West Lindsey District Council election, 2000

Elections to West Lindsey District Council were held on 4 May 2000. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Liberal Democrat 16
• Conservative 9
• Independent 9
• Labour 3

Election result

West Lindsey Local Election Result 2000
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrat	7	1	1	0	53.8	51.0	6,101	+4.9%
	Conservative	3	1	2	-1	23.1	36.7	4,385	+8.2%
	Independent	3	1	0	+1	23.1	7.5	893	-4.1%
	Labour	0	0	0	0	0	4.9	584	-8.9%

1 Independent candidate was unopposed.

Ward results

Caistor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Roy Schofield	366	47.2
	Conservative	Derrick Mortimer	305	39.3
	Labour	Robin Barr	82	10.6
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Heathorn	23	3.0
Majority			61	7.9
Turnout			776	31.0
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Cherry Willingham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	George Greenaway	527	56.9
	Liberal Democrat	Stuart Miller	400	43.1
Majority			127	13.8
Turnout			927	30.2	-7.5
	Independent hold		Swing

Dunholme
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Susan Rawlins	390	65.5	+16.8
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Turner	205	34.5	-16.8
Majority			185	31.0
Turnout			595	36.2	-3.9
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Gainsborough East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Tinker	551	76.2
	Conservative	William Morgan	172	23.8
Majority			379	52.4
Turnout			723	16.8	-5.4
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Gainsborough North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Thomas Brown	552	63.3
	Conservative	Sally Jupp	320	36.7
Majority			232	26.6
Turnout			872	17.5	-4.5
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Gainsborough South-West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Trevor Young	407	52.7
	Labour	Brenda Mills	188	24.4
	Conservative	Stephen Beer	177	22.9
Majority			219	28.3
Turnout			772	23.2	-3.6
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Market Rasen
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Gary Fenwick	740	60.6
	Conservative	Alfred Jones	419	34.3
	Labour	Philip Huckin	62	5.1
Majority			321	26.3
Turnout			1,221	33.4	-0.4
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Nettleham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Raymond Sellars	977	64.9
	Conservative	Margaret Davidson	528	35.1
Majority			449	29.8
Turnout			1,505	42.4	-0.8
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Saxilby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	David Cotton	667	54.3
	Conservative	Delyse Silverstone	417	33.9
	Labour	Howard Gillson	145	11.8
Majority			250	20.4
Turnout			1,229	39.1	+7.2
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Scotter
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Parry	742	68.6
	Liberal Democrat	Martin Walker	340	31.4
Majority			402	37.2
Turnout			1,082	32.3	-2.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Reginald Shore	562	71.0
	Conservative	Martin Macpherson-Lawley	229	29.0
Majority			333	42.0
Turnout			791	47.3	+4.4
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Sudbrooke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Stuart Curtis	uncontested
	Independent hold		Swing

Welton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Ireland	686	46.7
	Liberal Democrat	Roger Hiscox	677	46.1
	Labour	Sally Scott	107	7.3
Majority			9	0.6
Turnout			1,470	40.7	+2.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

• "Election results: local councils", The Times 6 May 2000 page 10
• 2000 West Lindsey election result
• Ward results