Boston Borough Council elections
Boston Borough Council in Lincolnshire, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2015, 30 councillors are elected from 15 wards.
Political control
Since the first election to the councils in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[1]
Party in control | Years | |
---|---|---|
No overall control | 1973 - 2007 | |
Boston Bypass Independents | 2007 - 2011 | |
Conservatives | 2011 - 2015 | |
No overall control | 2015 - present |
Council elections
- Boston Borough Council election, 1999 (boundary changes reduced the number of seats by two)[2]
- Boston Borough Council election, 2003
- Boston Borough Council election, 2007
- Boston Borough Council election, 2011
- Boston Borough Council election, 2015 (boundary changes reduced the number of seats by two)[3]
Borough result maps
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2011 results map
By-election results
1995-1999
Swineshead By-Election 27 February 1997 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Independent | 495 | 57.5 | |||
Independent | 142 | 16.5 | |||
Liberal Democrat | 118 | 13.7 | |||
Labour | 106 | 12.3 | |||
Majority | 353 | 41.0 | |||
Turnout | 861 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Kirton By-Election 11 December 1997 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | 363 | 59.0 | |||
Labour | 252 | 41.0 | |||
Majority | 111 | 18.0 | |||
Turnout | 615 | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
West By-Election 2 July 1998 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | 580 | 66.8 | |||
Labour | 288 | 33.2 | |||
Majority | 292 | 33.6 | |||
Turnout | 868 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
1999-2003
Kirton By-Election 17 February 2000 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | 181 | 34.3 | |||
Liberal Democrat | 158 | 30.0 | |||
Independent | 141 | 26.8 | |||
Labour | 47 | 8.9 | |||
Majority | 23 | 4.3 | |||
Turnout | 527 | 19.2 | |||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Pilgrim By-Election 26 October 2000 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | 116 | 43.3 | |||
Labour | 96 | 35.8 | |||
Liberal Democrat | 33 | 12.3 | |||
Independent | 23 | 8.6 | |||
Majority | 20 | 7.5 | |||
Turnout | 268 | 19.8 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
South By-Election 22 February 2001 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | 182 | 38.1 | |||
Labour | 149 | 31.2 | |||
Liberal Democrat | 147 | 30.8 | |||
Majority | 33 | 6.9 | |||
Turnout | 478 | 32.7 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
2003-2007
Staniland South By-Election 1 April 2004 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | 330 | 46.0 | |||
Conservative | 251 | 35.0 | |||
Independent | 137 | 19.1 | |||
Majority | 79 | 11.0 | |||
Turnout | 718 | 26.9 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Fishtoft By-Election 14 July 2005[4] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Michael Gall | 316 | 33.1 | +16.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | Robert Dodson | 310 | 32.5 | +0.9 | |
Conservative | Terence Taylor | 254 | 26.6 | -25.3 | |
UKIP | Don Ransome | 75 | 7.8 | +7.8 | |
Majority | 6 | 0.6 | |||
Turnout | 955 | 20.5 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Kirton By-Election 2 February 2006[5] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | John Rylatt | 505 | 72.8 | +30.5 | |
Labour | Catrina Holstead | 104 | 15.0 | -2.5 | |
Independent | John Fitzgerald | 85 | 12.2 | -28.0 | |
Majority | 401 | 57.8 | |||
Turnout | 694 | 20.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Old Leake & Wrangle By-Election 6 April 2006[6] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Frank Pickett | 366 | 55.2 | -12.8 | |
UKIP | Sue Ransome | 115 | 17.3 | +2.6 | |
Labour | Clive Marshall | 99 | 14.9 | +14.9 | |
Liberal Democrat | Paul Appleby | 83 | 12.5 | +12.5 | |
Majority | 251 | 37.9 | |||
Turnout | 663 | 25.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Fishtoft By-Election 6 July 2006[7] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Raymond Singleton-McGuire | 495 | 44.7 | +6.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | Malcolm Chapman | 428 | 38.7 | -2.1 | |
UKIP | John Flynn | 184 | 16.6 | +16.6 | |
Majority | 67 | 6.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,107 | 23.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
2007-2011
Coastal By-Election 24 July 2008[8] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Raymond Singleton-McGuire | 344 | 30.9 | -1.6 | |
