1996 City of Lincoln Council election

The 1996 City of Lincoln Council election took place on 2 May 1996. This was on the same day as other local elections. One third of the council was up for election: the seats of which were last contested in 1992. The Labour Party retained control of the council.

1996 City of Lincoln Council election[1][2]

2 May 1996
11 of the 33 seats to City of Lincoln Council 17 seats needed for a majority
Party Labour Conservative Last election 31 2 Seats won 11 0 Seats after 33 0 Seat change 2 2 Popular vote 14,161 4,883 Percentage 69.4% 23.9%
Map showing the results the 1996 Lincoln City Council elections by ward. Red shows Labour seats and blue shows Conservative seats.
Council control before election Labour Council control after election Labour

Overall results

1996 City of Lincoln Council Election

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	11	2	0	2	100.0	69.4	14,161	17.8
	Conservative	0	0	2	2	0.0	23.9	4,883	18.5
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	0		0.0	1.2	243	2.6
	Green	0	0	0		0.0	5.5	1,130	3.0
Total		11						20,417

All comparisons in vote share are to the corresponding 1992 election.

Ward results

Abbey

Location of Abbey ward

Abbey[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Robertson	1,190	79.2%
	Conservative	P. Forbes-Ritte	208	13.8%
	Green	P. North	104	6.9%
Turnout				30.2%
	Labour hold

Birchwood

Location of Birchwood ward

Boultham[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Stephen Allnutt[4]	1,820	58.9%
	Conservative	Edmund Strengiel[5]	1,147	37.1%
	Green	T. Ligema	121	3.9%
Turnout				32.4%
	Labour gain from Conservative

Boultham

Location of Boultham ward

Boultham[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ralph Toofany[6]	1,221	76.5%
	Conservative	M. Franks	268	16.8%
	Green	G. Phillips	108	6.8%
Turnout				30.9%
	Labour hold

Bracebridge

Location of Bracebridge ward

Bracebridge[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A. Bradley	1,273	69.0%
	Conservative	R. Meads	491	26.6%
	Green	R. Leedham-Green	80	4.3%
Turnout				30.7%
	Labour hold

Carholme

Location of Carholme ward

Carholme[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	S. Paterson	1,264	60.8%
	Conservative	M. Mellows	402	19.3%
	Liberal Democrats	L. Gabriel	243	11.7%
	Green	D. Kane	171	8.2%
Turnout				38.3%
	Labour hold

Castle

Location of Castle ward

Castle[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Loraine Woolley[7]	1,324	75.1%
	Conservative	B. Tibble	334	19.0%
	Green	E. Gurney	104	5.9%
Turnout				33.4%
	Labour hold

Longdales

Location of Longdales ward

Longdales[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	P. McGinlay	1,216	69.5%
	Conservative	David Gratrick[8]	476	27.2%
	Green	A. Hansell	57	3.3%
Turnout				36.6%
	Labour hold

Minster

Location of Minster ward

Minster[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Lawrence Wells[9]	1,648	65.3%
	Conservative	C. Talbor	719	28.5%
	Green	A. Smith	156	6.2%
Turnout				34.4%
	Labour hold

Moorland

Location of Moorland ward

Moorland[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	N. Baldock	1,192	70.7%
	Conservative	D. Fraser	410	24.3%
	Green	L. Durrant	84	5.0%
Turnout				34.5%
	Labour gain from Conservative

Park

Location of Park ward

Park[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Y. Jackson	868	73.6%
	Conservative	B. Briggs	223	18.9%
	Green	K. Yates	88	7.5%
Turnout				23.9%
	Labour hold

Tritton

Location of Tritton ward

Tritton[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Richard Coupland[6]	1,145	81.4%
	Conservative	M. Clark	205	14.6%
	Green	R. Weavers	57	4.1%
Turnout				33.9%
	Labour hold

By-elections between 1996 and 1998

Carholme By-Election 22 May 1997[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour		841	54.6
	Conservative		380	24.7
	Independent		223	14.5
	Green		95	6.2
Majority			461	29.9
Turnout			1,539	28.3
	Labour hold

References

1. "Council compositions by year". The Elections Centre.
2. "Local Election Summaries 1996". The Elections Centre.
3. "City of Lincoln Council Election Results 1973-2012". Elections Centre. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
4. "City of Lincoln Council - Your council". City of Lincoln Council. Archived from the original on 12 May 2003. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
5. "City of Lincoln Council - Your council". City of Lincoln Council. Archived from the original on 25 January 2003. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
6. "Councillors - Boultham ward". Archived from the original on 19 April 2003. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
7. "Councillors - Castle ward". Archived from the original on 19 April 2003. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
8. "Councillors - Minster ward". Archived from the original on 19 April 2003. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
9. "Councillors - Glebe ward". Archived from the original on 19 April 2003. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
10. Keith Edkins. "Local Authority Byelection Results - May 1997". Retrieved 6 November 2019.