2004 West Lindsey District Council election

(Redirected from 2004 West Lindsey Council election) 2004 UK local government election

Elections to West Lindsey District Council were held on 10 June 2004. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

West Lindsey Local Election Result 2004
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Liberal Democrats	9	1	0	+1	69.2	53.7	10,412	+27.1%
Conservative	4	2	1	+1	30.8	35.7	6,928	-2.3%
Labour	0	0	0	0	0	5.6	1,084	-8.6%
Independent	0	0	2	-2	0	4.9	959	-15.9%

One Conservative candidate was unopposed.

Ward results

Caistor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Angela Lawrence	705	61.5	+29.6
	Independent	Norman Hancock	441	38.5	−21.3
Majority			264	23.0	−4.9
Turnout			1,146	44.7	+7.6
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Cherry Willingham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian Heath	1,209	65.1	+31.9
	Conservative	Keith Deeley	649	34.9	−18.8
Majority			560	30.2	+9.7
Turnout			1,858	56.5	+14.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Dunholme
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Susan Rawlins	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Gainsborough East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Tinker	774	48.3	−25.3
	Labour	Deborah Rose	551	34.4	+34.4
	Conservative	Marc Bratcher	276	17.2	−9.2
Majority			223	13.9	−33.3
Turnout			1,601	35.3	+17.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Gainsborough North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	James Snee	765	37.7	+6.8
	Conservative	Paul Howitt-Cowan	489	24.1	−18.6
	Independent	Harry Clarke	417	20.6	+20.6
	Labour	John Indian	356	17.6	−8.8
Majority			276	13.6
Turnout			2,027	41.1	+15.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Gainsborough South-West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor Young	690	58.0	−6.9
	Conservative	Donald Sweeting	221	18.6	+6.9
	Labour	Catherine Dobson	177	14.9	+14.9
	Independent	William Gabbott	101	8.5	−14.9
Majority			469	39.4	−2.1
Turnout			1,189	35.7	+10.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Market Rasen
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Kitchen	927	54.5	+12.8
	Conservative	Carol Skye	774	45.5	−3.0
Majority			153	9.0	+2.2
Turnout			1,701	35.7	+4.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Nettleham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Leaning	1,278	64.7	+64.7
	Conservative	Kenneth Davidson	696	35.3	+10.1
Majority			582	29.4	−20.2
Turnout			1,974	55.4	+19.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Saxilby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Cotton	1,506	76.8	+76.8
	Conservative	William Morgan	455	23.2	−27.5
Majority			1,051	53.6
Turnout			1,961	50.9	+22.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Scotter
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Parry	850	54.2	−20.1
	Liberal Democrats	Triloki Mehrota	719	45.8	+20.1
Majority			131	8.4	−40.2
Turnout			1,569	46.1	+9.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Reginald Shore	810	78.2	+7.2
	Conservative	Stephen Beer	226	21.8	−7.2
Majority			584	56.4	+14.4
Turnout			1,036	56.5	+9.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Sudbrooke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Stuart Curtis	656	57.5
	Liberal Democrats	Roy Harris	484	42.5
Majority			172	15.0
Turnout			1,140	56.0
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Welton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Hiscox	1,250	57.3	+57.3
	Conservative	Charles Ireland	931	42.7	+42.7
Majority			319	14.6
Turnout			2,181	52.9	+19.3
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

References

Council elections in Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire County Council

Boston Borough Council

East Lindsey District Council

City of Lincoln Council

North East Lincolnshire Council

North Kesteven District Council

North Lincolnshire Council

South Holland District Council

South Kesteven District Council

West Lindsey District Council

Mayor of Greater Lincolnshire

2025

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 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 Abolished
Scunthorpe Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 Abolished

See also: Wards
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