2019 East Lindsey District Council election

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The 2019 East Lindsey District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect all members of East Lindsey District Council in England.[1] The Conservatives retained overall control of the council.

Results[]

East Lindsey District Council Election Result 2019
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 29 5 9 -4 52.73 49.72 20,941 +8.32%
  Independent 11 6 1 +5 20.00 12.77 5,378 +5.74%
  Labour 7 3 0 +3 12.72 23.07 9,718 +6.00%
Skegness Urban District Society 6 6 0 +6 10.91 9.38 3,950 +9.38%
No Label 1 1 - +1 1.82 2.21 929 +0.68%
  Liberal Democrats 1 0 0 N/C 1.82 2.15 907 +0.09%
  Lincolnshire Independent 0 - - 0 0.00 0.70 295 -4.27%

Council composition[]

Following the last election in 2015, the composition of the council was:

33 8 6 4 3 1
Conservative UKIP IND Lab LI LD

After the election, the composition of the council was:

29 11 7 6 1 1
Conservative Independent Labour SUDS LD NL

IND - Independent
Lab - Labour
LI - Lincolnshire Independents
LD - Liberal Democrats
SUDS - Skegness Urban District Society
NL - No Label

Ward results[]

Incumbent councillors are denoted by an asterisk (*). References - [2]

Alford[]

Alford (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sarah Devereux* 671 69.03
Conservative Graham Anthony Marsh* 585 60.19
Labour Jean Shutt 306 31.48
Turnout 27.73 -33.84
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Lincolnshire Independent Swing

Devereux was previously elected as a Lincolnshire Independents councillor. A total of 66 ballots were rejected.

Binbrook[]

Binbrook (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Geoffrey Fry* 496 77.50 +5.50
Labour David Southall 144 22.50 -5.50
Majority 352 55.00 +11.00
Turnout 640 33.25 -35.41
Conservative hold Swing

A total of 32 ballots were rejected.

Burgh Le Marsh[]

Burgh Le Marsh (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Skegness Urban District Society Jimmy Brookes 393 61.02 +28.37
Conservative Neil Douglas Luther Cooper* 251 38.98 -6.92
Majority 142 22.04
Turnout 644 32.16 -31.74
Skegness Urban District Society gain from Conservative

A total of 7 ballots were rejected.

Chapel St Leonards[]

Chapel St Leonards (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul Anthony Hibbert-Greaves* 537 54.74
Conservative Mel Turton-Leivers* 506 51.58
Labour Fiona Mary Brown 412 42.00
Labour Tony Cox 350 35.68
Turnout 26.56 -31.47
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

A total of 76 ballots were rejected.

Coningsby & Mareham[]

Coningsby & Mareham (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stan Avison* Unopposed
Conservative Martin Foster* Unopposed
Conservative Alex Hall Unopposed
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from UKIP Swing
Conservative gain from Independent Swing

Foster was previously elected as an Independent Councillor.

Croft[]

Croft (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sid Dennis 406 64.25 -3.27
No Label Eric Gordon Peacock 130 20.57 N/A
Labour April Rosemary Jagger 48 7.59 N/A
Skegness Urban District Society Tom Noble 48 7.59 N/A
Majority 276 43.68 +8.64
Turnout 632 33.25 -30.33
Conservative hold Swing

A total of 6 ballots were rejected

Friskney[]

Friskney (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Carleen Dickinson* 269 53.48 +3.00
Conservative Tom Tuplin 178 35.39 -14.13
Labour Andy Allen 56 11.13 N/A
Majority 91 18.09
Turnout 503 29.22 -34.53
Independent gain from UKIP Swing

Dickinson was previously elected as a UKIP councillor. A total of 8 ballots were rejected.

Fulstow[]

Fulstow (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Edward Peel Mossop 496 64.92 N/A
Conservative Julie Anne Wetton 194 25.39 -35.94
Labour Jason Garrett 74 9.69 -7.40
Majority 302 39.53
Turnout 764 38.93 -34.61
Independent gain from Conservative Swing

A total of 9 ballots were rejected.

Grimoldby[]

Grimoldby (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Terry Knowles 432 75.26 +23.13
Labour Sue Partridge 142 24.74 +15.01
Majority 290 50.52 +21.85
Turnout 574 32.50 -35.37
Independent hold Swing

A total of 8 ballots were rejected.

Hagworthingham[]

Hagworthingham (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Will Grover* 457 79.48 +11.29
Labour Rae Rigby 118 20.52 N/A
Majority 339 58.96 +22.58
Turnout 575 33.11 -38.32
Conservative hold Swing

A total of 54 ballots were rejected.

Halton Holegate[]

Halton Holegate (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Jim Swanson* 489 67.17 +25.94
Conservative Nigel Richard Welton 180 24.73 -5.96
Labour Julia Mary Southall 59 8.10 N/A
Majority 309 42.44 +31.90
Turnout 728 34.03 -36.18
Independent hold Swing

A total of 9 ballots were rejected.

