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
[edit]| 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
[edit]After the election, the composition of the council was:
| 24 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Conservative | Lib Dem | Lab | I | LI |
Lab - Independent
I - Independent
LI - Lincolnshire Independents
Ward results
[edit]Bardney
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Roger Michael Patterson | 971 | 65.3 | ||
| Labour | Rachel Heskins | 516 | 34.7 | ||
| Turnout | 1,487 | 69.7 | |||
Scotter & Blyton
[edit]| 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
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Reginald Alan Shore | 858 | 62.4 | ||
| Conservative | Richard David Butroid | 516 | 37.6 | ||
| Turnout | 1,374 | 71.2 | |||
Sudbrooke
[edit]| 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
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Stuart Francis Kinch (elected unopposed) | N/A | N/A | ||
| Turnout | N/A | N/A | |||
Waddingham & Spital
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]Cherry Willingham
[edit]A by-election was held on 29 September 2016 due to the resignation of Councillor Alexander Bridgwood.
| 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
[edit]- ^ "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
