2006 City of Lincoln Council election

Elections to City of Lincoln Council in Lincolnshire, England, were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the Council.

2006 City of Lincoln Council election[1][2][3]

4 May 2006
11 of the 33 seats to City of Lincoln Council 17 seats needed for a majority
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats Last election 25 7 1 Seats won 4 6 1 Seats after 20 11 2 Seat change 5 4 1 Popular vote 7,063 7,693 1,371 Percentage 40.1% 43.6% 7.8%
Map showing the results the 2006 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

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Labour 25
• Conservative 7
• Liberal Democrat 1

Election result

Lincoln Local Election Result 2006

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	6	4	0	4	54.5	43.6	7,693	17.0
	Labour	4	0	5	5	36.4	40.1	7,063	16.0
	Liberal Democrats	1	1	0	1	9.1	7.8	1,371	New
	UKIP	0	0	0		0.0	8.5	1,506	New
Total		11						17,633

All comparisons in vote share are to the corresponding 2002 election.

Ward results

Abbey

Location of Abbey ward

Abbey[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Peter West	716	61.8%
	Conservative	John Woolf	443	38.2%
Majority			273	23.6%
Turnout			1,159	25.3%
	Labour hold

Birchwood

Location of Birchwood ward

Birchwood[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Metcalfe	810	48.2%
	Labour	Lynne Gray	577	34.4%
	UKIP	Anthony Wells	292	17.4%
Majority			233	13.9%
Turnout			1,679	29.2%
	Conservative hold

Boultham

Location of Boultham ward

Boultham[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Gary Hewson	819	51.4%
	Conservative	Oliver Peeke	542	34.0%
	UKIP	Malcolm Skeels	233	14.6%
Majority			277	17.4%
Turnout			1,594	28.8%
	Labour hold

Bracebridge

Location of Bracebridge ward

Bracebridge[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Darren Grice	1,209	62.0%
	Labour	David Rimmington	740	38.0%
Majority			469	24.1%
Turnout			1,949	31.1%
	Conservative hold

Carholme

Location of Carholme ward

Carholme[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Lesley Rose	594	37.0%
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Shaw	551	34.4%
	Conservative	Valerie Kirby	459	28.6%
Majority			43	2.7%
Turnout			1,604	30.4%
	Labour hold

Castle

Location of Castle ward

Castle[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Loraine Woolley	690	51.5%
	Conservative	Adrian Birks	440	32.8%
	UKIP	Peter Sharpe	211	15.7%
Majority			250	18.6%
Turnout			1,341	27.5%
	Labour hold

Glebe

Location of Glebe ward

Glebe[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Claire Metcalfe	586	34.6%
	Labour	Julian Gadd	566	33.5%
	Liberal Democrats	Roy Harris	338	20.0%
	UKIP	Jamie Corney	202	11.9%
Majority			20	1.2%
Turnout			1,692	26.0%
	Conservative gain from Labour

Hartsholme

Location of Hartsholme ward

Hartsholme[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Kirby	1,038	50.3%
	Labour	Winston Duncan	634	30.7%
	UKIP	Nicola Smith	391	19.0%
Majority			404	19.6%
Turnout			2,063	30.6%
	Conservative hold

Minster

Location of Minster ward

Minster[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sandra Gratrick	963	52.2%
	Labour	Patrick Vaughan	706	38.2%
	UKIP	Nicholas Smith	177	9.6%
Majority			257	13.9%
Turnout			1,846	34.8%
	Conservative hold

Moorland

Location of Moorland ward

Moorland[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Paul Grice	899	55.8%
	Labour	Martin Bushell	713	44.2%
Majority			186	11.5%
Turnout			1,612	28.4%
	Conservative gain from Labour

Park

Location of Park ward

Park[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Ryan Cullen	482	44.1%
	Labour	Malcolm Withers	308	28.2%
	Conservative	Jayne Heaton-Harris	304	27.8%
Majority			174	15.9%
Turnout			1,094	21.8%
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

By-elections between 2006 and 2008

Moorland By-Election 29 June 2006[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Oliver Peeke	640	39.9	15.9
	Labour	Martin Bushell	569	35.5	8.7
	BNP	Philip Marshall	254	15.8	15.8
	Liberal Democrats	John Price	96	6.0	6.0
	UKIP	Nicholas Smith	46	2.9	2.9
Majority			71	4.4
Turnout			1,605	28.1
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

References

1. "Council compositions by year". The Elections Centre.
2. "Local Election Summaries 2006". The Elections Centre.
3. "BBC News - Council by Council - Lincoln". BBC News. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
4. Andrew Teale. "Local Election Results - 2006 - Lincoln". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
5. "Near-miss for Lib Dems in local byelection". London: guardian.co.uk. 30 June 2006. Retrieved 22 November 2009.