2004 City of Lincoln Council election

Elections to City of Lincoln Council in Lincolnshire, England, were held on 10 June 2004. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.

2004 City of Lincoln Council election

10 June 2004
11 of the 33 seats to City of Lincoln Council 17 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats Last election 27 6 0 Seats won 5 5 1 Seats after 25 7 1 Seat change 2 1 1 Popular vote 9,450 9,689 3,211 Percentage 39.2% 40.2% 13.3%
Map showing the results of the 2004 Lincoln City Council elections by ward. Red shows Labour seats, blue shows Conservative seats and orange shows Liberal Democrat seats.
Council control before election Labour Council control after election Labour

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Labour 25
• Conservative 7
• Liberal Democrat 1

Election result

Lincoln Local Election Result 2004

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	5	1	0	1	45.5	40.2	9,689	4.4
	Labour	5	0	2	2	45.5	39.2	9,450	12.3
	Liberal Democrats	1	1	0	1	9.1	13.3	3,211	10.4
	Lincoln Independent Alliance	0	0	0		0.0	5.0	1,218	0.2
	Socialist Alternative	0	0	0		0.0	1.4	329	1.4
	Independent	0	0	0		0.0	0.9	222	1.3

All comparisons in vote share are to the corresponding 2000 election.

Ward results

Abbey

Location of Abbey ward

Abbey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Fay Smith	703	42.1
	Liberal Democrats	John Margetts	489	29.3
	Conservative	Anne Duguid	479	28.7
Majority			214	12.8
Turnout			1,671	40.0%
	Labour hold

Birchwood

Location of Birchwood ward

Birchwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Edmund Strengiel	1,015	48.3
	Labour	Julie Cooper	756	36.0
	Socialist Alternative	Ryan Hayward	329	15.7
Majority			259	12.3
Turnout			2,100	38.9%
	Conservative hold

Boultham

Location of Boultham ward

Boultham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Amode Toofany	979	43.5
	Liberal Democrats	Jayne Fisk	637	28.3
	Conservative	Darius Laws	635	28.2
Majority			342	15.2
Turnout			2,251	41.4%
	Labour hold

Bracebridge

Location of Bracebridge ward

Bracebridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Hilton Spratt	1,575	59.0
	Labour	Kevin Parnham	1,093	41.0
Majority			482	18.0
Turnout			2,668	43.3%
	Conservative hold

Carholme

Location of Carholme ward

Carholme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Neil Murray	767	36.6
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Shaw	596	28.5
	Conservative	Jayne Harris	509	24.3
	Independent	Peter McGovern	222	10.6
Majority			171	8.1
Turnout			2,094	45.4%
	Labour hold

Castle

Location of Castle ward

Castle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Donald Nannestad	790	40.7
	Conservative	Michael Reeve	426	21.9
	Liberal Democrats	Phillip Mappin	372	19.2
	Lincoln Independent Alliance	Richard Hall	353	18.2
Majority			364	18.8
Turnout			1,941	42.1%
	Labour hold

Glebe

Location of Glebe ward

Glebe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Lawrence Wells	926	38.2
	Lincoln Independent Alliance	George Spencer	865	35.7
	Conservative	Geoffrey Brooking	634	26.1
Majority			61	2.5
Turnout			2,425	45.4%
	Labour hold

Hartsholme

Location of Hartsholme ward

Hartsholme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ronald Hills	1,710	63.7
	Labour	Elizabeth Jones	973	36.3
Majority			737	27.4
Turnout			2,683	41.6%
	Conservative hold

Minster

Location of Minster ward

Minster

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Gratrick	1,099	46.2
	Labour	Winston Duncan	760	32.0
	Liberal Democrats	Daphne Shaw	518	21.8
Majority			339	14.2
Turnout			2,377	46.1%
	Conservative hold

Moorland

Location of Moorland ward

Moorland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Bellamy	1,181	51.4
	Labour	Denise Moore	1,117	48.6
Majority			64	2.8
Turnout			2,298	41.6%
	Conservative hold

Park

Location of Park ward

Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Heather Quinton	599	37.2
	Labour	Patrick Vaughan	586	36.4
	Conservative	Paul Grice	426	26.4
Majority			13	0.8
Turnout			1,611	33.5%
	Liberal Democrats hold

References

• Local elections: East Midlands analysis