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2023 Boston Borough Council election

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All 30 seats on Boston Borough Council 16 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Anne Dorrian Paul Skinner Party Boston Independent Conservative Independent Last election n/a 16 seats, 45.0% 11 seats, 28.1% Seats before 0 15 13 Seats after 18 5 5 Seat change 18 11 6   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Liberal Democrats Blue Revolution Labour Last election 0 seats, 0.4% 0 seats, 1.9% 2 seats, 19.3% Seats before 0 0 2 Seats after 1 1 0 Seat change 1 1 2
Results by ward
Leader before election Paul Skinner Conservative No overall control Leader after election Anne Dorrian Boston Independent

The 2023 Boston Borough Council election took place on 4 May, 2023, to elect all 30 members of Boston Borough Council in Lincolnshire, England.

Prior to the election the council was under no overall control, being led by a minority Conservative administration with support from some of the independent councillors. Following the results, the council became under the control of local party, Boston Independent, which had only been registered as a party in March 2023. The Conservative leader, Paul Skinner, lost his seat. Boston Independent leader, Anne Dorrian, was appointed as new leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 22 May 2023.

Results summary

2023 Boston Borough Council election

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Boston Independent	18	18	0	18	60.0	41.0	6,208
	Conservative	5	0	11	11	16.7	28.1	4,256
	Independent	5	1	7	6	16.7	15.5	2,353
	Blue Revolution	1	1	0	1	3.3	5.9	901
	Liberal Democrats	1	1	0	1	3.3	4.2	638
	Labour	0	0	2	2	0.0	3.0	455
	Green	0	0	0		0.0	1.4	217
	English Democrat	0	0	0		0.0	0.5	75
	Reform UK	0	0	0		0.0	0.3	43
	UKIP	0	0	1	1	0.0	n/a	n/a

Ward results

The results for each ward were as follows, with an asterisk (*) indicating a sitting councillor standing for re-election:

Coastal

Fenside

Fishtoft

Five Villages

David Brown represented Kirton and Frampton prior to the election. Aaron Spencer had been elected in 2019 as a Conservative but left the party in 2020 and sat as an independent for the remainder of his term, as did the other Conservative elected in 2019, Michael Cooper (who did not stand for re-election). Both seats shown as Conservative hold for comparison with 2019 election.

Kirton and Frampton

Tracey Abbott represented Wyberton prior to the election. Peter Watson had been an independent prior to the election but stood as a Liberal Democrat.

Old Leake and Wrangle

Skirbeck

Anne Dorrian had been an independent in 2019 but stood as a Boston Independent in 2023; seat shown as Boston Independent gain from independent to allow comparison with 2019.

St Thomas'

Staniland

Station

Swineshead and Holland Fen

Trinity

West

Witham

Wyberton

Second seat shown as Boston Independent gain from independent to allow comparison with 2019; the previous incumbent, Tracey Abbott, had been elected as an independent but later joined the Conservatives. She stood for re-election in Kirton and Frampton ward instead of Wyberton in 2023.

References

1. Including one vacant seat at Swineshead and Holland Fen previously held by Conservative councillor Chelcei Sharman prior to her resignation in November 2022.
2. Of the 13 independent councillors before the election, 4 sat as the "Independent 20/20" group, led by Peter Watson (who stood as a Liberal Democrat in 2023), 4 sat as the "Welbourn, Howard and Austin Independents", led by Judith Welbourn, and the other 5 did not belong to any group.

1. Boothroyd, David (25 November 2022). "Lib Dems back on the Island". Local Councils. Thorncliffe. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
2. Jaines, Daniel (April 2023). "Local Elections 2023: Boston borough group leaders' campaign pledges". My Local Lincolnshire.
3. "Boston Independent". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
4. ""I'm off": Three council leaders lose seats in Lincolnshire local elections". The Lincolnite. 2023-05-05. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
5. Jaines, Daniel (22 May 2023). "Independents confirmed as Boston leaders after historic election". The Lincolnite. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
6. "Boston result - Local Elections 2023". BBC News. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
7. "Boston Council Elections 2023". Boston Borough Council. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
8. "Your Councillors". Boston Borough Council. Archived from the original on 6 December 2022. Retrieved 19 November 2023.

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