2023 City of Lincoln Council election
4 May 2023
11 of the 33 seats to City of Lincoln Council
17 seats needed for a majority
Turnout29.38%
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Leader Ric Metcalfe Thomas Dyer Clare Smalley
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Last election 22 9 2
Seats won 8 1 2
Seats after 20 9 4
Seat change Decrease 2 Steady Increase 2
Popular vote 9,020 4,732 3,053
Percentage 49.2% 25.8% 16.7%
Swing Increase 4.0 Decrease 7.6 Increase 1.9
Map showing the results of the 2023 Lincoln City Council elections by ward. Red shows Labour, blue shows the Conservatives and orange shows the Liberal Democrats.
Leader before election

Ric Metcalfe
Labour

 Leader after election

Ric Metcalfe
Labour

The 2023 City of Lincoln Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of City of Lincoln Council in Lincolnshire, England.[1] It was held on the same day as other local elections across England.[2] This election did not result in a change of control of the council as Labour retained a majority, but did result in a doubling of the size of the Liberal Democrat council group at the expense of two Labour councillors.[3]

Results summary

2023 Lincoln City Council election [4]
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Labour 8 Decrease 2 72.7 12 20 60.6 9,020 49.2 +4.0
  Conservative 1 Steady 9.1 8 9 27.3 4,732 25.8 -7.6
  Liberal Democrats 2 Increase 2 18.2 2 4 12.1 3,053 16.7 +1.9
  Green 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 815 4.4 -1.8
  Reform UK 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 420 2.3 New
  Independent 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 204 1.1 New
  TUSC 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 64 0.4 +0.1
  Liberal 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 18 0.1 New

Ward results

[5][6]

Abbey

Abbey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Natasha Chapman 1,028 56.4 -6.3
Labour Jane Loffhagen 493 27.0 -1.1
Conservative Roger Hansard 154 8.4 -0.8
Green Seamus Murray 92 5.0 +5.0
Reform UK Benjamin Jackson 57 3.1 +3.1
Majority 535 29.4
Turnout 1,824 29.8
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing Decrease 2.6

Birchwood

Birchwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dylan Stothard 683 45.1 +4.1
Conservative Jamie Cave 603 39.8 -7.8
Liberal Democrats Stephen Chapman 118 7.8 +3.0
Reform UK Tony Todd 111 7.3 +7.3
Majority 80 5.3
Turnout 1,515 25.7
Labour hold Swing Increase 6.0

Boultham

Boultham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Liz Bushell 805 59.0 +3.7
Conservative Daniel Carvalho 348 25.5 -6.1
Green David Kenyon 111 8.1 +1.8
Liberal Democrats Sarah Uldall 100 7.3 +0.5
Majority 457 33.5
Turnout 1,364 26.9
Labour hold Swing Increase 4.9

Carholme

Carholme
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Neil Murray 1,066 58.9 +1.1
Conservative Thomas Hulme 216 12.0 -6.0
Independent John Bustin 204 11.4 +11.4
Green Nicola Watson 152 8.5 -4.0
Liberal Democrats Charlotte Morris 84 4.7 -3.5
TUSC Nick Parker 64 3.6 +0.1
Liberal Charles Shaw 18 1.0 +1.0
Majority 850 46.9
Turnout 1,804 34.2
Labour hold Swing Increase 3.6

Castle

Castle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rebecca Longbottom 974 62.4 +3.5
Conservative Henry Osborne 304 19.5 -3.8
Green Lauren Ross 157 10.1 0.0
Liberal Democrats Aidan Turner 126 8.1 +0.4
Majority 670 42.9
Turnout 1,561 29.5
Labour hold Swing Increase 3.7

Glebe

Glebe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Aiden Wells 1,020 57.6 +31.4
Labour Jackie Kirk 464 26.2 -10.6
Conservative Jeanette Pavey 223 12.6 -17.7
Green Tjeerd Carter 63 3.6 -3.1
Majority 556 31.4
Turnout 1,770 31.0
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing Increase 21.0

Hartsholme

Hartsholme
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Biff Bean 1,374 61.8 +23.3
Conservative Barnabas Bell 612 27.5 -22.4
Liberal Democrats Jim Charters 134 6.0 -5.6
Reform UK Jane Smith 103 4.6 +4.6
Majority 762 34.3
Turnout 2,223 35.4
Labour hold Swing Increase 22.9

Minster

Minster
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Naomi Tweedle 906 51.0 +2.5
Conservative Victoria Brooks 632 35.6 -3.1
Green Valerie Wilkinson 97 5.5 -0.5
Liberal Democrats Emily Morris 80 4.5 -1.3
Reform UK Alex Cambo 62 3.5 +3.5
Majority 274 15.4 +4.6
Turnout 1,777 33.5
Labour Co-op hold Swing Increase 2.8

Moorland

Moorland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bob Bushell 768 53.3 +7.4
Conservative Pete Edwards 535 37.1 -5.1
Liberal Democrats Ross Pepper 138 9.6 +4.3
Majority 233 16.2
Turnout 1,441 25.7
Labour hold Swing Increase 6.3

Park

Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Sue Burke 760 63.4 +6.1
Conservative George Clark 209 17.4 -6.5
Green Sally Horscroft 143 11.9 -0.3
Liberal Democrats Olly Craven 86 7.2 +0.6
Majority 551 45.9
Turnout 1,198 19.9
Labour Co-op hold Swing Increase 6.3

Witham

Witham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Thomas Dyer 896 48.5 -3.2
Labour Co-op Calvin Bissitt 727 39.3 +3.3
Liberal Democrats Felicity Christopher 139 7.5 +0.8
Reform UK Nick Smith 87 4.7 +4.7
Majority 169 9.2
Turnout 1,849 30.9
Conservative hold Swing Decrease 3.3

References

  1. ↑ "Notice of Election". City of Lincoln Council. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  2. ↑ Griffin, Joe (5 May 2023). "City of Lincoln Council election results for 2023 as it happened". LincolnshireLive. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  3. ↑ "Local election results 2023: Labour retain control of Lincoln". BBC News. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  4. ↑ "Election results by party, 4 May 2023". City of Lincoln Council. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  5. ↑ "Britain Elects – The 2023 English local election results". the New Statesman. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  6. ↑ "Election results by wards, 4 May 2023". democratic.lincoln.gov.uk. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 6 May 2023.


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