2023 West Lindsey District Council election

2023 West Lindsey District Council election

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All 36 seats on West Lindsey District Council
19 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
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Leader Trevor Young Owen Bierley
Party Liberal Democrats Conservative
Last election 12 seats, 31.4% 19 seats, 44.3%
Seats before 13 16
Seats after 18 14
Seat change Increase6 Decrease5

  Third party Fourth party
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Leader Christopher Darcel
Party Lincolnshire Independent Independent
Last election 2 seats, 5.5% 3 seats, 7.4%
Seats before 2 5
Seats after 2 2
Seat change Steady Decrease1

Map of the results

Leader before election

Owen Bierley
Conservative
No overall control

Leader after election

Trevor Young
Liberal Democrat
No overall control


The 2023 West Lindsey District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of West Lindsey District Council in Lincolnshire, England.[1][2][3] This was on the same day as other local elections in England.

Prior to the election the council was under no overall control; the Conservatives had won a majority at the previous election in 2019 but had lost their majority during 2021 as a result of changes of allegiance. The council was therefore being run by a administration comprising the Conservatives and three of the independent councillors.[4]

Following the election the Liberal Democrats won exactly half the seats on the council.[5][6] The Liberal Democrats formed an administration with the support of one of the independent councillors, with Liberal Democrat leader Trevor Young being appointed leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 22 May 2023.[7]

Results summary

West Lindsey election result.[8][9]

West Lindsey District Council Election Result 2023
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Liberal Democrats 18 9 3 Increase6 50.0 47.0
  Conservative 14 3 8 Decrease5 38.9 37.0
  Independent 2 1 2 Decrease1 5.5 5.0
  Lincolnshire Independent 2 1 1 Steady 5.5 4.0
  Labour 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 4.0
  Green 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 2.0
  Reform UK 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 1.0
  TUSC 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 <1.0
  Liberal 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 <1.0

Ward Results

West Lindsey District Council election results.[10]

Incumbent councillors are denoted by an asterisk (*).

Bardney

Bardney (1 seat)[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ian Fleetwood* 439 60.9 −5.2
Green Vicky Pearson 149 20.7 New
Liberal Democrats Caroline Kenyon 73 10.1 New
Liberal Charles Shaw 60 8.3 −4.4
Majority 290 40 −5
Turnout 721 35 0
Conservative hold Swing N/A

Caistor and Yarborough

Caistor and Yarborough (2 seats)[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Owen Bierley* 726 58.5 −5.1
Conservative Angela Lawrence* 699 56.3 −9.4
Liberal Democrats June Clark 469 37.8 New
Liberal Democrats Keith Panter 411 33.1 New
Turnout 1,241 28 −5
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Cherry Willingham

Cherry Willingham (3 seats)[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Lincolnshire Independent Chris Darcel* 918 48.8 −10.4
Conservative Trevor Bridgwood 741 39.4 +4.0
Conservative Maureen Palmer 740 39.3 +8.9
Liberal Democrats Emily Morris 675 35.9 New
Liberal Democrats James Plastow 524 27.9 New
Liberal Democrats James Ward 505 26.8 New
Conservative Glen Thompson 491 26.1 −3.2
Turnout 1,891 30 −2
Lincolnshire Independent hold
Conservative hold
Conservative gain from Lincolnshire Independent

Dunholme and Welton

Dunholme and Welton (3 seats)[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Paul Swift 1,038 46.9 +13.1
Liberal Democrats Sabastian Hague 909 41.1 New
Independent Di Rodgers* 906 41.0 −15.4
Conservative Caralyne Grimble* 788 35.6 +1.3
Liberal Democrats Freddie Easters 754 34.1 New
Conservative Craig Seal 705 31.9 −9.5
Conservative Emily Sharman 670 30.3 −1.1
Turnout 2,229 33 +1
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Independent hold

Gainsborough East

Gainsborough East (3 seats)[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Matt Boles** 534 64.3 +34.4
Liberal Democrats Dave Dobbie* 397 47.8 +15.1
Liberal Democrats Jacob Flear 382 46.0 +23.2
Independent Mick Devine* 186 22.4 −8.8
Labour Perry Smith 161 19.4 +0.9
Independent Tim Davies* 154 18.6 −16.6
Conservative Andrew Burge 130 15.7 +0.5
Conservative Ken Downey 110 13.3 −0.8
TUSC Michael Hancock 68 8.2 New
Turnout 835 16 0
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent
  • Matthew Boles represented the Gainsborough North ward from 2015 to 2023.

Gainsborough North

Gainsborough North (3 seats)[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jim Snee* 622 51.5 +9.3
Lincolnshire Independent Paul Key 585 48.4 New
Liberal Democrats Mandy Snee** 555 45.9 −0.5
Liberal Democrats Sean Brennan 503 41.6 +7.6
Green Nigel Bowler 341 28.2 New
Conservative Hugh McDaniel 226 18.7 −5.5
Turnout 1,212 23 −1
Liberal Democrats hold
Lincolnshire Independent gain from Liberal Democrats
Liberal Democrats hold
  • Mandy Snee represented the Scotter and Blyton ward from 2019 to 2023.

