West_Lindsey_local_elections

West Lindsey District Council elections

Local elections in Lincolnshire, England

West Lindsey District Council in Lincolnshire, England is elected every four years. Prior to 2011 one third of the council was each year, except in every fourth year when there was an election to the county council instead.

The district is divided into 20 wards, electing 36 councillors. The last ward boundary changes came into effect in 2015.^[1]

By-election results

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Party in control		Years
	Independent	1973–1979
	No overall control	1979–1987
	Liberal Democrats	1987–1988
	No overall control	1988–1996
	Liberal Democrats	1996–1998
	No overall control	1998–2004
	Conservative	2004–2006
	Liberal Democrats	2006–2008
	Conservative	2008–2021
	No overall control	2021–present

Councillor		From	To
Burt Keimach	Conservative	2010	20 May 2013
Jeff Summers	Conservative	20 May 2013	20 May 2019
Giles McNeill^[4]	Conservative	20 May 2019	Sep 2020
Owen Bierley	Conservative	2 Nov 2020	22 May 2023
Trevor Young	Liberal Democrats	22 May 2023

Party		Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	285	58.0
	Conservative	173	35.3
	Labour	33	6.7
Majority		112	22.7
Turnout		491	35.6
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	207	48.1	+0.1
	Conservative	169	39.3	+19.6
	Liberal Democrats	54	12.6	-12.6
Majority		38	8.8
Turnout		430	19.0
	Labour hold	Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian Heath	593	55.8	+22.6
	Conservative	Andrew Brylewski	470	44.2	-9.5
Majority			123	11.6
Turnout			1,063	33.3
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing

West_Lindsey_local_elections

West Lindsey District Council elections

Political control

Leadership

Council elections

By-election results

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Kitchen	483	44.4	+2.7
	Conservative	Jennifer Norman	347	31.9	-16.6
	Independent	John Semple	258	23.7	+23.7
Majority			136	12.5
Turnout			1,088	28.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Parsons	621	61.4	+27.3
	Conservative	Hugh McDaniel	391	38.6	+19.8
Majority			230	22.8
Turnout			1,012	57.4
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoff Wiseman	400	76.2	+36.5
	UKIP		125	23.8	+13.4
Majority			275	52.4
Turnout			525	22.5
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jacqueline Brockway	722	60.6	+22.4
	Liberal Democrats	Dean Woolley	407	34.2	-27.6
	UKIP	Steven Pearson	62	5.2	+5.2
Majority			315	26.4
Turnout			1,191	28.3
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Giles McNeill	565	45.0	+5.6
	Liberal Democrats	Guy Grainger	513	40.9	-19.7
	UKIP	Howard Thompson	177	14.1	+14.1
Majority			52	4.1
Turnout			1,255
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Binns	169	28.6	-15.7
	Labour	Mick Devine	149	25.3	-6.3
	UKIP	Howard Thompson	143	24.2	+24.2
	Conservative	Richard Butroid	129	21.9	-2.2
Majority			20	3.4
Turnout			590
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Chris Day	529	51.2	+51.2
	Conservative	John Cox	219	21.2	-33.7
	Liberal Democrats	Barry Coward	148	14.3	-1.4
	UKIP	Howard Thompson	138	13.3	+13.3
Majority			310	30.0
Turnout			1,034
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pat Mewis	577	65.7	+10.8
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Panter	301	34.3	+18.6
Majority			276	31.4
Turnout			878
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Maureen Palmer	555	51.1	+12.2
	Labour	Wendy Beckett	288	26.5	+0.6
	UKIP	Trevor Bridgwood	244	22.4	+22.4
Majority			267	24.6
Turnout			1,087
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bruce Allison	694	44.0	+12.2
	Liberal Democrats	Liz Clews	555	35.1	+8.8
	Labour	Jonathan Harper	230	14.6	-1.3
	UKIP	Neville Jones	100	6.3	+6.3
Majority			139	8.8
Turnout			1,579
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sudbrooke by-election 16 November 2017^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bob Waller	391	69.6	+0.7
	Labour	Gareth Hart	171	30.4	+10.5
Majority			220	39.2
Turnout			562
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sudbrooke by-election 16 November 2017^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bob Waller	391	69.6	+0.7
	Labour	Gareth Hart	171	30.4	+10.5
Majority			220	39.2
Turnout			562
	Conservative hold		Swing

Torksey by-election 24 October 2019^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jayne Ellis	378	35.7	-22.9
	Liberal Democrats	Noel Mullally	346	32.6	-8.8
	Brexit Party	Nick Pearson	299	28.2	+28.2
	Labour	Perry Smith	37	3.5	+3.5
Majority			32	3.0
Turnout			1,060
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kelsey Wold by-election 6 May 2021^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Morris	565	62.6	-1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Louise Reece	243	26.9	-8.9
	Labour	Colin Saywell	94	10.4	+10.4
Majority			322	35.7
Turnout			902
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jaime Oliver	585	51.0	+1.1
	Conservative	Maureen Palmer	374	32.6	-17.2
	Labour	Jess McGuire	116	10.1	+10.1
	Green	Benjamin Loryman	71	6.2	+6.2
Majority			211	18.4
Turnout			1,146
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing