2002 City of Lincoln Council election

2002 City of Lincoln Council election^[1]^[2]^[3]
11 of the 33 seats to City of Lincoln Council; 17 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the results of the 2002 Lincoln City Council elections by ward. Red shows Labour seats and blue shows Conservative seats.
Council control before election; Labour;	Council control after election ; Labour;

Elections to City of Lincoln Council in Lincolnshire, England, were held on 2 May 2002. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Labour 27
Conservative 6

Election result

Lincoln Local Election Result 2002
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Labour	7	0	2	2	63.6	52.4	8,502
Conservative	4	2	0	2	36.4	37.5	6,082
Lincoln Independent Alliance	0	0	0		0	7.3	1,184
Green	0	0	0		0	2.8	450

Ward results

Abbey

Location of Abbey ward

Abbey^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Fay Smith	663	64.4
	Conservative	Jonathan Gainey	366	35.6
Majority			297	28.8
Turnout			1,029
	Labour hold

Birchwood

Location of Birchwood ward

Birchwood^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Edmund Strengiel	672	50.9
	Labour	Paul Gowen	560	42.5
	Lincoln Independent Alliance	Robert Wells	87	6.6
Majority			112	8.4
Turnout			1,319
	Conservative gain from Labour

Boultham

Location of Boultham ward

Boultham^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Amode Toofany	749	52.1
	Conservative	Darren Grice	327	22.7
	Lincoln Independent Alliance	Malcolm Skeels	240	16.7
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Paton	122	8.5
Majority			422	29.4
Turnout			1,438
	Labour hold

Bracebridge

Location of Bracebridge ward

Bracebridge^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Hilton Spratt	912	50.1
	Labour	Andrew Taylor	688	37.8
	Liberal Democrats	Donald Simpson	192	10.6
	Lincoln Independent Alliance	Amanda Fletcher	27	1.5
Majority			224	12.3
Turnout			1,819
	Conservative gain from Labour

Carholme

Location of Carholme ward

Carholme^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Neil Murray	695	45.4
	Conservative	Sally-Ann Grice	364	23.8
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Paton	239	15.6
	Green	Nicola Watson	147	9.6
	Lincoln Independent Alliance	Janet Spencer	87	5.7
Majority			331	21.6
Turnout			1,532
	Labour hold

Castle

Location of Castle ward

Castle^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Donald Nannestad	714	57.8
	Conservative	Beryl Hollands	442	35.8
	Lincoln Independent Alliance	Lee Openshaw	80	6.5
Majority			272	22.0
Turnout			1,236
	Labour hold

Glebe

Location of Glebe ward

Glebe^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Lawrence Wells	692	49.7
	Conservative	Phillip Mappin	408	29.3
	Lincoln Independent Alliance	George Spencer	292	21.0
Majority			284	20.4
Turnout			1,392
	Labour hold

Hartsholme

Location of Hartsholme ward

Hartsholme^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ronald Hills	814	47.5
	Labour	Leslie Burke	535	31.2
	Lincoln Independent Alliance	Richard Hall	364	21.2
Majority			279	16.3
Turnout			1,713
	Conservative gain from Labour

Minster

Location of Minster ward

Minster^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Gratrick	757	47.4
	Labour	Margaret Schofield	601	37.7
	Lincoln Independent Alliance	Paul Wilkinson	238	14.9
Majority			156	9.7
Turnout			1,596
	Conservative gain from Labour

Moorland

Location of Moorland ward

Moorland^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Denise Moore	686	52.6
	Conservative	Duncan Fraser	541	41.5
	Lincoln Independent Alliance	John Webster	76	5.8
Majority			145	11.1
Turnout			1,303
	Labour hold

Park

Location of Park ward

Park^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Patrick Vaughan	512	55.1
	Conservative	Barry Briggs	222	23.9
	Liberal Democrats	Jack Merian	128	13.8
	Green	Kenneth Yates	37	4.0
	Lincoln Independent Alliance	Barbara Freeborough	31	3.3
Majority			290	31.2
Turnout			930
	Labour hold

By-elections between 2002 and 2003

Boultham By-Election 11 July 2002^[5]
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	605	52.9	3.3
	Independent	273	23.9	5.0
	Conservative	265	23.2	0.0
Majority		332	29.0
Turnout		1,143	20.5
	Labour hold	Swing

References

^ "Council compositions by year". The Elections Centre.
^ "Local Election Summaries 2002". The Elections Centre.
^ "Council by Council - Lincoln". BBC News. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Andrew Teale. "Local Election Results 2002 - Lincoln". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
^ Keith Edkins. "Local Authority Byelection Results - July 2002". Archived from the original on 1 September 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2019.

[1] "Council compositions by year". The Elections Centre.

[2] "Local Election Summaries 2002". The Elections Centre.

[3] "Council by Council - Lincoln". BBC News. Retrieved 2 November 2019.

[leap-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Andrew Teale. "Local Election Results 2002 - Lincoln". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 5 November 2019.

[boultham02-5] Keith Edkins. "Local Authority Byelection Results - July 2002". Archived from the original on 1 September 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2019.

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