2015 West Lindsey District Council election

The 2015 West Lindsey District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of West Lindsey District Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Result[]

West Lindsey District Council Election Result 2015

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	24				66.67	48.60	39,529
	Liberal Democrats	7				19.44	22.59	18,372
	Labour	3				8.33	16.98	13,815
	Independent	1				2.78	5.69	4,625
	Lincolnshire Independent	1				2.78	2.19	1,782
	UKIP	0				0.00	3.95	3,214

Council composition[]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

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24	7	3	1	1
Conservative	Lib Dem	Lab	I	LI

Lab - Independent
I - Independent
LI - Lincolnshire Independents

Ward results[]

Bardney[]

Bardney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Gordon Fleetwood	715	53.2
	UKIP	David Thomas Walton	318	23.6
	Lincolnshire Independent	Maurice Bellwood	221	16.4
	Liberal Democrats	Charles William Shaw	91	6.8
Turnout			1,345	65.3

Caistor & Yarborough[]

Caistor & Yarborough (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Angela Theresa Lawrence	1,175	47
	Conservative	Owen Charles Bierley	1,164
	Independent	Alan David Caine	955	19.2
	Labour	John Indian	619	23.3
	Labour	Oliver Joseph Jackson	545
	UKIP	Nigel John Wright	527	10.6
Turnout			4,985	65.9

Cherry Willingham[]

Cherry Willingham (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alexander John Bridgwood	1,726	57.3
	Conservative	Anne Welburn	1,696
	Lincolnshire Independent	Christopher John Darcel	1,561	18.0
	Conservative	Stephen Robert Trevor	1,540
	Labour	Wendy Dawn Beckett	1,151	24.8
	Labour	Brian Ellis Gulliver	997
Turnout			8,671	69.8

Dunholme & Welton[]

Dunholme & Welton (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen England	2,228	59.1
	Conservative	Malcolm James William Parish	2,072
	Independent	Diana Meriel Rodgers	1,820	18.3
	Conservative	Anjum Nitu Sawhney	1,588
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Bunney	1,131	22.6
	Liberal Democrats	Julie Eve Taylor	1,118
Turnout			9,957	71.2

Gainsborough East[]

Gainsborough East (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Devine	885	41.9
	Labour	Richard William Oaks	829
	Labour	David Patrick Bond	772
	Conservative	Clio Lyndon Perraton-Williams	587	27.5
	Conservative	Joshua Anthony Jones	564
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Donald Woolley	501	24.9
	Liberal Democrats	David Paul Dobbie	489
	Liberal Democrats	Vaughan Olsson Hughes	489
	Conservative	Peter Francis McNeill	482
	Independent	Michael Tinker	330	5.6
Turnout			5,928	47.0

Gainsborough North[]

Gainsborough North (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gillian Florence Bardsley	1,047	38.3
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew David Boles	964	31.3
	Conservative	Sheila Christine Bibb	764
	Conservative	Ashley John Perraton-Williams	710
	Labour	Robert Andrew Adderley	691	30.5
	Labour	Robert Methuen	689
	Labour	Charmaine Lisa Bowers	623
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Richard Panter	555
	Liberal Democrats	Richard John Craig	549
Turnout			6,592	53.2

Gainsborough South West[]

Gainsborough South West (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Judith Ann Rainsforth	712	43.3
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor Victor Young	701
	Labour	Casper Francis Hammond	475	28.9
	Labour	Julia Wallis-Martin	471
	Conservative	Deborah Jane Barker	366	21.7
	Conservative	Henry Miles Guthorm Speer	344
	Independent	Timothy Mark Davies	197	6.0
Turnout			3,266	46.8

Hemswell[]

Hemswell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul David John Howitt-Cowan	818	58.4
	UKIP	Anthony Brian Wells	251	17.9
	Labour	Spencer David Geoffrey Armitage	214	15.3
	Liberal Democrats	Cynthia Margaret Isherwood	118	8.4
Turnout			1,401	63.2

