West Lindsey District Council election, 2006

Elections to West Lindsey District Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party lost overall control of the council to no overall control. The Liberal Democrat party took overall control of the council two weeks later after a by-election victory in Lea ward.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

West Lindsey Local Election Result 2006
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrat	6	2	0	+2	50.0	47.1	5,763	-6.6%
	Conservative	6	0	2	-2	50.0	46.3	5,667	+10.6%
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	4.3	528	+4.3%
	Labour	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	185	-4.1%
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	0.8	99	-4.1%

Ward results

Bardney
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Fleetwood	483	67.5	-4.9
	Liberal Democrat	Heather Shore	137	19.1	-8.5
	UKIP	Carol Pearson	96	13.4	+13.4
Majority			346	48.4	+3.6
Turnout			716	46.5	-0.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cherry Willingham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Irmgard Parrott	1,074	79.9	+45.0
	UKIP	Steven Pearson	270	20.1	+20.1
Majority			804	59.8
Turnout			1,344	39.5	-17.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fiskerton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margaret Davidson	414	60.8	+10.9
	Liberal Democrat	Penelope Smith	202	29.7	+3.3
	UKIP	Anthony Pearson	65	9.5	+9.7
Majority			212	31.1	+7.6
Turnout			681	40.8	+7.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Gainsborough East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Melvyn Starkey	760	67.0	+18.7
	Conservative	Jessie Milne	375	33.0	+15.8
Majority			385	34.0	+20.1
Turnout			1,135	23.7	-11.6
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Gainsborough North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Thomas Brown	812	67.1	+29.4
	Conservative	Karen Foreman	302	24.9	+0.8
	UKIP	Gordon Simmonds	97	8.0	+8.0
Majority			510	42.2	+28.6
Turnout			1,211	24.4	-16.7
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Hemswell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Scott Pritchard	477	56.3	+17.7
	Conservative	Colin Wotherspoon	370	43.7	-17.7
Majority			107	12.6
Turnout			847	45.3	+9.6
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Market Rasen
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Adam Duguid	744	52.7	+7.2
	Liberal Democrat	Kenneth Bridger	668	47.3	-7.2
Majority			76	5.4
Turnout			1,412	36.2	+0.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Nettleham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Alfred Frith	1,005	61.1	-3.6
	Conservative	Susan Harland	510	31.0	-4.3
	Labour	Brian Pocknee	130	7.9	+7.9
Majority			495	30.1	+0.7
Turnout			1,645	46.0	-9.4
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Scampton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Heath	527	58.5	-16.7
	Conservative	David Howe	374	41.5	+16.7
Majority			153	17.0	-33.4
Turnout			901	40.2	+2.2
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Thonock
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Lesley Rollings	552	68.1	+40.7
	Conservative	Donald Sweeting	258	31.9	-11.6
Majority			294	36.2	+21.8
Turnout			810	39.1	+5.9
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Waddingham & Spital
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeffrey Summers	421	51.2	+2.9
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Burton-Stepan	302	36.7	+11.6
	Independent	Ernest Coleman	99	12.0	-14.6
Majority			119	14.5	-7.2
Turnout			822	43.6	-2.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wold View
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bernard Theobald	342	47.6	-8.5
	Liberal Democrat	John Connolly	321	44.7	+44.7
	Labour	John Indian	55	7.7	-36.2
Majority			21	2.9	-25.0
Turnout			718	38.9	+11.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

↑ "Lib Dems win control of council". BBC Online. 2006-05-19. Retrieved 2008-04-25.

Council elections in Lincolnshire

Current councils

Lincolnshire County Council	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013

Boston Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

East Lindsey District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

City of Lincoln Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

North East Lincolnshire Council	1995 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

North Kesteven District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

North Lincolnshire Council	1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

South Holland District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

South Kesteven District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

West Lindsey District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Former councils

Holland County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 Abolished

Humberside County Council	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 Abolished

Kesteven County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 Abolished

Lindsey County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 Abolished

Boothferry Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 Abolished

Cleethorpes Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 Abolished

Glanford Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 Abolished

Great Grimsby Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 Abolished

Scunthorpe Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 Abolished

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