Lincolnshire County Council elections

Lincolnshire County Council in England is elected every four years.

Political control

Since 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[1]

Party in control	Years
No overall control	1973 - 1977
Conservative	1977 - 1993
No overall control	1993 - 1997
Conservative	1997 - 2013
No overall control	2013 - 2017
Conservative	2017–present

Council elections

• 1973 Lincolnshire County Council election
• 1977 Lincolnshire County Council election
• 1981 Lincolnshire County Council election (boundary changes)
• 1985 Lincolnshire County Council election
• 1989 Lincolnshire County Council election
• 1993 Lincolnshire County Council election
• 1997 Lincolnshire County Council election
• 2001 Lincolnshire County Council election (boundary changes increased the number of seats by 1)[2]
• 2005 Lincolnshire County Council election
• 2009 Lincolnshire County Council election
• 2013 Lincolnshire County Council election
• 2017 Lincolnshire County Council election

County result maps

• 
  1981 results map
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  1985 results map
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  1989 results map
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  1993 results map
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  1997 results map
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  2001 results map
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  2005 results map
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  2009 results map
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  2013 results map

By-election results

1997-2001

Boston Rural South By-Election 23 September 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		449	46.8	-19.2
	Liberal Democrats		354	36.9	+36.9
	Labour		156	16.3	-17.7
Majority			95	9.9
Turnout			959	13.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Gainsborough North By-Election 18 November 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats		296	46.9	+11.5
	Conservative		212	33.6	+7.0
	Labour		105	16.6	-18.5
	Independent		18	2.9	+2.9
Majority			84	13.3
Turnout			631	13.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

2001-2005

Lincoln Boultham By-Election 11 July 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		524	45.9	-17.4
	Independent		339	29.7	+17.3
	Conservative		235	20.6	+0.0
	Green		44	3.9	+3.9
Majority			185	16.2
Turnout			1,142	20.6
	Labour hold		Swing

2005-2009

Boston Coastal By-Election 6 April 2006[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Bedford	800	57.9	+10.3
	UKIP	Sue Ransome	217	15.7	-8.8
	Labour	Paul Kenny	205	14.8	-13.2
	Liberal Democrats	Albert Tebbs	160	11.6	+11.6
Majority			583	42.2
Turnout			1,382	25.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bourne Castle By-Election 6 July 2006[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charlotte Farquharson	657	44.6	-2.5
	Labour	Trevor Holmes	435	29.5	+2.6
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy Fitzgerald	255	17.3	-8.7
	UKIP	Jamie Corney	127	8.6	+8.6
Majority			222	15.1
Turnout			1,474	23.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Heighington and Washingborough By-Election 15 November 2007[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Clive Oxby	877	61.8	+14.5
	Labour	Darren Hopewell	206	14.5	-26.9
	Liberal Democrats	Roy Harris	137	9.7	+9.7
	BNP	Michael Clayton	126	8.9	+8.9
	UKIP	Steven Pearson	52	3.7	-7.6
	Independent	Victor Sahunta	21	1.5	+1.5
Majority			671	47.3
Turnout			1,419	26.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Louth Wolds By-Election 31 July 2008[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hugo Marfleet	1,013	49.9	+13.5
	Independent	Daniel Simpson	361	17.8	-0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Eric Needham	304	15.0	-18.4
	BNP	Robert West	219	10.8	+10.8
	Labour	Michael Preen	75	3.7	+3.7
	UKIP	Barry Gleeson	59	2.9	-9.0
Majority			652	32.1
Turnout			2,031	31.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bourne Abbey By-Election 2 October 2008[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sue Woolley	760	41.4	-12.9
	Independent	Helen Powell	355	19.3	+19.3
	BNP	David Owens	239	13.0	+13.0
	Labour	Roberta Britton	202	11.0	-34.7
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Morris	198	10.8	+10.8
	Green	Ashley Baxter	42	2.3	+2.3
	UKIP	Peter Oldham	41	2.2	+2.2
Majority			405	22.1
Turnout			1,837	21.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

2009-2013

Boston North West By-Election 15 October 2009[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrea Jenkyns	597	38.7	+13.2
	BNP	David Owens	581	37.7	+17.1
	Labour	Pam Kenny	204	13.2	+1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Shriden-Shinn	160	10.4	+3.2
Majority			16	1.0
Turnout			1,542	21.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

1. "Lincolnshire". BBC News Online. BBC. 5 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-11.
2. "Lincolnshire". BBC News Online. BBC. Retrieved 2009-09-03.
3. "Boston Coastal electoral division". Boston borough council. Archived from the original on 2011-06-03. Retrieved 2009-09-03.
4. "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). South Kesteven District Council. Retrieved 2009-09-03.
5. "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Lincolnshire County Council. Retrieved 2009-09-03.
6. "Tories win by-election but BNP beat Labour". Louth Leader. 2008-08-01. Retrieved 2009-09-03.
7. "Conservatives win county seat in Bourne by-election". Spaldingtoday. 2008-10-03. Archived from the original on 2008-10-04. Retrieved 2009-09-03.
8. "BNP narrowly beaten in by-election". Boston Standard. 2009-10-16. Retrieved 2009-10-17.

• By-election results

External links

• Lincolnshire County Council