The 2023 East Lindsey District Council election took place on 4 May 2023, to elect all 55 members of East Lindsey District Council in Lincolnshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England.
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Prior to the election the Conservatives held a majority of the seats on the council. There were thirteen seats (24%) that were elected unopposed in 2023, of which ten were taken by the Conservatives, two by independents and one by the Liberal Democrats.[2]
The council went under no overall control following the election. The Conservatives remained the largest party but lost their majority. They managed to form a minority administration and their leader, Craig Leyland, kept his position as leader of the council.[3][4]
Results edit
The overall results were as follows:[5]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 26 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 47.3 | 38.4 | 13,270 | ||
Independent | 16 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 29.1 | 26.2 | 9,043 | ||
Labour | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10.9 | 23.0 | 7,950 | ||
Skegness Urban District Society | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9.1 | 8.3 | 2,872 | ||
Green | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.8 | 4.0 | 1,369 | ||
Reform UK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 61 | |||
Liberal Democrats | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.8 | n/a | n/a |
Ward results edit
The results for each ward were as follows, with an asterisk (*) indicating an incumbent councillor standing for re-election.[6]
Alford edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sarah Caroline Devereux* | 510 | 55.0 | ||
Conservative | Graham Anthony Marsh* | 365 | 39.4 | ||
Independent | Alan Vassar | 316 | 34.1 | ||
Labour | Edward John David Green (Ed Green) |
219 | 23.6 | ||
Labour | Cameron Joshua Marnoch | 185 | 20.0 | ||
Turnout | 927 | 24.67 | |||
Registered electors | 3,815 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Binbrook edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Geoffrey Fry* | 415 | 67.2 | ||
Labour | Jacob Frederick Croft | 203 | 32.8 | ||
Turnout | 618 | 31.64 | |||
Registered electors | 1,988 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Burgh le Marsh edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Skegness Urban District Society | James William Brookes* (Jimmy Brookes) |
283 | 48.3 | ||
Conservative | Susan Anita Jane Blackburn | 156 | 26.6 | ||
Independent | Neil Douglas Luther Cooper | 147 | 25.1 | ||
Turnout | 586 | 28.50 | |||
Registered electors | 2,102 | ||||
Skegness Urban District Society hold |
Chapel St Leonards edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stephen Anthony Evans* | 486 | 47.1 | ||
Labour | Roger Alan Dawson | 443 | 43.0 | ||
Independent | Graham John Fisher | 408 | 39.6 | ||
Conservative | Dilys Carolyn Jenkinson | 356 | 34.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,031 | 26.39 | |||
Registered electors | 3,918 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Labour gain from Conservative |
Coningsby and Mareham edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Martin John Foster* | unopposed | |||
Conservative | Alex Martin Hall* | unopposed | |||
Conservative | James Andrew Knowles | unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Croft edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sid Dennis* | unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Friskney edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Carleen Dickinson* | 249 | 60.0 | ||
Conservative | Carl David Drury | 166 | 40.0 | ||
Turnout | 415 | 23.71 | |||
Registered electors | 1,784 | ||||
Independent hold |
Fulstow edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Edward Peel Mossop* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold |
Grimoldby edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Terence John Knowles* (Terry Knowles) |
346 | 73.9 | ||
Labour | David Richard Hoyles | 122 | 26.1 | ||
Turnout | 468 | 25.5 | |||
Registered electors | 1,855 | ||||
Independent hold |
Hagworthingham edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | William Joseph Grover* (Will Grover) |
317 | 48.7 | ||
Independent | David Vernon Powell | 179 | 27.5 | ||
Green | Paul Fisher | 155 | 23.8 | ||
Turnout | 651 | 33.99 | |||
Registered electors | 1,930 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Halton Holegate edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Terry Taylor* | unopposed | |||
Conservative gain from Independent |
Terry Taylor had won the seat in a by-election in 2022; in 2019 the seat had been won by independent councillor Jim Swanson. Seat shown as Conservative gain from independent to allow comparison with 2019 results.
