2019 West Lindsey District Council election

The 2019 West Lindsey District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of West Lindsey District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The Conservatives maintained overall control of the council, albeit with a reduced majority.

Results[]

West Lindsey District Council Election Result 2019^[1]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	19	1	6	-5	52.78	44.30	17,106	-4.30%
	Liberal Democrats	12	6	1	+5	33.33	31.35	12,104	+8.76%
	Independent	3	2	0	+2	8.33	7.44	2,871	+1.75%
	Lincolnshire Independent	2	1	0	+1	5.56	5.52	2,133	+3.33%
	Labour	0	0	3	-3	0.00	6.95	2,683	-10.03%
	UKIP	0	-	-	0	0.00	3.11	1,201	-0.84%
	Green	0	-	-	0	0.00	1.33	513	+1.33%

Council composition[]

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

↓

24	7	3	1	1
Conservative	Lib Dem	Lab	I	LI

After the election, the composition of the council was:

↓

19	12	3	2
Conservative	Lib Dem	I	LI

Lab - Independent
I - Independent
LI - Lincolnshire Independents

Ward Results[]

Incumbent councillors are denoted by an asterisk (*).

Bardney[]

Bardney (1 seat)^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Gordon Fleetwood*	479	66.07	+12.87
	Independent	Robert John Webb	154	21.24
	Independent	Charles William Shaw	92	12.69
Majority			325	44.83	+15.23
Turnout			725	35.0	-30.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

A total of 7 ballots were rejected.

Caistor and Yarborough[]

Caistor and Yarborough (2 seats)^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Angela Theresa Lawrence*	934	65.68
	Conservative	Owen Charles Bierley*	904	63.57
	Labour	Nancy Barr	358	25.18
	Labour	Andrea Maria Clarke	354	24.89
Turnout				33	-32.9
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

A total of 56 ballots were rejected.

Cherry Willingham[]

Cherry Willingham (3 seats)^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Lincolnshire Independent	Chris Darcel*	1,154	59.21
	Lincolnshire Independent	Sharon Cherie Hill	979	50.23
	Conservative	Anne Welburn	690	35.40
	Conservative	Thomas Longley	592	30.37
	Conservative	Maureen Florence Palmer	570	29.25
	UKIP	Trevor John Bridgwood	433	22.22
Turnout				32	-37.8
	Lincolnshire Independent hold		Swing
	Lincolnshire Independent gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

A total of 26 ballots were rejected.

Dunholme and Welton[]

Dunholme and Welton (3 seats)^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Diana Meriel Rodgers*	1,180	56.41
	Conservative	Steve England*	865	41.35
	Conservative	Caralyne Margaret Grimble	718	34.32
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Swift	707	33.80
	Conservative	Malcolm John William Parish*	656	31.36
	Independent	Anjum Sawhney	499	23.85
Turnout				32	-39.2
	Independent hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

A total of 15 ballots were rejected.

Gainsborough East[]

Gainsborough East (3 seats)^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Tim Davies	290	35.19
	Liberal Democrats	David Paul Dobbie	269	32.65
	Independent	Mick Devine*	257	31.19
	Independent	Richard William Oaks	254	30.83
	Liberal Democrats	Richard John Craig	246	29.85
	Liberal Democrats	Kristan Jorge Smith	188	22.82
	Labour	Angelene Janet Wright	152	18.45
	Labour	David Partick Bond*	144	17.48
	Labour	Jonathan Mark Harper	130	15.78
	Conservative	Joshua Anthony Jones	125	15.17
	Conservative	Peter David Morris	116	14.08
Turnout				16	-31
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Devine was previously elected as a Labour councillor. A total of 19 ballots were rejected.

Gainsborough North[]

Gainsborough North (3 seats)^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Matt Boles*	568	46.37
	Liberal Democrats	Jim Snee	517	42.20
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Richard Panter	416	33.96
	Conservative	Sheila Christine Bibb*	297	24.24
	Conservative	John Graham Patrick	229	18.69
	UKIP	Gary John Austen	221	18.04
	UKIP	Sophie May Austen	213	17.39
	UKIP	John Edwin Saxon	209	17.06
	Labour	Sheila Frances Jennings	198	16.16
	Conservative	Peter Francis McNeill	193	15.76
	Labour	Robert Andrew Adderley	176	14.37
	Labour	Michael Harry Edward Eddowes	161	13.14
Turnout				23	-30.2
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

A total of 19 ballots were rejected.

