Boston Borough Council in Lincolnshire, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2015, 30 councillors are elected from 15 wards.
Council elections
edit- 1973 Boston Borough Council election
- 1976 Boston Borough Council election
- 1979 Boston Borough Council election (New ward boundaries)[1]
- 1983 Boston Borough Council election
- 1987 Boston Borough Council election
- 1991 Boston Borough Council election
- 1995 Boston Borough Council election
- 1999 Boston Borough Council election (New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats by two)[2][3]
- 2003 Boston Borough Council election
- 2007 Boston Borough Council election
- 2011 Boston Borough Council election
- 2015 Boston Borough Council election (New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats by two)[4][5]
- 2019 Boston Borough Council election
- 2023 Boston Borough Council election
Election results
editOverall control | Conservative | Labour | Lib Dems | UKIP | English Democrats | Boston Bypass Independents | Boston Independent | Independent | |||||||||
2023 | Boston Independent | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||||||||
2019 | Conservative | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||
2015 | NOC | 13 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
2011 | Conservative | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||
2007 | Boston Bypass Independents | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
2003 | NOC | 12 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Borough result maps
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2007 results map
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2011 results map
By-election results
edit1995-1999
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | 495 | 57.5 | |||
Independent | 142 | 16.5 | |||
Liberal Democrats | 118 | 13.7 | |||
Labour | 106 | 12.3 | |||
Majority | 353 | 41.0 | |||
Turnout | 861 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 363 | 59.0 | |||
Labour | 252 | 41.0 | |||
Majority | 111 | 18.0 | |||
Turnout | 615 | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 580 | 66.8 | |||
Labour | 288 | 33.2 | |||
Majority | 292 | 33.6 | |||
Turnout | 868 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
1999-2003
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 181 | 34.3 | |||
Liberal Democrats | 158 | 30.0 | |||
Independent | 141 | 26.8 | |||
Labour | 47 | 8.9 | |||
Majority | 23 | 4.3 | |||
Turnout | 527 | 19.2 | |||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 116 | 43.3 | |||
Labour | 96 | 35.8 | |||
Liberal Democrats | 33 | 12.3 | |||
Independent | 23 | 8.6 | |||
Majority | 20 | 7.5 | |||
Turnout | 268 | 19.8 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 182 | 38.1 | |||
Labour | 149 | 31.2 | |||
Liberal Democrats | 147 | 30.8 | |||
Majority | 33 | 6.9 | |||
Turnout | 478 | 32.7 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
2003-2007
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 330 | 46.0 | |||
Conservative | 251 | 35.0 | |||
Independent | 137 | 19.1 | |||
Majority | 79 | 11.0 | |||
Turnout | 718 | 26.9 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Michael Gall | 316 | 33.1 | +16.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Robert Dodson | 310 | 32.5 | +0.9 | |
Conservative | Terence Taylor | 254 | 26.6 | −25.3 | |
UKIP | Don Ransome | 75 | 7.8 | +7.8 | |
Majority | 6 | 0.6 | |||
Turnout | 955 | 20.5 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Rylatt | 505 | 72.8 | +30.5 | |
Labour | Catrina Holstead | 104 | 15.0 | −2.5 | |
Independent | John Fitzgerald | 85 | 12.2 | −28.0 | |
Majority | 401 | 57.8 | |||
Turnout | 694 | 20.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Frank Pickett | 366 | 55.2 | −12.8 | |
UKIP | Sue Ransome | 115 | 17.3 | +2.6 | |
Labour | Clive Marshall | 99 | 14.9 | +14.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul Appleby | 83 | 12.5 | +12.5 | |
Majority | 251 | 37.9 | |||
Turnout | 663 | 25.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Raymond Singleton-McGuire | 495 | 44.7 | +6.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Malcolm Chapman | 428 | 38.7 | −2.1 | |
UKIP | John Flynn | 184 | 16.6 | +16.6 | |
Majority | 67 | 6.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,107 | 23.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
2007-2011
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Raymond Singleton-McGuire | 344 | 30.9 | −1.6 | |
Boston Bypass Independents | David Durrant | 306 | 27.5 | −32.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ossy Snell | 213 | 19.1 | +19.1 | |
BNP | David Owens | 119 | 10.7 | +10.7 | |
UKIP | Felicity Ransome | 88 | 7.9 | +0.7 | |
Labour | Pam Imlah | 44 | 3.9 | +3.9 | |
Majority | 38 | 3.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,114 | 37.3 | −4.5 | ||
Conservative gain from Boston Bypass Independents | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BNP | David Owens | 279 | 42.6 | +42.6 | |
Boston Bypass Independents | Carl Smith | 141 | 21.5 | −21.8 | |
Conservative | Paul Mould | 119 | 18.2 | −0.1 | |
Labour | Norman Hart | 69 | 10.5 | −13.2 | |
UKIP | Cyril Wakefield | 24 | 3.7 | −11.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gavin Carrington | 23 | 3.5 | +3.5 | |
Majority | 138 | 21.1 | |||
Turnout | 655 | 22.1 | −0.5 | ||
BNP gain from Boston Bypass Independents | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Colin Brotherton | 490 | 42.2 | +8.9 | |
Boston Bypass Independents | Carl Smith | 243 | 20.9 | −45.7 | |
UKIP | Sue Ransome | 230 | 19.8 | +19.8 | |
Independent | Frank Martin | 122 | 13.1 | +13.1 | |
