2023 East Lindsey District Council election

2023 East Lindsey District Council election
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All 55 seats on East Lindsey District Council
28 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
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Leader Craig Leyland Ros Jackson
Party Conservative Independent Labour
Last election 29 seats, 49.7% 12 seats, 15.0% 7 seats, 23.1%
Seats before 31 11[a] 6
Seats after 26 16 6
Seat change Decrease3 Increase4 Decrease1
Popular vote 13,270 9,043 7,950
Percentage 38.4% 26.2% 23.0%
Swing Decrease11.3% Increase11.2% Decrease0.1%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
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Leader Danny Brookes Fiona Martin
Party Skegness Urban District Society Green Liberal Democrats
Last election 6 seats, 9.4% n/a 1 seats, 2.2%
Seats before 6 0 1
Seats after 5 1 1
Seat change Decrease1 Increase1 Steady
Popular vote 2,872 1,369 n/a
Percentage 8.3% 4.0% n/a
Swing Decrease1.1% Increase4.0% n/a
Results by ward
Leader before election

Craig Leyland
Conservative

Leader after election

Craig Leyland
Conservative
No overall control

The 2023 East Lindsey District Council election took place on 4 May 2023, to elect all 55 members of East Lindsey District Council in Lincolnshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England.

Prior to the election the Conservatives held a majority of the seats on the council. There were thirteen seats (24%) that were elected unopposed in 2023, of which ten were taken by the Conservatives, two by independents and one by the Liberal Democrats.[2]

The council went under no overall control following the election. The Conservatives remained the largest party but lost their majority. They managed to form a minority administration and their leader, Craig Leyland, kept his position as leader of the council.[3][4]

Results

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The overall results were as follows:[5]

2023 East Lindsey District Council election
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 26 3 6 Decrease3 47.3 38.4 13,270
  Independent 16 5 1 Increase4 29.1 26.2 9,043
  Labour 6 1 2 Decrease1 10.9 23.0 7,950
  Skegness Urban District Society 5 0 1 Decrease1 9.1 8.3 2,872
  Green 1 1 0 Increase1 1.8 4.0 1,369
  Reform UK 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.2 61
  Liberal Democrats 1 0 0 Steady 1.8 n/a n/a

Ward results

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The results for each ward were as follows, with an asterisk (*) indicating an incumbent councillor standing for re-election.[6]

Alford

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Alford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sarah Caroline Devereux* 510 55.0
Conservative Graham Anthony Marsh* 365 39.4
Independent Alan Vassar 316 34.1
Labour Edward John David Green
(Ed Green) 		219 23.6
Labour Cameron Joshua Marnoch 185 20.0
Turnout 927 24.67
Registered electors 3,815
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Binbrook

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Binbrook
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Geoffrey Fry* 415 67.2
Labour Jacob Frederick Croft 203 32.8
Turnout 618 31.64
Registered electors 1,988
Conservative hold

Burgh le Marsh

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Burgh le Marsh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Skegness Urban District Society James William Brookes*
(Jimmy Brookes) 		283 48.3
Conservative Susan Anita Jane Blackburn 156 26.6
Independent Neil Douglas Luther Cooper 147 25.1
Turnout 586 28.50
Registered electors 2,102
Skegness Urban District Society hold

Chapel St Leonards

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Chapel St Leonards
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stephen Anthony Evans* 486 47.1
Labour Roger Alan Dawson 443 43.0
Independent Graham John Fisher 408 39.6
Conservative Dilys Carolyn Jenkinson 356 34.5
Turnout 1,031 26.39
Registered electors 3,918
Conservative hold
Labour gain from Conservative

Coningsby and Mareham

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Coningsby and Mareham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Martin John Foster* unopposed
Conservative Alex Martin Hall* unopposed
Conservative James Andrew Knowles unopposed
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Croft

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Croft
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sid Dennis* unopposed
Conservative hold

Friskney

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Friskney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Carleen Dickinson* 249 60.0
Conservative Carl David Drury 166 40.0
Turnout 415 23.71
Registered electors 1,784
Independent hold

Fulstow

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Fulstow
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Edward Peel Mossop* unopposed
Independent hold

Grimoldby

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Grimoldby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Terence John Knowles*
(Terry Knowles) 		346 73.9
Labour David Richard Hoyles 122 26.1
Turnout 468 25.5
Registered electors 1,855
Independent hold

Hagworthingham

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Hagworthingham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Joseph Grover*
(Will Grover) 		317 48.7
Independent David Vernon Powell 179 27.5
Green Paul Fisher 155 23.8
Turnout 651 33.99
Registered electors 1,930
Conservative hold

Halton Holegate

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Halton Holegate
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Terry Taylor* unopposed
Conservative gain from Independent

Terry Taylor had won the seat in a by-election in 2022; in 2019 the seat had been won by independent councillor Jim Swanson. Seat shown as Conservative gain from independent to allow comparison with 2019 results.