Kelsey Wold[]

Kelsey Wold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Lewis Strange	1,009	63.3
	UKIP	Michael John Ranby	283	17.8
	Labour	Janet Susannah Tierney	194	12.2
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Taylor	107	6.7
Turnout			1,593	73.8

Lea[]

Lea

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jessie Brenda Milne	783	64.1
	UKIP	Samuel George Wardle	230	18.8
	Labour	Rebecca Geraldine Carmichael	208	17.0
Turnout			1,221	68.6

Market Rasen[]

Market Rasen (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Edward Hugo Marfleet	1,920	48.5
	Conservative	John Carl McNeill	1,872
	Conservative	Thomas Jacob Neil Smith	1,524
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Michael Bridger	1,094	25.5
	UKIP	Howard Thompson	1,075	9.8
	Liberal Democrats	Guy Edward Donald Grainger	898
	Liberal Democrats	Elaine Margaret Whitfield	795
	Labour	Ian Edward Sharp	737	12.6
	Labour	Elizabeth Louise Webster	649
	Independent	Geoffrey Martyn Wiseman	384	3.5
Turnout			10,948	65.9

Nettleham[]

Nettleham (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Giles Patrick McNeill	1,337	53.1
	Liberal Democrats	Angela May White	1,064	46.9
	Conservative	Maureen Florene Palmer	984
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Anthony Sharp	983
Turnout			4,368	74.6

Saxilby[]

Saxilby (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jacqueline Brockway	1,898	54.7
	Liberal Democrats	David John Cotton	1,168	26.8
	Conservative	Jenine Emilie Butroid	953
	Labour	Robert Henry Tubman	499	9.6
	UKIP	Michael McLintock	467	9.0
	Liberal Democrats	Barry Charles Coward	231
Turnout			5,216	70.5

Scampton[]

Scampton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Michael Patterson	971	65.3
	Labour	Rachel Heskins	516	34.7
Turnout			1,487	69.7

Scotter & Blyton[]

Scotter & Blyton (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Patricia Anne Mewis	1,752	42.9
	Liberal Democrats	Lesley Anne Rollings	1,314	31.3
	Conservative	Adam Matthew Duguid	1,281
	Independent	Christopher Peter Day	1,136	11.7
	Conservative	Edward Graham Cockcroft Rouse	1,134
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Ann Clews	999
	Labour	William Edward Rodgers	794	14.2
	Liberal Democrats	Sally Pamela Loates	725
	Labour	Mabel Tallulah Dunbar	583
Turnout			9,718	53.6

Stow[]

Stow

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Reginald Alan Shore	858	62.4
	Conservative	Richard David Butroid	516	37.6
Turnout			1,374	71.2

Sudbrooke[]

Sudbrooke

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stuart Curtis	1,121	68.9
	Labour	Melanie Louisa Tointon	324	19.9
	Liberal Democrats	Mavis Patricia Sharp	181	11.1
Turnout			1,626	75.5

Torksey[]

Torksey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stuart Francis Kinch (elected unopposed)	N/A	N/A
Turnout			N/A	N/A

Waddingham & Spital[]

Waddingham & Spital

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeffrey John Summers	1,089	75.7
	Liberal Democrats	Joseph John Whitfield	350	24.3
Turnout			1,439	72.5

Wold View[]

Wold View

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas James Regis	799	60.3
	Labour	Mary Elizabeth Teresia Dunton	340	25.6
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Morris	187	14.1
Turnout			1,326	64.9

By-Elections between May 2015 – May 2019[]

Cherry Willingham[]

A by-election was held on 29 September 2016 due to the resignation of Councillor Alexander Bridgwood.

Cherry Willingham (29 September 2016)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Maureen Florence Palmer	555	51.1
	Labour	Wendy Dawn Beckett	288	26.5
	UKIP	Trevor John Bridgwood	244	22.4
Turnout			1,087	17.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

References[]