West Lindsey Council election, 2003

Elections to West Lindsey Council were held on 1 May, 2003. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.

After the election, the composition of the council was
* Conservative 17
* Liberal Democrat 13
* Independent 6
* Labour 1

Election result

Election Summary Party
party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 6
gain = 4
loss = 0
net = +4
seats % = 50.0
votes % = 38.0
votes = 4,194
plus/minus = -4.6%Election Summary Party
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats = 3
gain = 0
loss = 1
net = -1
seats % = 25.0
votes % = 26.6
votes = 2,937
plus/minus = -5.3%Election Summary Party
party = Independent (politician)
seats = 3
gain = 0
loss = 1
net = -1
seats % = 25.0
votes % = 20.8
votes = 2,296
plus/minus = +9.4%Election Summary Party
party = Labour Party (UK)
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 2
net = -2
seats % = 0
votes % = 14.2
votes = 1,571
plus/minus = +0.1%Election Summary Party
party = Green Party of England and Wales
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0.3
votes = 28
plus/minus = +0.3%

One Conservative candidate was unopposed.

Ward results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Alan Caine
votes = 563
percentage = 59.8
change = +12.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Peter O'Leary
votes = 300
percentage = 31.9
change = -7.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Tara-Louise Burghardt
votes = 78
percentage = 8.3
change = -2.3Election box majority
votes = 263
percentage = 27.9
change = +20.0Election box turnout
votes = 941
percentage = 37.1
change = +6.1Election box hold with party link
winner = Independent (politician)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Kristan Smith
votes = 582
percentage = 73.6
change = +16.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Otter
votes = 209
percentage = 26.4
change = +12.2Election box majority
votes = 373
percentage = 47.2
change = +14.4Election box turnout
votes = 791
percentage = 18.0
change = +0.8Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Gillian Bardsley
votes = 539
percentage = 42.7
change = +12.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Denise Harrison-Moore
votes = 390
percentage = 30.9
change = -2.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Triloka Mehrotra
votes = 334
percentage = 26.4
change = -9.9Election box majority
votes = 149
percentage = 11.8
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,263
percentage = 25.8
change = +3.3Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Judith Rainsforth
votes = 544
percentage = 64.9
change = +12.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Paul Howitt-Cowan
votes = 196
percentage = 23.4
change = +23.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = William Morgan
votes = 98
percentage = 11.7
change = -11.2Election box majority
votes = 348
percentage = 41.5
change = +13.2Election box turnout
votes = 838
percentage = 25.7
change = +2.5Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Charles Strange
votes = unopposed
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Kevin Whaley
votes = 361
percentage = 47.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Ian Parsons
votes = 261
percentage = 34.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Stephen Beer
votes = 144
percentage = 18.8
change = Election box majority
votes = 100
percentage = 13.0
change = Election box turnout
votes = 766
percentage = 44.3
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Independent (politician)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Gary Fenwick
votes = 455
percentage = 54.6
change = -18.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Alfred Jones
votes = 257
percentage = 30.8
change = +3.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Lynda Vernam
votes = 93
percentage = 11.2
change = +11.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Christopher Padley
votes = 28
percentage = 3.4
change = +3.4Election box majority
votes = 198
percentage = 23.8
change = -22.4Election box turnout
votes = 833
percentage = 44.8
change = +8.7Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sarah Anyan-Needham
votes = 539
percentage = 50.7
change = +16.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Catherine Dobson
votes = 524
percentage = 49.3
change = +37.5Election box majority
votes = 15
percentage = 1.4
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,063
percentage = 28.8
change = -10.3Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Christopher Underwood-Frost
votes = 920
percentage = 74.3
change = +5.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Andrew Heathorn
votes = 319
percentage = 25.7
change = -5.7Election box majority
votes = 601
percentage = 48.6
change = +11.4Election box turnout
votes = 1,239
percentage = 36.5
change = +4.2Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Stuart Kinch
votes = 614
percentage = 61.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Susan Bartle
votes = 386
percentage = 38.6
change = Election box majority
votes = 228
percentage = 22.8
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,000
percentage = 48.4
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Independent (politician)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Malcolm Parish
votes = 1,083
percentage = 80.0
change = +80.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Philip Huckin
votes = 270
percentage = 20.0
change = +12.7Election box majority
votes = 813
percentage = 60.0
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,353
percentage = 33.6
change = -7.1Election box hold with party link
winner = Independent (politician)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Owen Bierley
votes = 574
percentage = 61.1
change = +12.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Indian
votes = 365
percentage = 38.9
change = -12.8Election box majority
votes = 209
percentage = 22.2
change = +18.8Election box turnout
votes = 939
percentage = 48.1
change = +11.1Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

References

* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/bsp/hi/vote2003/locals/html/320.stm 2003 West Lindsey election result]
* [http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/loc03/pages/WestLindsey/election.pdf Ward results]

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