East Lindsey District Council elections

East Lindsey District Council in Lincolnshire, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 1999, 60 councillors have been elected from 48 wards.^[1]

Political control

Since the foundation of the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[2]

Party in control	Years
Independent	1973 - 2003
No overall control	2003 - present

Council elections

• East Lindsey District Council election, 1973
• East Lindsey District Council election, 1976
• East Lindsey District Council election, 1979
• East Lindsey District Council election, 1983 (New ward boundaries)^[3]
• East Lindsey District Council election, 1987
• East Lindsey District Council election, 1991
• East Lindsey District Council election, 1995
• East Lindsey District Council election, 1999 (New ward boundaries)^[4][5]
• East Lindsey District Council election, 2003
• East Lindsey District Council election, 2007
• East Lindsey District Council election, 2011
• East Lindsey District Council election, 2015 (New ward boundaries)^[6]

By-election results

1995-1999

North Somercotes By-Election 10 July 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		247	50.4	+3.1
	Independent		174	35.5	-3.6
	Liberal Democrat		69	14.1	+14.1
Majority			73	14.9
Turnout			490	26.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Sibsey By-Election 30 October 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent		190	59.4
	Labour		130	40.6
Majority			60	18.8
Turnout			320	15.0
	Independent hold		Swing

1999-2003

Ludford By-Election 24 June 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		305	48.2
	Independent		147	23.1
	Labour		132	21.0
	Independent		49	7.7
Majority			158	25.1
Turnout			633	39.0

Tetney By-Election 27 June 2002[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		241	62.0
	Liberal Democrat		148	38.0
Majority			93	24.0
Turnout			389	21.0
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Louth St Mary's By-Election 9 January 2003[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rosalie Morrison	243	36.5	-5.2
	Conservative		229	34.4	-23.9
	Liberal Democrat		193	29.0	+29.0
Majority			14	2.1
Turnout			665	40.5
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

2003-2007

Tetford By-Election 14 July 2005[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jacqueline MacKenzie	244	45.8	+7.2
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Shephard	143	26.8	+3.7
	Independent	Giles Crust	77	14.4	-23.9
	Independent	Patrick O'Neill	69	12.9	-25.4
Majority			101	19.0
Turnout			533	30.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Mablethorpe East By-Election 27 April 2006[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony Howard	213	42.9	+10.2
	Conservative	Charles Handley	123	24.8	+24.8
	Liberal Democrat	Helen Parkhurst	114	23.0	-12.9
	UKIP	Christopher Pain	46	9.3	+9.3
Majority			90	18.1
Turnout			496	34.1
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Skegness St Clements By-Election 30 November 2006[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Phil Kemp	356	46.7
	Conservative	Mike Perry	249	32.7
	UKIP	Chrisopher Pain	157	20.6
Majority			107	14.0
Turnout			762	20.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Sutton on Sea South By-Election 30 November 2006[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		273	44.5	+28.1
	Independent		198	32.3	-19.7
	Labour		142	23.2	+23.2
Majority			75	12.2
Turnout			613	31.0
	Liberal Democrat gain from Independent		Swing

2007-2011

Roughton By-Election 7 February 2008[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Jean Hill	383	64.0	+20.6
	Conservative	Michael Clarke	215	36.0	-7.5
Majority			168	28.0
Turnout			598	32.7
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Sibsey By-Election 22 October 2009[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Clarke	unopposed
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

References

1. "Councillors, Parishes and Wards". East Lindsey District Council. Retrieved 2010-04-13.
2. "East Lindsey". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-10-23.
3. The District of East Lindsey (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1979
4. "East Lindsey". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-10-23.
5. legislation.gov.uk - The District of East Lindsey (Electoral Changes) Order 1998. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
6. legislation.gov.uk - The East Lindsey (Electoral Changes) Order 2014. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
7. "East Enders desert BNP". guardian.co.uk. 2002-06-28. Retrieved 2009-10-23.
8. "Labour makes surprise byelection gain". guardian.co.uk. 2003-01-10. Retrieved 2009-10-23.
9. "Strong swing to Labour in local byelections". guardian.co.uk. 2005-07-15. Retrieved 2009-10-23.
10. "Byelection boost for Labour". guardian.co.uk. 2006-04-28. Retrieved 2009-10-23.
11. "Lib Dems gain four seats in council byelections". guardian.co.uk. 2006-12-01. Retrieved 2009-10-23.
12. "Ex-chancellor's brother stands for election; The brother of former Chancellor Ken Clarke is hoping to become a member of Manby-based East Lindsey District Council.". Grimsby Telegraph. 2008-02-06. p. 7.
13. "Statement as to persons nominated" (PDF). East Lindsey District Council. Retrieved 2009-10-23.

• By-election results

External links

• East Lindsey District Council