Lincoln Council election, 2003

Elections to Lincoln Council in Lincolnshire, England, were held on 1 May, 2003. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the Council.

A trial took place for all postal voting leading to turnout increasing from 26% in 2002 to 47% in this election.cite web| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lincolnshire/2994919.stm | title = Postal voting is election's big winner | accessdate = 2008-04-29 | date = 2003-05-02| publisher = "BBC Online"]

After the election, the composition of the council was
*Labour 27
*Conservative 6

Election result

Election Summary Party
party = Labour Party (UK)
seats = 11
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 100
votes % = 51.5
votes = 14,382
plus/minus = +5.1%Election Summary Party
party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 35.8
votes = 10,005
plus/minus = -2.3%Election Summary
party = Lincoln Independent Alliance
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 5.2
votes = 1,455
plus/minus = -4.7%Election Summary Party
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 2.9
votes = 812
plus/minus = -1.5%Election Summary Party
party = Green Party of England and Wales
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 2.4
votes = 657
plus/minus = +1.2%Election Summary Party
party = Independent (politician)
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 2.2
votes = 613
plus/minus = +2.2%

Ward results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Kathleen Brothwell
votes = 1,011
percentage = 50.4
change = -14.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David Bellamy
votes = 641
percentage = 32.0
change = -3.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Charles Shaw
votes = 353
percentage = 17.6
change = +17.6Election box majority
votes = 370
percentage = 18.4
change = -10.4Election box turnout
votes = 2,005
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Stephen Allnutt
votes = 1,100
percentage = 45.2
change = +2.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Frank Martin
votes = 801
percentage = 32.9
change = -18.0Election box candidate
party = Lincoln Independent Alliance
candidate = Richard Hall
votes = 532
percentage = 21.9
change = +15.3Election box majority
votes = 299
percentage = 12.3
change =Election box turnout
votes = 2,433
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Richard Coupland
votes = 1,346
percentage = 53.6
change = +1.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Malcolm Skeels
votes = 613
percentage = 24.4
change = +24.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Woolf
votes = 550
percentage = 21.9
change = -0.8Election box majority
votes = 733
percentage = 29.2
change = -0.2Election box turnout
votes = 2,509
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Bud Robinson
votes = 1,628
percentage = 52.5
change = +14.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Paul Grice
votes = 1,473
percentage = 47.5
change = -2.6Election box majority
votes = 155
percentage = 5.0
change =Election box turnout
votes = 3,101
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Karen Lee
votes = 970
percentage = 42.0
change = -3.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Ann Duguid
votes = 584
percentage = 25.3
change = +1.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Phillip Mappin
votes = 459
percentage = 19.9
change = +4.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Nicola Watson
votes = 299
percentage = 12.9
change = +3.3Election box majority
votes = 386
percentage = 16.7
change = -4.9Election box turnout
votes = 2,312
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Anthony Morgan
votes = 1,470
percentage = 66.2
change = +8.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Reeve
votes = 749
percentage = 33.8
change = -2.0Election box majority
votes = 721
percentage = 32.4
change = +10.4Election box turnout
votes = 2,219
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Richard Metcalfe
votes = 1,254
percentage = 44.0
change = -5.7Election box candidate
party = Lincoln Independent Alliance
candidate = George Spencer
votes = 923
percentage = 32.4
change = +11.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Marion Mellows
votes = 670
percentage = 23.5
change = -5.8Election box majority
votes = 331
percentage = 11.6
change = -8.8Election box turnout
votes = 2,847
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Christopher Grimshaw
votes = 1,563
percentage = 51.4
change = +20.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Philip Hubbard
votes = 1,477
percentage = 48.6
change = +1.1Election box majority
votes = 86
percentage = 2.8
change =Election box turnout
votes = 3,070
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Morris Cookson
votes = 1,336
percentage = 50.4
change = +12.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Anthony Calvert
votes = 1,313
percentage = 49.6
change = +2.2Election box majority
votes = 23
percentage = 0.8
change =Election box turnout
votes = 2,649
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Geoffrey Ellis
votes = 1,638
percentage = 58.6
change = +6.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Duncan Fraser
votes = 1,157
percentage = 41.4
change = -0.1Election box majority
votes = 481
percentage = 17.2
change = +6.1Election box turnout
votes = 2,795
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = David Jackson
votes = 1,066
percentage = 52.9
change = -2.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Barry Briggs
votes = 590
percentage = 29.3
change = +5.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Kenneth Yates
votes = 358
percentage = 17.8
change = +13.8Election box majority
votes = 576
percentage = 23.6
change = -7.5Election box turnout
votes = 2,014
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

References

* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/vote2003/locals/html/152.stm 2003 Lincoln election result]
* [http://www.andrewteale.me.uk/2003/document035.html#toc208 Ward results]

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