West Lindsey local elections

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One third of West Lindsey Council in Lincolnshire, England is elected each year, followed by one year when there is an election to Lincolnshire County Council instead.

The council is divided up into 25 wards, electing 37 councillors, since the last boundary changes in 1999.^[1] By-elections are held for any vacancies that arise between the yearly elections on the first Thursday of May. Victory in a by-election in May 2006 saw the Liberal Democrat party gain control of the council.^[2]

In 2007 an election for the Scotter ward was decided by the toss of a coin after both candidates finished with the same number of votes, resulting in a victory for the Conservative candidate.^[3]

1 Political control
2 Council elections
3 By-election results
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Political control

	Overall control
1973 - 1979	Independent
1979 - 1987	No overall control
1987 - 1988	Liberal Democrat
1988 - 1996	No overall control
1996 - 1998	Liberal Democrat
1998 - 2004	No overall control
2004 - 2006	Conservative
2006 - 2008	Liberal Democrat
2008 -	Conservative

[edit] Council elections

West Lindsey Council election, 1998
West Lindsey Council election, 1999 (whole council elected after boundary changes)^[4]
West Lindsey Council election, 2000
West Lindsey Council election, 2002
West Lindsey Council election, 2003
West Lindsey Council election, 2004
West Lindsey Council election, 2006
West Lindsey Council election, 2007
West Lindsey Council election, 2008

[edit] By-election results

Scampton By-Election 17 July 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		285	58.0
	Conservative		173	35.3
	Labour		33	6.7
Majority			112	22.7
Turnout			491	35.6
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Yarborough By-Election 10 December 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		207	48.1	+0.1
	Conservative		169	39.3	+19.6
	Liberal Democrat		54	12.6	-12.6
Majority			38	8.8
Turnout			430	19.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Cherry Willingham By-Election 13 March 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Adrian Heath	593	55.8	+22.6
	Conservative	Andrew Brylewski	470	44.2	-9.5
Majority			123	11.6
Turnout			1,063	33.3
	Liberal Democrat gain from Independent		Swing

Market Rasen By-Election 19 June 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	David Kitchen	483	44.4	+2.7
	Conservative	Jennifer Norman	347	31.9	-16.6
	Independent	John Semple	258	23.7	+23.7
Majority			136	12.5
Turnout			1,088	28.7
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Lea By-Election 18 May 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Parsons	621	61.4	+27.3
	Conservative	Hugh McDaniel	391	38.6	+19.8
Majority			230	22.8
Turnout			1,012	57.4
	Liberal Democrat gain from Independent		Swing