2003_Lincoln_Council_election
Elections to City of Lincoln Council in Lincolnshire, England, were held on 1 May 2003. One third of the Council was up for election and the Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.
Quick Facts 11 of the 33 seats to City of Lincoln Council 17 seats needed for a majority, First party ...
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Map showing the results of the 2003 Lincoln City Council elections by ward. Red shows Labour seats and blue shows Conservative seats. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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A trial took place for all postal voting leading to turnout increasing from 26% in 2002 to 47% in this election.[4]
After the election, the composition of the council was:
- Labour 27
- Conservative 6
More information Party, Seats ...
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Labour | 11 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 51.5 | 14,382 | 5.1 | ||
Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35.8 | 10,005 | 2.3 | ||
Lincoln Independent Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 1,455 | 4.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.9 | 812 | 1.5 | ||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.4 | 657 | 1.2 | ||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 613 | 2.2 | ||
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Abbey
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Kathleen Brothwell | 1,011 | 50.4 | |
Conservative | David Bellamy | 641 | 32.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Charles Shaw | 353 | 17.6 | |
Majority | 370 | 18.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,005 | 46.2% | ||
Labour hold | ||||
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Birchwood
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Stephen Allnutt | 1,100 | 45.2 | |
Conservative | Frank Martin | 801 | 32.9 | |
Lincoln Independent Alliance | Richard Hall | 532 | 21.9 | |
Majority | 299 | 12.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,433 | 46.3% | ||
Labour hold | ||||
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Boultham
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Richard Coupland | 1,346 | 53.6 | |
Independent | Malcolm Skeels | 613 | 24.4 | |
Conservative | John Woolf | 550 | 21.9 | |
Majority | 733 | 29.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,509 | 46.8% | ||
Labour hold | ||||
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Bracebridge
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Bud Robinson | 1,628 | 52.5 | |
Conservative | Paul Grice | 1,473 | 47.5 | |
Majority | 155 | 5.0 | ||
Turnout | 3,101 | 50.8% | ||
Labour hold | ||||
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Carholme
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Karen Lee | 970 | 42.0 | |
Conservative | Ann Duguid | 584 | 25.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Phillip Mappin | 459 | 19.9 | |
Green | Nicola Watson | 299 | 12.9 | |
Majority | 386 | 16.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,312 | 45.5% | ||
Labour hold | ||||
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Castle
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Anthony Morgan | 1,470 | 66.2 | |
Conservative | Michael Reeve | 749 | 33.8 | |
Majority | 721 | 32.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,219 | 47.7% | ||
Labour hold | ||||
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Glebe
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Richard Metcalfe | 1,254 | 44.0 | |
Lincoln Independent Alliance | George Spencer | 923 | 32.4 | |
Conservative | Marion Mellows | 670 | 23.5 | |
Majority | 331 | 11.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,847 | 48.8% | ||
Labour hold | ||||
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Hartsholme
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Christopher Grimshaw | 1,563 | 51.4 | |
Conservative | Philip Hubbard | 1,477 | 48.6 | |
Majority | 86 | 2.8 | ||
Turnout | 3,070 | 46.7% | ||
Labour hold | ||||
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Minster
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Morris Cookson | 1,336 | 50.4 | |
Conservative | Anthony Calvert | 1,313 | 49.6 | |
Majority | 23 | 0.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,649 | 51.6% | ||
Labour hold | ||||
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Moorland
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Geoffrey Ellis | 1,638 | 58.6 | |
Conservative | Duncan Fraser | 1,157 | 41.4 | |
Majority | 481 | 17.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,795 | 51.0% | ||
Labour hold | ||||
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Park
- "Council compositions by year". The Elections Centre.
- "Local Election Summaries 2003". The Elections Centre.
- "Council by Council - Lincoln". BBC News. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
- "Postal voting is election's big winner". BBC Online. 2 May 2003. Retrieved 29 April 2008.
- Andrew Teale. "Local Election Results 2003 - Lincoln". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 5 November 2019.