Gainsborough South West[]

Gainsborough South West (2 seats)^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Judy Rainsforth*	534	58.55
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor Victor Young*	529	58.00
	Labour	David John Cormack	163	17.87
	Labour	Perry Peter Smith	138	15.13
	UKIP	Neville Shaun Jones	125	13.71
	Independent	Denise Mary Schofield	88	9.65
	Conservative	Henry Speer	71	7.79
	Independent	Steve Schofield	57	6.25
Turnout				23	-23.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

A total of 8 ballots were rejected.

Hemswell[]

Hemswell (1 seat)^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul David John Howitt-Cowan*	418	66.14	+7.74
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Dawn Bacon	214	33.86	+25.46
Majority			204	32.28	-8.22
Turnout			632	30	-33.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

A total of 22 ballots were rejected.

Kelsey Wold[]

Kelsey Wold (1 seat)^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Lewis Strange*	546	64.16	+0.86
	Liberal Democrats	Louise Amanda Reece	305	35.84	+29.14
Majority			241	28.32	-17.18
Turnout			851	40	-33.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

A total of 23 ballots were rejected.

Lea[]

Lea (1 seat)^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jessie Brenda Milne*	452	67.77	+3.67
	Green	Sue Greenall	214	32.23
Majority			237	35.54	-9.76
Turnout			667	38	-30.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

A total of 13 ballots were rejected.

Market Rasen[]

Market Rasen (3 seats)^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Bunney	1,030	47.16
	Conservative	John Carl McNeill*	896	41.03
	Conservative	Cordelia Emma Julia McCartney	893	40.89
	Conservative	Thomas Jacob Neil Smith*	853	39.06
	Liberal Democrats	June Clark	762	34.89
	Liberal Democrats	Robert David Henri Levison	727	33.29
	Labour	Colin Saywell	262	12.00
	Labour	Geoffrey John Barnes	243	11.13
	Labour	Lee Martin Simpson	204	9.34
Turnout				33	-32.9
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

A total of 46 ballots were rejected.

Nettleham[]

Nettleham (2 seats)^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Giles Patrick McNeill*	635	50.16
	Liberal Democrats	Angela May White*	632	49.92
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Higham	580	45.81
	Conservative	John Stephen Barrett	506	39.97
Turnout				28	-36.6
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

A total of 32 ballots were rejected.

Saxilby[]

Saxilby (2 seats)^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jackie Brockway*	841	54.43
	Liberal Democrats	David John Cotton*	555	35.92
	Conservative	Sarah Jane Ellis	513	33.20
	Green	Simon John Cowell	299	19.35
Turnout				35	-35.5
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

A total of 24 ballots were rejected.

Scampton[]

Scampton (1 seat)^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Michael Patterson*	Uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Scotter and Blyton[]

Scotter and Blyton (3 seats)^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Lesley Anne Rollings	992	55.33
	Liberal Democrats	Liz Clews	946	52.76
	Liberal Democrats	Mandy Snee	830	46.29
	Conservative	Sally Pamela Loates	745	41.55
	Conservative	Ken Woolley	737	41.10
	Conservative	Ian Richard Bradley	668	37.26
Turnout				31	-22.6
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

A total of 83 ballots were rejected.

Stow[]

Stow (1 seat)^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tracey Jane Coulson	Uncontested
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Sudbrooke[]

Sudbrooke (1 seat)^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bob Waller	Uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Torksey[]

Torksey (1 seat)^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stuart Francis Kinch	472	58.56
	Liberal Democrats	Noel Joseph Mullally	334	41.44
Majority			138	17.12
Turnout			806	35
	Conservative hold		Swing

A total of 38 ballots were rejected.

Waddingham and Spital[]

Waddingham and Spital (1 seat)^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeff Summers*	492	68.81	-6.89
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Taylor	223	31.19	+6.89
Majority			269	37.62	-13.78
Turnout			715	37	-35.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

A total of 19 ballots were rejected.

Wold View[]

Wold View (1 seat)^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tom Regis	Unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

By-elections[]

Nettleham[]

Nettleham: 16 December 2021

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jaime Oliver	585	51.0	+1.2
	Conservative	Maureen Palmer	374	32.6	-17.5
	Labour	Jessica McGuire	116	10.1	N/A
	Green	Benjamin Loryman	71	6.2	N/A
Majority			211	18.4
Turnout			1,150	32.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	9.4

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