Boston Bypass Independents | David Durrant | 306 | 27.5 | -32.9 | |
Liberal Democrat | Ossy Snell | 213 | 19.1 | +19.1 | |
BNP | David Owens | 119 | 10.7 | +10.7 | |
UKIP | Felicity Ransome | 88 | 7.9 | +0.7 | |
Labour | Pam Imlah | 44 | 3.9 | +3.9 | |
Majority | 38 | 3.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,114 | 37.3 | -4.5 | ||
Conservative gain from Boston Bypass Independents | Swing | ||||
Fenside By-Election 13 November 2008[9] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
BNP | David Owens | 279 | 42.6 | +42.6 | |
Boston Bypass Independents | Carl Smith | 141 | 21.5 | -21.8 | |
Conservative | Paul Mould | 119 | 18.2 | -0.1 | |
Labour | Norman Hart | 69 | 10.5 | -13.2 | |
UKIP | Cyril Wakefield | 24 | 3.7 | -11.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | Gavin Carrington | 23 | 3.5 | +3.5 | |
Majority | 138 | 21.1 | |||
Turnout | 655 | 22.1 | -0.5 | ||
BNP gain from Boston Bypass Independents | Swing | ||||
Kirton By-Election 4 June 2009[10] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Colin Brotherton | 490 | 42.2 | +8.9 | |
Boston Bypass Independents | Carl Smith | 243 | 20.9 | -45.7 | |
UKIP | Sue Ransome | 230 | 19.8 | +19.8 | |
Independent | Frank Martin | 122 | 13.1 | +13.1 | |
Labour | Elizabeth Leonard | 75 | 6.5 | +6.5 | |
Majority | 247 | 21.3 | |||
Turnout | 1,160 | 31.7 | +0.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Pilgrim By-Election 4 June 2009[10] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Myles Larrington | 110 | 32.4 | -16.7 | |
Labour | Paul Kenny | 76 | 22.4 | +13.0 | |
UKIP | Felicity Ransome | 59 | 17.4 | +17.4 | |
Boston Bypass Independents | Trevor Page | 53 | 15.6 | -26.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | Mike Sheridan-Shinn | 42 | 12.4 | +12.4 | |
Majority | 34 | 10.0 | |||
Turnout | 340 | 27.4 | +0.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
2011-2015
Frampton and Holme By-Election 18 October 2012[11] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Independent | Stuart Ashton | 204 | 39.2 | -17.8 | |
Independent | Maggie Peberdy | 139 | 26.7 | -2.2 | |
Conservative | Claire Rylott | 126 | 24.2 | +24.2 | |
UKIP | Sue Ransome | 32 | 6.2 | -7.9 | |
Labour | Mike Sheridan-Shinn | 19 | 3.7 | +3.7 | |
Majority | 65 | 12.5 | |||
Turnout | 520 | 35.6 | -13.2 | ||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Staniland South By-Election 2 May 2013[12] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
UKIP | Bob Mcauley | 376 | 44.4 | +44.4 | |
Labour Co-op | Pam Kenny | 202 | 23.8 | -2.5 | |
Independent | Robert Lauberts | 145 | 17.1 | +17.1 | |
Conservative | Carl Richmond | 124 | 14.6 | -16.3 | |
Majority | 174 | 20.6 | |||
Turnout | 847 | 29.9 | -5.4 | ||
UKIP gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Fenside By-Election 5 September 2013 [13] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
UKIP | Tiggs Keywood-Wainwright | 162 | 39.4 | +39.4 | |
Conservative | Dan Elkington | 87 | 21.2 | +21.2 | |
Liberal Democrat | Alan Taylor | 87 | 21.2 | +11.4 | |
Labour | Ben Cook | 75 | 18.2 | -8.0 | |
Majority | 75 | 18.2 | |||
Turnout | 411 | 13.7 | -11.2 | ||
UKIP gain from English Democrats | Swing | ||||
References
- ↑ "Boston". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
- ↑ "Boston". BBC Online. Retrieved 2008-07-30.
- ↑ "Boston electoral review". Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
- ↑ "Strong swing to Labour in local byelections". guardian.co.uk. 2005-07-15. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
- ↑ "Declaration of result of poll". Boston Borough Council. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
- ↑ "Declaration of result of poll". Boston Borough Council. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
- ↑ "Declaration of result of poll". Boston Borough Council. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
- ↑ "By-Election Result". Boston Borough Council. Retrieved 2008-07-30.
- ↑ "Fenside Ward Result - November 2008". Boston Borough Council. Retrieved 2008-11-14.
- 1 2 "Labour Party wiped off Boston's political map". Lincolnshire Echo. 2009-06-09. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
- ↑ "Frampton and Holme by-election result". Boston Borough Council. Retrieved 2012-10-19.
- ↑ "Staniland South By-Election, Boston Borough Council". Boston Borough Council. Retrieved 2013-05-06.
- ↑ "Fenside Ward - declaration of result of poll Thursday 5 September 2013". Boston Borough Council. Retrieved 2013-09-08.
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