Labour | Elizabeth Leonard | 75 | 6.5 | +6.5 | |
Majority | 247 | 21.3 | |||
Turnout | 1,160 | 31.7 | +0.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Myles Larrington | 110 | 32.4 | −16.7 | |
Labour | Paul Kenny | 76 | 22.4 | +13.0 | |
UKIP | Felicity Ransome | 59 | 17.4 | +17.4 | |
Boston Bypass Independents | Trevor Page | 53 | 15.6 | −26.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mike Sheridan-Shinn | 42 | 12.4 | +12.4 | |
Majority | 34 | 10.0 | |||
Turnout | 340 | 27.4 | +0.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
2011-2015
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Stuart Ashton | 204 | 39.2 | −17.8 | |
Independent | Maggie Peberdy | 139 | 26.7 | −2.2 | |
Conservative | Claire Rylott | 126 | 24.2 | +24.2 | |
UKIP | Sue Ransome | 32 | 6.2 | −7.9 | |
Labour | Mike Sheridan-Shinn | 19 | 3.7 | +3.7 | |
Majority | 65 | 12.5 | |||
Turnout | 520 | 35.6 | −13.2 | ||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UKIP | Bob Mcauley | 376 | 44.4 | +44.4 | |
Labour Co-op | Pam Kenny | 202 | 23.8 | −2.5 | |
Independent | Robert Lauberts | 145 | 17.1 | +17.1 | |
Conservative | Carl Richmond | 124 | 14.6 | −16.3 | |
Majority | 174 | 20.6 | |||
Turnout | 847 | 29.9 | −5.4 | ||
UKIP gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UKIP | Tiggs Keywood-Wainwright | 162 | 39.4 | +39.4 | |
Conservative | Dan Elkington | 87 | 21.2 | +21.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alan Taylor | 87 | 21.2 | +11.4 | |
Labour | Ben Cook | 75 | 18.2 | −8.0 | |
Majority | 75 | 18.2 | |||
Turnout | 411 | 13.7 | −11.2 | ||
UKIP gain from English Democrat | Swing |
2015-2019
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tom Ashton | 536 | 74.2 | +21.3 | |
Labour | Joseph Pearson | 123 | 17.0 | +17.0 | |
UKIP | Don Ransome | 50 | 6.9 | −40.2 | |
Blue Revolution | Richard Thornalley | 13 | 1.8 | +1.8 | |
Majority | 413 | 57.2 | |||
Turnout | 722 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
2019-2023
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Brown | 2,018 | 69.9 | +35.7 | |
Independent | Lorraine O'Connor | 453 | 15.7 | +15.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alan Taylor | 415 | 14.4 | +14.4 | |
Majority | 1,565 | 54.2 | |||
Turnout | 2,886 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Martin Howard | 955 | 51.3 | +27.3 | |
Labour | Jackie Barton | 437 | 23.5 | +2.0 | |
Independent | Don Jenkins | 195 | 10.5 | +10.5 | |
Independent | Sue Ransome | 112 | 6.0 | +6.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jason Stevenson | 100 | 5.4 | +5.4 | |
Blue Revolution | Christopher Moore | 62 | 3.3 | −11.2 | |
Majority | 518 | 27.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,861 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Katie Chalmers | 338 | 34.5 | +10.5 | |
Independent | Dale Broughton | 307 | 31.4 | +31.4 | |
Labour | Jackie Barton | 210 | 21.5 | +0.0 | |
For the People Not the Party | Christopher Moore | 88 | 9.0 | +9.0 | |
Independent | Christopher Cardwell | 36 | 3.7 | +3.7 | |
Majority | 31 | 3.2 | |||
Turnout | 979 | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
References
edit- ^ The Borough of Boston (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977
- ^ "Boston". BBC Online. Retrieved 30 July 2008.
- ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Boston (Electoral Changes) Order 1998. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
- ^ "Boston electoral review". Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
- ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Boston (Electoral Changes) Order 2013. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
- ^ "Strong swing to Labour in local byelections". guardian.co.uk. 15 July 2005. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
- ^ "Declaration of result of poll". Boston Borough Council. Archived from the original on 21 June 2011. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
- ^ "Declaration of result of poll". Boston Borough Council. Archived from the original on 21 June 2011. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
- ^ "Declaration of result of poll". Boston Borough Council. Archived from the original on 21 June 2011. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
- ^ "By-Election Result". Boston Borough Council. Retrieved 30 July 2008.
- ^ "Fenside Ward Result - November 2008". Boston Borough Council. Retrieved 14 November 2008.
- ^ a b "Labour Party wiped off Boston's political map". Lincolnshire Echo. 9 June 2009. Archived from the original on 14 July 2009. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
- ^ "Frampton and Holme by-election result". Boston Borough Council. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
- ^ "Staniland South By-Election, Boston Borough Council". Boston Borough Council. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
- ^ "Fenside Ward - declaration of result of poll Thursday 5 September 2013". Boston Borough Council. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
- ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Old Leake and Wrangle Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
- ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Kirton and Frampton Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
- ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Skirbeck Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
- ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Skirbeck Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
- By-election results Archived 2010-03-29 at the Wayback Machine