Holton-le-Clay and North Thoresby

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Holton-le-Clay and North Thoresby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Terence F. Aldridge*
(Terry Aldridge) 		684 59.4
Conservative Stephen Keith Lyons 528 45.9
Labour Phillip Martin Smith*
(Phyll Smith) 		449 39.0
Turnout 1,151 28.45
Registered electors 4,060
Independent hold
Conservative gain from Labour

Horncastle

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Horncastle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Martin Avison* unopposed
Independent Sandra Campbell-Wardman* unopposed
Liberal Democrats Fiona Martin* unopposed
Conservative hold
Independent hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Ingoldmells

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Ingoldmells
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Colin John Davie* 242 59.9
Skegness Urban District Society Jason Lawrence Boswell-Larkum
(Jason Boswell) 		162 40.1
Turnout 404 24.61
Registered electors 1,662
Conservative hold

Legbourne

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Legbourne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Adam Grist* 415 65.9
Labour Hannah Filer 215 34.1
Turnout 630 33.81
Registered electors 1,872
Conservative hold

Mablethorpe

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Mablethorpe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Graham Edward Cullen* 1,159 62.5
Labour Claire Elizabeth Arnold* 909 49.0
Labour Kate Marnoch 857 46.2
Conservative Martin Victor Clark
(Victor Clark) 		692 37.3
Conservative Carl Ian Tebbutt 631 34.0
Turnout 1,854 28.65
Registered electors 6,566
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Marshchapel and Somercotes

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Marshchapel and Somercotes
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Daniel McNally* 717 63.3
Conservative Paul John Rickett* 558 49.2
Labour Freddie William Mossop 374 33.0
Independent Helena Poskitt 185 16.3
Independent Patricia Maureen Midgley 64 5.6
Turnout 1,133 31.05
Registered electors 3,665
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

North Holme

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North Holme
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David James Ernest Hall* 239 49.3
Conservative Kirsty Corbitt 142 29.3
Independent Karen Elizabeth Parsons 104 21.4
Turnout 485 23.21
Registered electors 2,098
Labour hold

Priory and St James'

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Priory and St James'
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Andrew Leonard* 511 51.0
Independent Darren Lee Hobson 464 46.3
Independent Lynne Marie Cooney 360 35.9
Conservative Pauline Frances Watson 258 25.7
Turnout 1,002 27.68
Registered electors 3,641
Independent hold
Independent gain from Labour

The other previous incumbent, Sarah Parkin, had been elected as a Labour councillor in 2019 but left the party later that year and sat as an independent for the rest of her term of office. Seat shown as independent gain from Labour to allow comparison with 2019 results.[7]

Roughton

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Roughton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Gray* unopposed
Conservative hold

Scarborough and Seacroft

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Scarborough and Seacroft
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Richard Edginton*
(Dick Edginton) 		598 43.3
Conservative Stephen Russell Kirk*
(Steve Kirk) 		593 42.9
Skegness Urban District Society Billy Brookes* 539 39.0
Conservative Julie Day Sadler 510 36.9
Labour Paul Collins 462 33.5
Skegness Urban District Society Adrian David Findley 394 28.5
Skegness Urban District Society Robert Michael Walker
(Bob Walker) 		355 25.7
Turnout 1,381 20.32
Registered electors 6,817
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Skegness Urban District Society hold

Sibsey and Stickney

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Sibsey and Stickney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tom Ashton* unopposed
Conservative Neil Jones* unopposed
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Spilsby

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Spilsby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Eleanor Louisa Marsh
(Ellie Marsh) 		250 52.3
Conservative David Michael Mangion* 228 47.7
Turnout 478 21.1
Registered electors 2,289
Independent hold

David Mangion had been elected in 2019 as an independent, but joined the Conservatives in 2020. Seat shown as an independent hold to allow comparison with 2019 results.[8]

St Clement's

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St Clement's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Skegness Urban District Society Mark Vincent Dannatt* 295 36.6
Skegness Urban District Society Richard Cunnington* 290 36.0
Labour Mark Crawford Anderson 276 34.3
Labour Nicholas Gary Bryan Walton
(Nick Walton) 		238 29.6
Conservative Allison Margaret Miller-Ross
(Ally Miller-Ross) 		229 28.4
Conservative Lynn Miller-Ross 218 27.1
Turnout 805 20.2
Registered electors 4,025
Skegness Urban District Society hold
Skegness Urban District Society hold

St Margaret's

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St Margaret's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Samuel William Howard Kemp
(Sam Kemp) 		227 38.1
Labour Hannah Leanne Watkins 201 33.7
Independent Susan Jean Crew
(Sue Crew) 		168 28.2
Turnout 596 29.59
Registered electors 2,028
Conservative hold

