Majority | 106 | 16 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 668 | 34 | N/A | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A |
Sudbrooke edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Baptiste Velan | 370 | 51.6 | New | |
Conservative | Anne Welburn** | 347 | 48.4 | +48.4 | |
Majority | 23 | 4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 717 | 34 | N/A | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A |
- Anne Welburn represented the Cherry Willingham ward from 2008 to 2023.
Torksey edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Roger Pilgrim | 438 | 48.6 | -10.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Noel Mullally | 304 | 33.7 | -7.4 | |
Labour | Thomas Cox | 159 | 17.6 | New | |
Majority | 134 | 15 | -3 | ||
Turnout | 901 | 38 | +3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Waddingham and Spital edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alan Duguid | 375 | 58.3 | -10.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Neil Taylor | 268 | 41.7 | +10.5 | |
Majority | 107 | 16 | -22 | ||
Turnout | 643 | 32 | -5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 11 |
Wold View edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tom Smith | 342 | 55.9 | +55.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Robert Levison | 270 | 44.1 | New | |
Majority | 72 | 12 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 612 | 31 | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
References edit
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- ^ "Local elections: Who's standing in Lincolnshire in May 2023". Lincolnshire Echo. 9 April 2023. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
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- ^ "Election results by party, 4 May 2023". www.west-lindsey.gov.uk. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
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- ^ "Election results for Bardney". West Lindsey District Council. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
- ^ "Election results for Castor and Yarborough". West Lindsey District Council. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
- ^ "Election results for Cherry Willingham". West Lindsey District Council. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
- ^ "Election results for Dunholme and Welton". West Lindsey District Council. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
- ^ "Election results for Gainsborough East". West Lindsey District Council. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
- ^ "Election results for Gainsborough North". West Lindsey District Council. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
- ^ "Election results for Gainsborough South West". West Lindsey District Council. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
- ^ "Election results for Hemswell". West Lindsey District Council. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
- ^ "Election results for Lea". West Lindsey District Council. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
- ^ "Election results for Market Rasen". West Lindsey District Council. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
- ^ "Election results for Nettleham". West Lindsey District Council. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
- ^ "Election results for Saxilby". West Lindsey District Council. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
- ^ "Election results for Scampton". West Lindsey District Council. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
- ^ "Election results for Scotter and Blyton". West Lindsey District Council. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
- ^ "Election results for Stow". West Lindsey District Council. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
- ^ "Election results for Sudbroke". West Lindsey District Council. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
- ^ "Election results for Torksey". West Lindsey District Council. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
- ^ "Election results for Waddingham and Spital". West Lindsey District Council. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
- ^ "Election results for Wold View". West Lindsey District Council. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.