City of Lincoln Council election, 2003
Elections to City of 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
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 |
|
|
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 |
|
|
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 |
|
|
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