2011 City of Lincoln Council election

2011 City of Lincoln Council election^[1]^[2]
All 33 seats to City of Lincoln Council; 17 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	36.6%
	Map showing the results of the 2011 Lincoln City Council elections by ward. Red shows Labour seats and blue shows the Conservatives.
Council control before election; No overall control;	Council control after election ; Labour Party;

Elections to City of Lincoln Council were held on Thursday 5 May 2011.

There were 11 seats up for election, one third of the councillors. The Labour Party gained control of the council, which had previously been under no overall control.

Election result

2011 Lincoln City Council Election
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Labour	7	1	0	1	63.6	45.1	10,559
Conservative	4	0	1	1	36.4	36.6	8,573
Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0	0.0	8.3	1,951
UKIP	0	0	0	0	0.0	7.1	1,664
TUSC	0	0	0	0	0.0	2.0	479
Green	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.9	205

Ward results

Abbey Ward

Location of Abbey ward

Abbey Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Fay Smith	1,052	48.3%
	Conservative	Barry Reeves	619	28.4%
	Liberal Democrats	Charly Harding-Price	236	10.8%
	UKIP	Pat Nurse	151	6.9%
	TUSC	Richard Steven Banks	120	5.5%
Majority			433	19.9%
Turnout			2,178	31.16%
	Labour hold

Birchwood Ward

Location of Birchwood ward

Birchwood Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Eddie Strengiel	847	41.9%
	Labour Co-op	Rosanne Kirk	826	40.8%
	UKIP	Tony Wells	205	10.1%
	Liberal Democrats	Jan Charters	145	7.2%
Majority			21	1.1%
Turnout			2,023	34.2%
	Conservative hold

Boultham Ward

Location of Boultham ward

Boultham Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Gary Trevor Hewson	1,196	54.8%
	Conservative	Sharon Dawn Longthorne	671	30.8%
	UKIP	Nick Smith	145	6.6%
	Liberal Democrats	Lynn Joan Pepper	139	6.4%
	TUSC	Rupert Walker	31	1.4%
Majority			525	24.0%
Turnout			2182	39.92%
	Labour hold

Bracebridge Ward

Location of Bracebridge ward

Bracebridge Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Darren Peter Grice	1,134	49.3%
	Labour	Bill Bilton	932	40.5%
	UKIP	Callum Christophe Newton	234	10.2%
Majority			202	8.8%
Turnout			2,300	40.47%
	Conservative hold

Carholme Ward

Location of Carholme ward

Carholme Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Neil McElhinny Murray	1,248	47.5%
	Conservative	Vasos Melides	594	22.6%
	Liberal Democrats	Charles William Shaw	407	15.5%
	Green	Nicola Watson	205	7.8%
	UKIP	Mike Murray	113	4.3%
	TUSC	Nick Parker	62	2.4%
Majority			654	24.9%
Turnout			2,629
	Labour hold

Castle Ward

Location of Castle ward

Castle Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Donald James Nannestad	1,088	50.7%
	Conservative	Drew Anthony Stafford	661	30.8%
	Liberal Democrats	Ross David Pepper	194	9.0%
	UKIP	Peter Engel Kort	144	6.7%
	TUSC	Dave Pike	59	2.7%
Majority			427	19.9%
Turnout			2,146
	Labour hold

Glebe Ward

Location of Glebe ward

Glebe Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Patrick Joseph Vaughan	832	43.8%
	Conservative	Paul Alan Lewis	731	38.5%
	Liberal Democrats	David Harding-Price	170	8.9%
	UKIP	Buffy-Jo Hogan	110	5.8%
	TUSC	Gavyn Robert Graham	58	3.1%
Majority			101	5.3%
Turnout			1,901
	Labour gain from Conservative

Hartsholme Ward

Location of Hartsholme ward

Hartsholme Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ronald Hills	1,107	52.8%
	Labour	Sean Burke	586	27.9%
	UKIP	Jane Smith	206	9.8%
	Liberal Democrats	James Jopson Charters	198	9.4%
Majority			521	24.9%
Turnout			2,097
	Conservative hold

Minster Ward

Location of Minster ward

Minster Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Frederick Gratrick	1,018	43.7%
	Labour Co-op	Jim Hanrahan	989	42.5%
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy Christopher McDonnell-Woods	142	6.1%
	UKIP	Ken Pratt	121	5.2%
	TUSC	Emma Woodhall	57	2.4%
Majority			29	1.2%
Turnout			2,327
	Conservative hold

Moorland Ward

Location of Moorland ward

Moorland Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Bob Bushall	962	46.7%
	Conservative	Keith James Weaver	794	38.6%
	Liberal Democrats	Jenny Helen Shaw	140	6.8%
	UKIP	David Frank Warde	125	6.1%
	TUSC	Karen Elizabeth Williams	37	1.8%
Majority			168	8.1%
Turnout			2,058
	Labour gain from Conservative

Park Ward

Location of Park ward

Park Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Chris Burke	848	53.3%
	Conservative	Graham Kent	397	25.0%
	Liberal Democrats	Heather Elizabeth Cullen	180	11.3%
	UKIP	Hannah Poppy Smith	110	6.9%
	TUSC	Harry Ziegler	55	3.5%
Majority			451	28.3%
Turnout			1,590
	Labour hold

References

^ Andrew Teale. "Local Election Results 2011". Local Elections Archive Project.
^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (2011). Local Elections Handbook 2011 (PDF). University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK: Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre. p. 10.

[leap-1] Andrew Teale. "Local Election Results 2011". Local Elections Archive Project.

[handbook-2] Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (2011). Local Elections Handbook 2011 (PDF). University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK: Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre. p. 10.

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