2001 Lincolnshire County Council election

The 2001 Lincolnshire County Council election was held on Thursday, 7 June 2001, the same day as the general election. Boundary changes to the electoral divisions of the county took effect at this election, with the number of seats increased by 1. The whole council of 77 members was up for election and the election resulted in the Conservative Party retaining control of the council, winning 49 seats.[1]

2001 Lincolnshire County Council election

7 June 2001
All 77 seats to Lincolnshire County Council 39 seats needed for a majority
Party Conservative Labour Seats before 42 19 Seats won 49 21 Seat change 7 2   Party Liberal Democrats Independent Seats before 11 4 Seats won 4 3 Seat change 7 1
Map of the results of the election in each division. Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results.
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

Results by division

Each electoral division returned one county councillor. The candidate elected to the council in each electoral division is shown in the table below. "Unopposed" indicates that the councillor was elected unopposed.[1]

Electoral Division		Party	Councillor	Votes
	Alford & Sutton	Conservative	M. Kennedy	1,650
	Ancholme Cliff	Conservative	C. Strange	1,837
	Bardney & Cherry Willingham	Conservative	I. Fleetwood	2,078
	Bassingham Rural	Conservative	W. Wyrill	2,204
	Billinghay & Metheringham	Conservative	P. Bradwell	1,976
	Boston Coastal	Conservative	B. Powell	1,724
	Boston East	Labour	P. Kenny	2,069
	Boston Fishtoft	Conservative	H. Judge	1,823
	Boston North West	Labour	F. Gilchrist	1,741
	Boston Rural	Conservative	R. Day	2,270
	Boston South	Conservative	T. Taylor	1,518
	Boston West	Labour	P. Goodale	1,228
	Bourne Abbey	Independent	J. Kirkman	1,566
	Bourne Castle	Conservative	I. Croft	2,103
	Bracebridge Heath & Waddington	Conservative	C.A. Talbot	2,460
	Branston & Navenby	Independent	M. Overton	1,695
	Colsterworth Rural	Conservative	E. Chapman	1,979
	Crowland & Whaplode	Conservative	W. Speechley	2,527
	Deeping St. James	Labour	P. Dilks	1,954
	Donington Rural	Independent	S. Whyles	2,179
	Folkingham Rural	Conservative	M. Hill	2,550
	Gainsborough Hill	Liberal Democrat	M. Tinker	2,236
	Gainsborough Rural South	Conservative	B. Knight	2,259
	Gainsborough Trent	Liberal Democrat	P. O'Connor	1,420
	Grantham Barrowby	Labour	A. Davidson	1,848
	Grantham East	Labour	C. Wells	2,158
	Grantham North	Conservative	H. Wheat	2,410
	Grantham North West	Conservative	E. Chapman	1,321
	Grantham South	Labour	M. Williams	1,455
	Heighington & Washingborough	Conservative	W. Bliss	1,839
	Holbeach	Conservative	J. Taylor	Unopposed
	Holbeach Rural	Conservative	W. Webb	2,369
	Horncastle & Tetford	Conservative	W. Aron	2,337
	Hough	Conservative	M. Spencer-Gregson	2,820
	Hykeham Forum	Liberal Democrat	J. Marriott	1,626
	Ingoldmells Rural	Conservative	G. Wilson	1,997
	Lincoln Birchwood	Labour	B. Flippard	1,408
	Lincoln Boultham	Labour	T. Rook	2,057
	Lincoln Bracebridge	Labour	B. Robinson	2,189
	Lincoln East	Labour	R. Renshaw	1,950
	Lincoln Glebe	Labour	A. Taylor	1,671
	Lincoln Hartsholme	Labour	R. Coupland	2,173
	Lincoln Moorland	Labour	G. Ellis	1,980
	Lincoln North	Labour	L. Burke	2,490
	Lincoln Park	Labour	N. Jackson	1,537
	Lincoln West	Labour	R. Parker	2,134
	Louth Marsh	Conservative	J. Libell	2,242
	Louth North	Conservative	P. Watson	1,052
	Louth Rural North	Conservative	J. Johnson	2,046
	Louth South	Labour	J. Hough	1,728
	Louth Wolds	Conservative	S. Roy	1,934
	Mablethorpe	Labour	A. Howard	1,418
	Market & West Deeping	Conservative	P. Robinson	1,741
	Market Rasen Wolds	Conservative	B. Thoebald	1,419
	Nettleham & Saxilby	Liberal Democrat	R. Sellars	2,124
	North Wolds	Conservative	A. Turner	2,398
	Ruskington & Cranwell	Conservative	I. Cartwright	2,113
	Scotter Rural	Conservative	C. Underwood-Frost	1,810
	Skegness North	Labour	M. Anderson	2,116
	Skegness South	Conservative	D. Edginton	1,616
	Skellingthorpe & Hykeham South	Conservative	R. Yates	1,605
	Sleaford	Conservative	D. Dickinson	1,390
	Sleaford Rural South	Conservative	B. Young	2,783
	Sleaford West & Leasingham	Conservative	B. Singleton	1,792
	Spalding East & Moulton	Conservative	E. Poll	2,720
	Spalding Elloe	Conservative	P. Bray	2,247
	Spalding South	Conservative	N. Carter	2,242
	Spalding West	Conservative	C. Fisher	2,269
	Spilsby Fen	Conservative	I. Stimson	1,391
	Stamford North	Labour	C. Wood	1,679
	Stamford Rural	Conservative	T. Trollope-Bellew	2,455
	Stamford West	Conservative	C. Helstrip	1,338
	Sutton Elloe	Conservative	J. Fisher	2,537
	Tattershall Castle	Conservative	B. Harvey	2,361
	Wainfleet & Burgh	Conservative	N. Cooper	1,658
	Welton Rural	Conservative	C. Ireland	2,493
	Woodhall Spa & Wragby	Conservative	D. Hoyes	2,632

References

1. "Lincolnshire County Council Election Results 1973-2009" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 28 September 2016.