2019 East Lindsey District Council election
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
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 29 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 52.73 | 49.72 | 20,941 | +8.32% | |
Independent | 12 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 21.82 | 14.98 | 6,307 | +6.42% | |
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 | 3,960 | +9.38% | |
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
[edit]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 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 1 |
Conservative | Independent | Labour | SUDS | LD |
IND - Independent
Lab - Labour
LI - Lincolnshire Independents
LD - Liberal Democrats
SUDS - Skegness Urban District Society
Ward results
[edit]Incumbent councillors are denoted by an asterisk (*). References - [2]
Alford
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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 | Swing |
A total of 7 ballots were rejected.
Chapel St Leonards
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sid Dennis | 406 | 64.25 | −3.27 | |
Independent | 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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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 | ||
Independent | 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
[edit]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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David James Ernest Hall | 217 | 42.72 | −4.34 | |
Conservative | Fran Treanor* | 196 | 38.58 | −14.36 | |
Independent | 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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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 | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
A total of 14 ballots were rejected.
Sibsey & Stickney
[edit]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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | 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 | |||
Independent gain from Conservative | Swing |
A total of 9 ballots were rejected.
St Clements
[edit]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 | Swing | ||||
Skegness Urban District Society gain from Conservative | Swing |
Dannatt was previously elected as a UKIP Councillor. A total of 10 ballots were rejected.
St Margarets
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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 | Swing | ||||
Skegness Urban District Society gain from UKIP | Swing |
Brookes was previously elected as a UKIP councillor. A total of 26 ballots were rejected.
Withern & Theddlethorpe
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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.
Changes 2019–2023
[edit]Sarah Parkin, elected for Labour in the Priory and St James' ward, left the party later in 2019 to sit as an independent.[3]
David Mangion, elected as an independent in Spilsby ward, joined the Conservatives in 2020.[4]
Chapel St. Leonard's, 2021
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Graham Williams | 795 | 67.4 | ||
Labour | Isaac Bailey | 206 | 17.5 | ||
Skegness Urban District Society | Ady Findley | 121 | 10.3 | ||
Independent | Steve Walmsley | 58 | 4.9 | ||
Majority | 589 | ||||
Conservative hold |
By-election triggered by resignation of Conservative councillor Mel Turton-Leivers.[5]
Chapel St. Leonard's, 2022
[edit]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 | ![]() |
Halton Holegate
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Terence Taylor | 306 | 66.2 | ![]() | |
Labour | Keziah Wood | 156 | 33.8 | ![]() | |
Majority | 150 | 32.5 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 469 | 21.80 | ![]() | ||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
References
[edit]- ^ "East Lindsey District Council". BBC. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
- ^ "Election results" (PDF). e-lindsey.gov.uk. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
- ^ Boothroyd, David (6 September 2019). "Eden, Heaven and Fudge". Local Councils. Thorncliffe. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
- ^ Boothroyd, David (29 May 2020). "Devon knows what happens next". Local Councils. Thorncliffe. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
- ^ Teale, Andrew. "Chapel St Leonards Ward, East Lindsey". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
- ^ "DECLARATION OF RESULT OF POLL" (PDF). East Lindsey District Council. 3 March 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 May 2022.
- See also: Wards
- Boundary changes