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Abbey, Lincoln

Abbey is one of eleven electoral districts within the City of Lincoln Council. As of 2023, the Liberal Democrats hold all three seats in the ward having first taken a seat in the 2021 local elections being the first time a non-Labour Party candidate had won a seat in the ward since 1979. The ward is split between two Lincolnshire County Council divisions, St Giles in the north and Park in the south who respectively have elected a Conservative and Labour county councillor.

Abbey
Clockwise from top: Lincoln Prison, Carlton Boulevard & Monks Road and All Saints Church aerial
Abbey is located in Lincolnshire
Abbey
Abbey
Location within Lincolnshire
Population11,310 (2021 Census Ward Profile)[1]
• London157 mi (253 km) S
Civil parish
  • Unparished
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLincoln
Postcode districtLN2
Dialling code01522
PoliceLincolnshire
FireLincolnshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament
Councillors
  • Clare Smalley (Liberal Democrat)
  • Martin Christopher (Liberal Democrat)
  • Natasha Chapman (Liberal Democrat)
List of places
UK
England
Lincolnshire
53°13′58″N 0°31′00″W / 53.232701°N 0.516705°W / 53.232701; -0.516705

Geography

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Abbey Ward Map

The ward encompasses a large part of the east of Lincoln, stretching from Danesgate near the centre of town, up part of Lindum Hill, along Monks, Greetwell and Wragby Road, ending at the Carlton Centre bordering West Lindsey. It contains the County Hospital, Lincoln Prison, Greetwell Hollow Nature Reserve, the Usher Art Gallery and the Museum as well as the City of Lincoln Arboretum and the ruins of an abbey on Monks Road. Furthermore, there are two primary and secondary education schools in the ward; Monks Abbey School and Lincoln Carlton Academy as well as Lincoln College on the west end of Monks Road.

Abbey ward contains several areas of high deprivation, with an area in the south of the ward covering Cannon and Croft Street ranking in the top 5% in the UK for economic deprivation[2] with 25.7% of children in poverty.

Approximately 9.4% of 16–18 year olds not in education, employment or training, the second highest in the city[3] and the ward has the highest unemployment rate of all electoral wards in the city, at 10.8%.

Demographics

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At the 2021 census, the ward profile population was 11,310. Of the findings, the ethnicity and religious composition of the ward was:

Abbey: Ethnicity: 2021 Census
Ethnic group Population %
White 9,766 86.4%
Asian or Asian British 638 5.6%
Black or Black British 317 2.8%
Mixed 305 2.7%
Other Ethnic Group 192 1.7%
Arab 86 0.8%
Total 11,310 100%

The religious composition of the ward at the 2021 Census was recorded as:

Abbey: Religion: 2021 Census
Religious Population %
Irreligious 5,032 48.3%
Christian 4,598 44.1%
Muslim 455 4.4%
Other religion 132 1.3%
Hindu 114 1.1%
Buddhist 57 0.5%
Sikh 18 0.3%
Jewish 10 0.2%
Total 11,310 100%

Councillors

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Abbey is represented in Westminster by Hamish Falconer MP for Lincoln.

The ward is represented on the City of Lincoln Council by three councillors: Clare Smalley, Martin Christopher and Natasha Chapman. Each of the three were elected in the 2021, 2022 and 2023 local elections respectively, with the latter two defeating incumbent Labour Councillors.