Holton Le Clay & North Thoresby[]

Holton Le Clay & North Thoresby (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Phyll Smith Unopposed
Independent Terry Aldridge* Unopposed
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Independent gain from Lincolnshire Independent Swing

Aldridge was previously elected as a Lincolnshire Independent Councillor.

Horncastle[]

Horncastle (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Fiona Margaret Martin* 907 55.00
Independent Sandra Campbell-Wardman* 772 46.82
Conservative Richard Martin Avison* 687 41.66
Labour Dominic James Hinkins 507 30.75 N/A
Conservative Craig Dean Moore 499 30.26 N/A
Conservative Sean Roger Matthews 352 21.35 N/A
Turnout 28.65 -37.44
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Independent hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

A total of 29 ballots were rejected.

Ingoldmells[]

Ingoldmells (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Colin John Davie* 244 49.10 +7.67
Skegness Urban District Society Steve Walmsley 169 34.00 N/A
Labour Philip Ernest Sturman 84 16.90 -9.77
Majority 75 15.10 +4.66
Turnout 497 30.30 -29.84
Conservative hold Swing

A total of 3 ballots were rejected.

Legbourne[]

Legbourne (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Adam Grist* 560 79.32 +5.68
Labour David Richard Hoyles 146 20.68 N/A
Majority 414 58.64 +11.36
Turnout 706 39.13 -31.87
Conservative hold Swing

A total of 25 ballots were rejected.

Mablethorpe[]

Mablethorpe (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Graham Cullen* 989 54.25
Labour Tony Howard* 848 46.52
Labour Claire Newman 720 39.50
Conservative Terence Brown 649 35.60
Conservative Stephanie Jane Carruthers 627 34.39
No Label Helena Marie Poskitt 430 23.59 N/A
Turnout 28.56 -31.95
Labour gain from UKIP Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Brown was previously elected as a UKIP councillor. A total of 47 ballots were rejected.

Marsh Chapel & Somercotes[]

Marsh Chapel & Somercotes (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Daniel McNally* 693 62.38
Conservative Paul John Rickett 473 42.57
Independent Sandra Elizabeth Dykes 419 37.71 N/A
Labour Trisha Newman 177 15.93
Turnout 30.63 -35.42
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from UKIP Swing

A total of 13 ballots were rejected.

North Holme[]

North Holme (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David James Ernest Hall 217 42.72 -4.34
Conservative Fran Treanor* 196 38.58 -14.36
No Label Maurice Bellwood 95 18.70 N/A
Majority 21 4.14
Turnout 508 28.17 -27.73
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

A total of 5 ballots were rejected.

Priory & St James[]

Priory & St James (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sarah Rosemary Parkin 715 58.13
Independent Andrew Leonard 614 49.92
Conservative Pauline Frances Watson* 391 31.79
Turnout 33.37 -27.07
Labour hold Swing
Independent gain from Conservative Swing

A total of 13 ballots were rejected.

Roughton[]

Roughton (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Gray 462 79.79 +79.79
Labour Stuart Jameson 117 20.21 N/A
Majority 345 59.58
Turnout 579 31.90
Conservative hold Swing

A total of 41 ballots were rejected.

Scarbrough & Seacroft[]

Scarbrough & Seacroft (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Skegness Urban District Society Billy Brookes 631 40.76 N/A
Conservative Dick Edginton* 629 40.63
Conservative Steve Kirk* 588 37.98
Skegness Urban District Society Paul Sutton 539 34.82 N/A
Skegness Urban District Society Bob Walker 509 32.88 N/A
Conservative Colin Wright 437 28.23 N/A
Labour Maggie Gray 346 22.35
Labour Kevin Martin Evans 283 18.28 N/A
Turnout 23.08 -31.97
Skegness Urban District Society gain from UKIP
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

A total of 14 ballots were rejected.

Sibsey & Stickney[]

Sibsey & Stickney (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tom Ashton* 863 75.50
Conservative Neil John Jones* 758 66.32
Labour Danyelle Farrell 242 21.17 N/A
Turnout 29.76 -38.32
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

A total of 77 ballots were spoiled.

Spilsby[]

Spilsby (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
No Label David Mangion 274 52.29 N/A
Conservative Rod Williams* 181 34.54 -10.22
Labour Laura Stephenson 69 13.17 -11.54
Majority 93 17.75
Turnout 524 23.11
No Label gain from Conservative

A total of 9 ballots were rejected.

St Clements[]

St Clements (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Skegness Urban District Society Mark Vincent Dannatt* 390 41.89
Skegness Urban District Society Richard Cunnington 361 38.76 N/A
Conservative Susan Anita Jane Blackburn 307 32.98
Conservative Jim Carpenter 296 31.79
Labour Mark Crawford Anderson 205 22.02
Labour Phil Gaskell 164 17.62 N/A
Turnout 24.13 -29.51
Skegness Urban District Society gain from UKIP
Skegness Urban District Society gain from Conservative

Dannatt was previously elected as a UKIP Councillor. A total of 10 ballots were rejected.