St Mary's

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St Mary's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Gillian Mary Makinson-Sanders*
(Jill Makinson-Sanders) 		581 84.9
Conservative Stuart Watson 69 10.1
Independent Maurice Bellwood 34 5.0
Turnout 684 36.81
Registered electors 1,861
Independent hold

St Michael's

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St Michael's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent George Edward Horton* 379 70.2
Labour Laura Marie Stephenson 161 29.8
Turnout 540 29.65
Registered electors 1,828
Independent hold

Sutton on Sea

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Sutton on Sea
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Robert William Watson 1,048 67.3
Independent Stefanie Le Ann Bristow
(Stef Bristow) 		654 42.0
Conservative Adrian Victor Benjamin* 403 25.9
Conservative Helen Angela Matthews* 399 25.6
Turnout 1,558 40.62
Registered electors 3,845
Green gain from Conservative
Independent gain from Conservative

Tetford and Donington

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Tetford and Donington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Daniel Anthony Simpson 395 49.5
Conservative David George Andrews* 229 28.7
Labour Anthony Charles Cox
(Tony Cox) 		91 11.4
Green Peter Edward Skipworth 83 10.4
Turnout 798 40.11
Registered electors 1,997
Independent gain from Conservative

Tetney

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Tetney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Steven John McMillan*
(Steve McMillan) 		395 75.0
Labour Christopher D. Lyons 132 25.0
Turnout 527 25.9
Registered electors 2,062
Independent hold

Trinity

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Trinity
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rosalind Alice Jackson*
(Ros Jackson) 		249 65.5
Independent Malcolm David Lamb 131 34.5
Turnout 380 20.99
Registered electors 1,810
Labour hold

Wainfleet

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Wainfleet
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Wendy Bowkett* unopposed
Conservative hold

Willoughby with Sloothby

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Willoughby with Sloothby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Stephen William Eyre* 508 82.1
Labour Isaac George Bailey 111 17.9
Turnout 619 31.44
Registered electors 1,991
Independent hold

Winthorpe

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Winthorpe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Carl Stuart Macey 332 40.1
Skegness Urban District Society Daniel Brookes*
(Danny Brookes) 		307 37.1
Conservative Stephen James O'Dare
(Steve O'Dare) 		292 35.3
Skegness Urban District Society Trevor Paul Burnham* 247 29.8
Labour Kevin Evans 163 19.7
Labour Carole Irene Clark 150 18.1
Green Philip William Gaskell
(Phil Gaskell) 		83 10.0
Turnout 828 19.58
Registered electors 4,269
Conservative gain from Skegness Urban District Society
Skegness Urban District Society hold

Withern and Theddlethorpe

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Withern and Theddlethorpe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Travis Stephen Hesketh 461 55.8
Conservative Sandra Diane Harrison* 264 32.0
Labour Stephen Anthony Holland
(Steve Holland) 		101 12.2
Turnout 826 39.68
Registered electors 2,094
Independent gain from Conservative

Woodhall Spa

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Woodhall Spa
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Craig James Leyland* 803 58.9
Conservative Thomas James Kemp* 658 48.3
Independent John Sanderson 479 35.1
Independent Rebecca Louise Shaw
(Becky Shaw) 		294 21.6
Labour Ellen Wright 241 17.7
Turnout 1,363 36.99
Registered electors 3,706
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Wragby

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Wragby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Ruchira Asthana Yarsley
(Ru Yarsley) 		297 47.7
Conservative Julie Angela Platt* 264 42.4
Reform UK Sean Roger Matthews 61 9.8
Turnout 622 30.32
Registered electors 2,071
Independent gain from Conservative

References

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  1. ^ Of the eleven independent councillors prior to the election, eight sat as the "Independents" group led by Jill Makinson-Sanders, one sat with the Liberal Democrat as the "Liberal Democrat/Independent" group and the other two did not belong to a group.[1]
  1. ^ "Political structure of the council". East Lindsey District Council. Archived from the original on 28 March 2023. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  2. ^ Jaines, Daniel (7 April 2023). "Local Elections 2023: A Lincolnshire round-up". The Lincolnite. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Local election results 2023: Three Tory leaders toppled in Lincolnshire". BBC News. 2023-05-05. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
  4. ^ Jaines, Daniel (May 2023). "Focus on smaller communities as East Lindsey leader re-elected". My Local Lincolnshire. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  5. ^ "East Lindsey result - Local Elections 2023". BBC News. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
  6. ^ "District Council Elections". East Lindsey District Council. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  7. ^ Boothroyd, David (6 September 2019). "Eden, Heaven and Fudge". Local Councils. Thorncliffe. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  8. ^ Boothroyd, David (29 May 2020). "Devon knows what happens next". Local Councils. Thorncliffe. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
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