Holton-le-Clay and North Thoresby edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Terence F. Aldridge* (Terry Aldridge) |
684 | 59.4 | ||
Conservative | Stephen Keith Lyons | 528 | 45.9 | ||
Labour | Phillip Martin Smith* (Phyll Smith) |
449 | 39.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,151 | 28.45 | |||
Registered electors | 4,060 | ||||
Independent hold | |||||
Conservative gain from Labour |
Horncastle edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Richard Martin Avison* | unopposed | |||
Independent | Sandra Campbell-Wardman* | unopposed | |||
Liberal Democrats | Fiona Martin* | unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Independent hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Ingoldmells edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Colin John Davie* | 242 | 59.9 | ||
Skegness Urban District Society | Jason Lawrence Boswell-Larkum (Jason Boswell) |
162 | 40.1 | ||
Turnout | 404 | 24.61 | |||
Registered electors | 1,662 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Legbourne edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Adam Grist* | 415 | 65.9 | ||
Labour | Hannah Filer | 215 | 34.1 | ||
Turnout | 630 | 33.81 | |||
Registered electors | 1,872 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Mablethorpe edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Graham Edward Cullen* | 1,159 | 62.5 | ||
Labour | Claire Elizabeth Arnold* | 909 | 49.0 | ||
Labour | Kate Marnoch | 857 | 46.2 | ||
Conservative | Martin Victor Clark (Victor Clark) |
692 | 37.3 | ||
Conservative | Carl Ian Tebbutt | 631 | 34.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,854 | 28.65 | |||
Registered electors | 6,566 | ||||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold |
Marshchapel and Somercotes edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Daniel McNally* | 717 | 63.3 | ||
Conservative | Paul John Rickett* | 558 | 49.2 | ||
Labour | Freddie William Mossop | 374 | 33.0 | ||
Independent | Helena Poskitt | 185 | 16.3 | ||
Independent | Patricia Maureen Midgley | 64 | 5.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,133 | 31.05 | |||
Registered electors | 3,665 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
North Holme edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | David James Ernest Hall* | 239 | 49.3 | ||
Conservative | Kirsty Corbitt | 142 | 29.3 | ||
Independent | Karen Elizabeth Parsons | 104 | 21.4 | ||
Turnout | 485 | 23.21 | |||
Registered electors | 2,098 | ||||
Labour hold |
Priory and St James' edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Andrew Leonard* | 511 | 51.0 | ||
Independent | Darren Lee Hobson | 464 | 46.3 | ||
Independent | Lynne Marie Cooney | 360 | 35.9 | ||
Conservative | Pauline Frances Watson | 258 | 25.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,002 | 27.68 | |||
Registered electors | 3,641 | ||||
Independent hold | |||||
Independent gain from Labour |
The other previous incumbent, Sarah Parkin, had been elected as a Labour councillor in 2019 but left the party later that year and sat as an independent for the rest of her term of office. Seat shown as independent gain from Labour to allow comparison with 2019 results.[7]
Roughton edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | William Gray* | unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Scarborough and Seacroft edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Richard Edginton* (Dick Edginton) |
598 | 43.3 | ||
Conservative | Stephen Russell Kirk* (Steve Kirk) |
593 | 42.9 | ||
Skegness Urban District Society | Billy Brookes* | 539 | 39.0 | ||
Conservative | Julie Day Sadler | 510 | 36.9 | ||
Labour | Paul Collins | 462 | 33.5 | ||
Skegness Urban District Society | Adrian David Findley | 394 | 28.5 | ||
Skegness Urban District Society | Robert Michael Walker (Bob Walker) |
355 | 25.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,381 | 20.32 | |||
Registered electors | 6,817 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Skegness Urban District Society hold |
Sibsey and Stickney edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Tom Ashton* | unopposed | |||
Conservative | Neil Jones* | unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Spilsby edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Eleanor Louisa Marsh (Ellie Marsh) |
250 | 52.3 | ||
Conservative | David Michael Mangion* | 228 | 47.7 | ||
Turnout | 478 | 21.1 | |||
Registered electors | 2,289 | ||||
Independent hold |
David Mangion had been elected in 2019 as an independent, but joined the Conservatives in 2020. Seat shown as an independent hold to allow comparison with 2019 results.[8]
St Clement's edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Skegness Urban District Society | Mark Vincent Dannatt* | 295 | 36.6 | ||
Skegness Urban District Society | Richard Cunnington* | 290 | 36.0 | ||
Labour | Mark Crawford Anderson | 276 | 34.3 | ||
Labour | Nicholas Gary Bryan Walton (Nick Walton) |
238 | 29.6 | ||
Conservative | Allison Margaret Miller-Ross (Ally Miller-Ross) |
229 | 28.4 | ||
Conservative | Lynn Miller-Ross | 218 | 27.1 | ||