Election Councillor
2016 K. Brothwell (Labour Party)
F. Smith (Labour Party)
P. West (Labour Party)
2018 B. Bilton (Labour Party)
2019 J. Loffhagen (Labour Party)
2021 C. Smalley (Liberal Democrat)
2022 M. Christopher (Liberal Democrat)
2023 N. Chapman (Liberal Democrat)

Electoral history

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2020s

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2023 City of Lincoln Council election
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   2.6


2022 City of Lincoln Council election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Martin Christopher 1,220 62.7   13.1
Labour Bill Bilton 546 28.1   0.1
Conservative Roger Hansard 180 9.2   6.3
Majority 674 34.6
Turnout 1,946
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing   6.5


2021 City of Lincoln Council election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Clare Smalley 974 49.6   24.8
Labour Val Moore 549 28.0   22.7
Conservative Roger Hansard 305 15.5   2.0
Green Kenneth Yates 99 5.0   6.1
Reform UK Donald Penman 36 1.8   1.8
Majority 425 21.6
Turnout 1,963
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing   23.8

2010s

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2019 City of Lincoln Council election[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Jane Loffhagen 679 42
Liberal Democrats Clare Smalley 478 29
Conservative Adam Clegg 260 16
Green Edward Francis 214 13
Majority 201 13
Turnout 28.27
Labour hold


2018 City of Lincoln Council election[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Bill Bilton 850 52.0
Conservative Richard Butroid 348 21.3
Liberal Democrats Clare Smalley 311 19.0
Green Edward Evelyn Francis 126 7.7
Majority 502 30.7
Turnout 28%
Labour hold


2016 City of Lincoln Council election (3)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Kathleen Brothwell 877 19.3%
Labour Fay Smith 833 18.3%
Labour Peter West 790 17.4%
Conservative Graham Bratby 381 8.4%
Conservative Douglas Collison 303 6.7%
Conservative Caleb Harris 286 6.3%
UKIP Chris Butler 271 6.0%
Green Kenneth Yates 247 5.4%
Liberal Democrats Clare Smalley 191 4.2%
Liberal Democrats Michael Brown 188 4.1%
TUSC Nick Parker 64 1.4%
TUSC Gavyn Graham 61 1.3%
TUSC Jac Green 54 1.2%
Turnout 4,546
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)


2015 City of Lincoln Council election
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Fay Smith 1,730 42.9%
Conservative Yaroslav Pustarnakov 1,034 25.7%
UKIP Chris Butler 568 14.1%
Green James Bird 417 10.3%
Liberal Democrats Aarron Smith 207 5.1%
TUSC Danny Wilkinson 74 1.8%
Turnout 4,030 55.9%
Labour hold


2014 City of Lincoln Council election
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Peter West 744 43.2%
UKIP Chris Butler 385 22.3%
Conservative Christopher Reid 364 21.1%
Liberal Democrats Heather Cullen 138 8.0%
TUSC Nick Parker 93 5.4%
Majority 359 20.9%
Turnout 1,724
Labour hold


2012 City of Lincoln Council election
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Kath Brothwell 892 57.3%
Conservative Laura Goodliffe 386 24.8%
Liberal Democrats Natasha Chapman 141 9.1%
TUSC Gavyn Graham 139 8.9%
Majority 506 32.5%
Turnout 1,558 23.4%
Labour hold


2011 City of Lincoln Council election
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


2010 City of Lincoln Council election
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Peter West 1,438 37.0%
Conservative James Clarkson 1,155 29.7%
Liberal Democrats Matthew Holden 1,018 26.2%
UKIP Pat Nurse 207 5.3%
TUSC Richard Banks 71 1.8%
Majority 283 7.3%
Turnout 3,889 55.5%
Labour hold

2000s

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2008 City of Lincoln Council election
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Kath Brothwell 657 40.0%
Conservative Cordelia McCartney 625 38.1%
Liberal Democrats Heather Cullen 259 15.8%
UKIP Carol Pearson 101 6.2%
Majority 32 1.9%
Turnout 1,642 25.2%
Labour hold

References

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  1. ^ "Abbey (Ward, United Kingdom) – Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  2. ^ "Lincoln Drivers Report (2011)" (PDF). Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  3. ^ "The Lincolnite". Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  4. ^ Daniel Jaines (3 May 2019). "In full: How Lincolnshire voted in the 2019 local election". Lincolnshire Reporter. Archived from the original on 24 July 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Election results for Abbey". City of Lincoln Council.
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