Lincoln Council election, 2003

Elections to 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

• Labour 27
• Conservative 6

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

• 2003 Lincoln election result
• Ward results

Preceded by Lincoln Council election, 2002

Lincoln local elections

Succeeded by Lincoln Council election, 2004