Turnout | 805 | 20.2 | |||
Registered electors | 4,025 | ||||
Skegness Urban District Society hold | |||||
Skegness Urban District Society hold |
St Margaret's edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Samuel William Howard Kemp (Sam Kemp) |
227 | 38.1 | ||
Labour | Hannah Leanne Watkins | 201 | 33.7 | ||
Independent | Susan Jean Crew (Sue Crew) |
168 | 28.2 | ||
Turnout | 596 | 29.59 | |||
Registered electors | 2,028 | ||||
Conservative hold |
St Mary's edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Gillian Mary Makinson-Sanders* (Jill Makinson-Sanders) |
581 | 84.9 | ||
Conservative | Stuart Watson | 69 | 10.1 | ||
Independent | Maurice Bellwood | 34 | 5.0 | ||
Turnout | 684 | 36.81 | |||
Registered electors | 1,861 | ||||
Independent hold |
St Michael's edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | George Edward Horton* | 379 | 70.2 | ||
Labour | Laura Marie Stephenson | 161 | 29.8 | ||
Turnout | 540 | 29.65 | |||
Registered electors | 1,828 | ||||
Independent hold |
Sutton on Sea edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Robert William Watson | 1,048 | 67.3 | ||
Independent | Stefanie Le Ann Bristow (Stef Bristow) |
654 | 42.0 | ||
Conservative | Adrian Victor Benjamin* | 403 | 25.9 | ||
Conservative | Helen Angela Matthews* | 399 | 25.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,558 | 40.62 | |||
Registered electors | 3,845 | ||||
Green gain from Conservative | |||||
Independent gain from Conservative |
Tetford and Donington edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Daniel Anthony Simpson | 395 | 49.5 | ||
Conservative | David George Andrews* | 229 | 28.7 | ||
Labour | Anthony Charles Cox (Tony Cox) |
91 | 11.4 | ||
Green | Peter Edward Skipworth | 83 | 10.4 | ||
Turnout | 798 | 40.11 | |||
Registered electors | 1,997 | ||||
Independent gain from Conservative |
Tetney edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Steven John McMillan* (Steve McMillan) |
395 | 75.0 | ||
Labour | Christopher D. Lyons | 132 | 25.0 | ||
Turnout | 527 | 25.9 | |||
Registered electors | 2,062 | ||||
Independent hold |
Trinity edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Rosalind Alice Jackson* (Ros Jackson) |
249 | 65.5 | ||
Independent | Malcolm David Lamb | 131 | 34.5 | ||
Turnout | 380 | 20.99 | |||
Registered electors | 1,810 | ||||
Labour hold |
Wainfleet edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Wendy Bowkett* | unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Willoughby with Sloothby edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Stephen William Eyre* | 508 | 82.1 | ||
Labour | Isaac George Bailey | 111 | 17.9 | ||
Turnout | 619 | 31.44 | |||
Registered electors | 1,991 | ||||
Independent hold |
Winthorpe edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Carl Stuart Macey | 332 | 40.1 | ||
Skegness Urban District Society | Daniel Brookes* (Danny Brookes) |
307 | 37.1 | ||
Conservative | Stephen James O'Dare (Steve O'Dare) |
292 | 35.3 | ||
Skegness Urban District Society | Trevor Paul Burnham* | 247 | 29.8 | ||
Labour | Kevin Evans | 163 | 19.7 | ||
Labour | Carole Irene Clark | 150 | 18.1 | ||
Green | Philip William Gaskell (Phil Gaskell) |
83 | 10.0 | ||
Turnout | 828 | 19.58 | |||
Registered electors | 4,269 | ||||
Conservative gain from Skegness Urban District Society | |||||
Skegness Urban District Society hold |
Withern and Theddlethorpe edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Travis Stephen Hesketh | 461 | 55.8 | ||
Conservative | Sandra Diane Harrison* | 264 | 32.0 | ||
Labour | Stephen Anthony Holland (Steve Holland) |
101 | 12.2 | ||
Turnout | 826 | 39.68 | |||
Registered electors | 2,094 | ||||
Independent gain from Conservative |
Woodhall Spa edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Craig James Leyland* | 803 | 58.9 | ||
Conservative | Thomas James Kemp* | 658 | 48.3 | ||
Independent | John Sanderson | 479 | 35.1 | ||
Independent | Rebecca Louise Shaw (Becky Shaw) |
294 | 21.6 | ||
Labour | Ellen Wright | 241 | 17.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,363 | 36.99 | |||
Registered electors | 3,706 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Wragby edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Ruchira Asthana Yarsley (Ru Yarsley) |
297 | 47.7 | ||
Conservative | Julie Angela Platt* | 264 | 42.4 | ||
Reform UK | Sean Roger Matthews | 61 | 9.8 | ||
Turnout | 622 | 30.32 | |||
Registered electors | 2,071 | ||||
Independent gain from Conservative |
References edit
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- ^ Jaines, Daniel (7 April 2023). "Local Elections 2023: A Lincolnshire round-up". The Lincolnite. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
- ^ "Local election results 2023: Three Tory leaders toppled in Lincolnshire". BBC News. 2023-05-05. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
- ^ Jaines, Daniel (May 2023). "Focus on smaller communities as East Lindsey leader re-elected". My Local Lincolnshire. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
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