Gainsborough South West

Gainsborough South West (2 seats)[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Trevor Young* 551 68.3 +10.3
Liberal Democrats Jeanette McGhee 477 59.1 +0.5
Labour Harry Eddowes 122 15.1 −2.8
Independent Richard Craig 108 13.4 New
Conservative Vicki Woodward 102 12.6 +4.8
Reform UK Stuart Morley 69 8.6 New
Turnout 810 21 −2
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Hemswell

Hemswell (1 seat)[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Paul Howitt-Cowan 307 45.8 −20.3
Conservative Richard Butroid 212 31.6 −34.5
Liberal Democrats Richard Barstow 151 22.5 −11.4
Majority 95 14 N/A
Turnout 670 32 +2
Independent gain from Conservative Swing N/A

Kelsey Wold

Kelsey Wold (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Morris Unopposed
Conservative hold Swing

Lea

Lea (1 seat)[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Emma Bailey 356 51.4 New
Conservative Jessie Milne* 337 48.6 −19.2
Majority 19 2 N/A
Turnout 693 39 +1
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing N/A

Market Rasen

Market Rasen (3 seats)[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Stephen Bunney* 1,539 69.0 +21.8
Liberal Democrats Eve Bennett 1,041 46.7 +11.8
Liberal Democrats Moira Westley 859 38.5 +5.2
Conservative John McNeil* 693 31.1 −9.9
Conservative Laura Ashby 623 27.9 −13.0
Conservative Rachel Bridgwood 561 25.2 −13.9
Labour Colin Saywell 341 15.3 +3.3
Labour Katie Vause 332 14.9 +3.8
Turnout 2,239 34 +1
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Nettleham

Nettleham (2 seats)[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Barrett 641 43.0 +3.0
Conservative Frazer Brown 593 39.7 −10.5
Liberal Democrats Peter Hladun 475 31.8 −18.1
Labour Jess McGuire 409 27.4 New
Liberal Democrats Heather Shore 295 19.8 −26.0
Green Christine Johnson 273 18.3 New
Reform UK Jane Smith 62 4.2 New
Reform UK Alexander Cambo 54 3.6 New
Turnout 1,496 41 +13
Conservative hold
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Saxilby

Saxilby (2 seats)[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jackie Brockway* 1,055 69.5 +15.1
Conservative Paul Lee 851 56.1 +22.9
Liberal Democrats Lorraine Young 475 31.3 −4.6
Liberal Democrats John Rollings 462 30.5 New
Turnout 1,529 32 −3
Conservative hold
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Scampton

Scampton (1 seat)[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Roger Patterson* 298 37.2 +37.2
Labour Giles Sullivan 294 36.7 New
Liberal Democrats Nathan Berger 111 13.8 New
Reform UK Nick Smith 99 12.3 New
Majority 4 0 N/A
Turnout 802 38 N/A
Conservative hold Swing N/A

Scotter and Blyton

Scotter and Blyton (3 seats)[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Lesley Rollings* 1,037 57.7 +2.4
Liberal Democrats Liz Clews* 970 54.0 +1.2
Liberal Democrats Karen Carless 884 49.2 +2.9
Conservative Sheila Bibb 595 33.1 −8.5
Conservative Lynne Blakelock 531 29.5 −11.6
Reform UK Christine Allison 288 16.0 New
Independent Kenneth Woolley 262 14.6 −26.5
Turnout 1,808 30 +1
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Stow

Stow (1 seat)[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Lynda Mullally 387 57.9 New
Conservative Tracey Coulson* 281 42.1 +42.1
Majority 106 16 N/A
Turnout 668 34 N/A
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing N/A

Sudbrooke

Sudbrooke (1 seat)[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Baptiste Velan 370 51.6 New
Conservative Anne Welburn** 347 48.4 +48.4
Majority 23 4 N/A
Turnout 717 34 N/A
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing N/A
  • Anne Welburn represented the Cherry Willingham ward from 2008 to 2023.

Torksey

Torksey (1 seat)[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Roger Pilgrim 438 48.6 −10.0
Liberal Democrats Noel Mullally 304 33.7 −7.4
Labour Thomas Cox 159 17.6 New
Majority 134 15 −3
Turnout 901 38 +3
Conservative hold Swing

Waddingham and Spital

Waddingham and Spital (1 seat)[28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alan Duguid 375 58.3 −10.5
Liberal Democrats Neil Taylor 268 41.7 +10.5
Majority 107 16 −22
Turnout 643 32 −5
Conservative hold Swing 11

Wold View

Wold View (1 seat)[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tom Smith 342 55.9 +55.9
Liberal Democrats Robert Levison 270 44.1 New
Majority 72 12 N/A
Turnout 612 31 N/A
Conservative hold Swing N/A

References

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  12. ^ "Election results for Castor and Yarborough". West Lindsey District Council. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  13. ^ "Election results for Cherry Willingham". West Lindsey District Council. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  14. ^ "Election results for Dunholme and Welton". West Lindsey District Council. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  15. ^ "Election results for Gainsborough East". West Lindsey District Council. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  16. ^ "Election results for Gainsborough North". West Lindsey District Council. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  17. ^ "Election results for Gainsborough South West". West Lindsey District Council. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  18. ^ "Election results for Hemswell". West Lindsey District Council. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  19. ^ "Election results for Lea". West Lindsey District Council. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  20. ^ "Election results for Market Rasen". West Lindsey District Council. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  21. ^ "Election results for Nettleham". West Lindsey District Council. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  22. ^ "Election results for Saxilby". West Lindsey District Council. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  23. ^ "Election results for Scampton". West Lindsey District Council. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
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  25. ^ "Election results for Stow". West Lindsey District Council. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  26. ^ "Election results for Sudbroke". West Lindsey District Council. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  27. ^ "Election results for Torksey". West Lindsey District Council. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  28. ^ "Election results for Waddingham and Spital". West Lindsey District Council. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  29. ^ "Election results for Wold View". West Lindsey District Council. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.