St Margarets[]

St Margarets (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Chris Green* 290 50.88 +8.65
Labour Dominic Paul Sivell 166 29.12 -6.26
Independent Alastair Meiklejon 114 20.00 N/A
Majority 124 21.76 +14.91
Turnout 570 29.34 -35.68
Conservative hold Swing

A total of 6 ballots were rejected.

St Marys[]

St Marys (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Jill Makinson-Sanders* 647 93.10 +34.81
Labour Ellie Green 48 6.90 -6.73
Majority 599 86.20 +55.99
Turnout 695 37.85 -28.64
Independent hold Swing

A total of 4 ballots were rejected.

St Michaels[]

St Michaels (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent George Horton* 401 68.20 +23.53
Labour Jim Drake 187 31.80 +11.47
Majority 214 36.40 +26.73
Turnout 588 33.52 -33.67
Independent hold Swing

A total of 4 ballots were rejected.

Sutton on Sea[]

Sutton on Sea (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Helen Angela Matthews* 890 64.40
Conservative Adrian Victor Benjamin 886 64.11
Labour Steve Holland 392 28.36
Turnout 37.81 -31.01
Conservative gain from Lincolnshire Independent Swing
Conservative hold Swing

A total of 115 ballots were rejected.

Tetford & Donington[]

Tetford & Donington (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David George Andrews* 479 55.51 +21.85
Lincolnshire Independent Daniel Anthony Simpson 295 34.18 +4.31
Labour Robert John Pearce 89 10.31 N/A
Majority 184 21.33 +17.54
Turnout 863 43.93 -31.03
Conservative hold Swing

A total of 13 ballots were rejected.

Tetney[]

Tetney (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Steve McMillan 214 36.03 N/A
Conservative Stuart Watson* 209 35.18 -17.72
Independent Chris Frear 118 19.87 N/A
Labour Ellen Wright 53 8.92 N/A
Majority 5 0.85
Turnout 594 31.72 -26.84
Independent gain from Conservative Swing

A total of 3 ballots were rejected.

Trinity[]

Trinity (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ros Jackson* 244 55.33 +16.30
Independent Julia Mary Simmons 122 27.66 N/A
Conservative David Michael Ford 75 17.01 -8.29
Majority 122 27.67 +13.94
Turnout 441 25.92 -26.54
Labour hold Swing

A total of 5 ballots were rejected.

Wainfleet[]

Wainfleet (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Wendy Bowkett* 395 76.11 +29.38
Labour Paula Louise Clarke 124 23.89 +7.87
Majority 271 52.22 +29.90
Turnout 519 28.18 -31.28
Conservative hold Swing

A total of 35 ballots were rejected.

Willoughby with Sloothby[]

Willoughby with Sloothby (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Stephen William Eyre 485 62.82 +20.20
Conservative Colin Matthews 223 28.89 -15.85
Labour Graham Victor Burnby-Crouch 64 8.29 -4.35
Majority 262 33.93 +31.81
Turnout 772 38.81 -28.75
Independent gain from Conservative Swing

A total of 13 ballots were rejected.

Winthorpe[]

Winthorpe (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Skegness Urban District Society Danny Brookes* 514 51.76
Skegness Urban District Society Trevor Burnham 396 39.88 N/A
Conservative Carl Stuart Macey 324 32.63
Labour Judi Gaskell 223 22.46 N/A
Conservative Ricky Shashikant 205 20.64 N/A
Labour Ian Dutton 174 17.52 N/A
Turnout 23.02 -30.55
Skegness Urban District Society gain from UKIP
Skegness Urban District Society gain from UKIP

Brookes was previously elected as a UKIP councillor. A total of 26 ballots were rejected.

Withern & Theddlethorpe[]

Withern & Theddlethorpe (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sandra Diane Harrison 409 62.16 +62.16
Independent Stephen Alan Kirby 187 28.42 N/A
Labour Hilary Barbara Powell 62 9.42 N/A
Majority 222 33.74
Turnout 658 33.66
Conservative hold Swing

A total of 28 ballots were rejected.

Woodhall Spa[]

Woodhall Spa (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Craig James Leyland* 956 81.09
Conservative Thomas James Kemp 797 67.60
Labour John Robert Alexander 223 18.91
Turnout 33.42 -36.31
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

A total of 46 ballots were rejected.

Wragby[]

Wragby (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Julie Platt 450 77.45 +21.78
Labour Graham Archer 131 22.55 N/A
Majority 319 54.90 +43.56
Turnout 581 29.90 -39.85
Conservative hold Swing

A total of 25 ballots were rejected.

By-elections[]

Chapel St. Leonard's[]

Chapel St. Leonard's: 13 January 2022
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stephen Evans 436 62.9 +5.4
Independent David Fenton 267 38.0 N/A
Majority 169 24.9
Turnout 708 18.0
Conservative hold Swing Decrease16.3

References[]

  1. ^ "East Lindsey District Council". BBC. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Election results" (PDF). e-lindsey.gov.uk. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
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