City of Lincoln Council election, 2003

Elections to City of Lincoln Council in Lincolnshire, England, were held on 1 May 2003. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the Council.

A trial took place for all postal voting leading to turnout increasing from 26% in 2002 to 47% in this election.[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Lincoln Local Election Result 2003
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 11 0 0 0 100 51.5 14,382 +5.1%
  Conservative 0 0 0 0 0 35.8 10,005 -2.3%
  Lincoln Independent Alliance 0 0 0 0 0 5.2 1,455 -4.7%
  Liberal Democrat 0 0 0 0 0 2.9 812 -1.5%
  Green 0 0 0 0 0 2.4 657 +1.2%
  Independent 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 613 +2.2%

Ward results

Abbey
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Kathleen Brothwell 1,011 50.4 -14.0
Conservative David Bellamy 641 32.0 -3.6
Liberal Democrat Charles Shaw 353 17.6 +17.6
Majority 370 18.4 -10.4
Turnout 2,005
Labour hold Swing
Birchwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Stephen Allnutt 1,100 45.2 +2.7
Conservative Frank Martin 801 32.9 -18.0
Lincoln Independent Alliance Richard Hall 532 21.9 +15.3
Majority 299 12.3
Turnout 2,433
Labour hold Swing
Boultham
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Richard Coupland 1,346 53.6 +1.5
Independent Malcolm Skeels 613 24.4 +24.4
Conservative John Woolf 550 21.9 -0.8
Majority 733 29.2 -0.2
Turnout 2,509
Labour hold Swing
Bracebridge
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Bud Robinson 1,628 52.5 +14.7
Conservative Paul Grice 1,473 47.5 -2.6
Majority 155 5.0
Turnout 3,101
Labour hold Swing
Carholme
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Karen Lee 970 42.0 -3.4
Conservative Ann Duguid 584 25.3 +1.5
Liberal Democrat Phillip Mappin 459 19.9 +4.3
Green Nicola Watson 299 12.9 +3.3
Majority 386 16.7 -4.9
Turnout 2,312
Labour hold Swing
Castle
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Anthony Morgan 1,470 66.2 +8.4
Conservative Michael Reeve 749 33.8 -2.0
Majority 721 32.4 +10.4
Turnout 2,219
Labour hold Swing
Glebe
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Richard Metcalfe 1,254 44.0 -5.7
Lincoln Independent Alliance George Spencer 923 32.4 +11.4
Conservative Marion Mellows 670 23.5 -5.8
Majority 331 11.6 -8.8
Turnout 2,847
Labour hold Swing
Hartsholme
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Christopher Grimshaw 1,563 51.4 +20.2
Conservative Philip Hubbard 1,477 48.6 +1.1
Majority 86 2.8
Turnout 3,070
Labour hold Swing
Minster
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Morris Cookson 1,336 50.4 +12.7
Conservative Anthony Calvert 1,313 49.6 +2.2
Majority 23 0.8
Turnout 2,649
Labour hold Swing
Moorland
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Geoffrey Ellis 1,638 58.6 +6.0
Conservative Duncan Fraser 1,157 41.4 -0.1
Majority 481 17.2 +6.1
Turnout 2,795
Labour hold Swing
Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour David Jackson 1,066 52.9 -2.6
Conservative Barry Briggs 590 29.3 +5.4
Green Kenneth Yates 358 17.8 +13.8
Majority 576 23.6 -7.5
Turnout 2,014
Labour hold Swing

References

  1. "Postal voting is election's big winner". BBC Online. 2003-05-02. Retrieved 2008-04-29.
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