2023 West Lindsey District Council election

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4 May 2023 (2023-05-04)

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All 36 seats on West Lindsey District Council
19 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Leader	Trevor Young	Owen Bierley
Party	Liberal Democrats	Conservative
Last election	12 seats, 31.4%	19 seats, 44.3%
Seats before	13	16
Seats after	18	14
Seat change	6	5

	Third party	Fourth party

Leader	Christopher Darcel
Party	Lincolnshire Independent	Independent
Last election	2 seats, 5.5%	3 seats, 7.4%
Seats before	2	5
Seats after	2	2
Seat change		1

Map of the results

Leader before election

Owen Bierley
Conservative
No overall control

Leader after election

Trevor Young
Liberal Democrat
No overall control

The 2023 West Lindsey District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of West Lindsey District Council in Lincolnshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections in England.

Prior to the election the council was under no overall control; the Conservatives had won a majority at the previous election in 2019 but had lost their majority during 2021 as a result of changes of allegiance. The council was therefore being run by a administration comprising the Conservatives and three of the independent councillors.

Following the election the Liberal Democrats won exactly half the seats on the council. The Liberal Democrats formed an administration with the support of one of the independent councillors, with Liberal Democrat leader Trevor Young being appointed leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 22 May 2023.

Results summary

West Lindsey election result.

West Lindsey District Council Election Result 2023
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %
Liberal Democrats	18	9	3	6	50.0	47.0
Conservative	14	3	8	5	38.9	37.0
Independent	2	1	2	1	5.5	5.0
Lincolnshire Independent	2	1	1		5.5	4.0
Labour	0	0	0		0.0	4.0
Green	0	0	0		0.0	2.0
Reform UK	0	0	0		0.0	1.0
TUSC	0	0	0		0.0	<1.0
Liberal	0	0	0		0.0	<1.0

Ward Results

West Lindsey District Council election results.

Incumbent councillors are denoted by an asterisk (*).

Bardney

Bardney (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Fleetwood*	439	60.9	−5.2
	Green	Vicky Pearson	149	20.7	New
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Kenyon	73	10.1	New
	Liberal	Charles Shaw	60	8.3	−4.4
Majority			290	40	−5
Turnout			721	35	0
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Caistor and Yarborough

Caistor and Yarborough (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Owen Bierley*	726	58.5	−5.1
	Conservative	Angela Lawrence*	699	56.3	−9.4
	Liberal Democrats	June Clark	469	37.8	New
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Panter	411	33.1	New
Turnout			1,241	28	−5
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Cherry Willingham

Cherry Willingham (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Lincolnshire Independent	Chris Darcel*	918	48.8	−10.4
	Conservative	Trevor Bridgwood	741	39.4	+4.0
	Conservative	Maureen Palmer	740	39.3	+8.9
	Liberal Democrats	Emily Morris	675	35.9	New
	Liberal Democrats	James Plastow	524	27.9	New
	Liberal Democrats	James Ward	505	26.8	New
	Conservative	Glen Thompson	491	26.1	−3.2
Turnout			1,891	30	−2
	Lincolnshire Independent hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative gain from Lincolnshire Independent

Dunholme and Welton

Dunholme and Welton (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Swift	1,038	46.9	+13.1
	Liberal Democrats	Sabastian Hague	909	41.1	*New*
	Independent	Di Rodgers*	906	41.0	−15.4
	Conservative	Caralyne Grimble*	788	35.6	+1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Freddie Easters	754	34.1	New
	Conservative	Craig Seal	705	31.9	−9.5
	Conservative	Emily Sharman	670	30.3	−1.1
Turnout			2,229	33	+1
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
	Independent hold

Gainsborough East

Gainsborough East (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Matt Boles**	534	64.3	+34.4
	Liberal Democrats	Dave Dobbie*	397	47.8	+15.1
	Liberal Democrats	Jacob Flear	382	46.0	+23.2
	Independent	Mick Devine*	186	22.4	−8.8
	Labour	Perry Smith	161	19.4	+0.9
	Independent	Tim Davies*	154	18.6	−16.6
	Conservative	Andrew Burge	130	15.7	+0.5
	Conservative	Ken Downey	110	13.3	−0.8
	TUSC	Michael Hancock	68	8.2	New
Turnout			835	16	0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent

Matthew Boles represented the Gainsborough North ward from 2015 to 2023.

Gainsborough North

Gainsborough North (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jim Snee*	622	51.5	+9.3
	Lincolnshire Independent	Paul Key	585	48.4	*New*
	Liberal Democrats	Mandy Snee**	555	45.9	−0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Sean Brennan	503	41.6	+7.6
	Green	Nigel Bowler	341	28.2	New
	Conservative	Hugh McDaniel	226	18.7	−5.5
Turnout			1,212	23	−1
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Lincolnshire Independent gain from Liberal Democrats
	Liberal Democrats hold

Mandy Snee represented the Scotter and Blyton ward from 2019 to 2023.

Gainsborough South West

Gainsborough South West (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor Young*	551	68.3	+10.3
	Liberal Democrats	Jeanette McGhee	477	59.1	+0.5
	Labour	Harry Eddowes	122	15.1	−2.8
	Independent	Richard Craig	108	13.4	New
	Conservative	Vicki Woodward	102	12.6	+4.8
	Reform UK	Stuart Morley	69	8.6	New
Turnout			810	21	−2
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Hemswell

Hemswell (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Paul Howitt-Cowan	307	45.8	−20.3
	Conservative	Richard Butroid	212	31.6	−34.5
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Barstow	151	22.5	−11.4
Majority			95	14	N/A
Turnout			670	32	+2
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing	N/A

Kelsey Wold

Kelsey Wold (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Morris	*Unopposed*
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lea

Lea (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Emma Bailey	356	51.4	*New*
	Conservative	Jessie Milne*	337	48.6	−19.2
Majority			19	2	N/A
Turnout			693	39	+1
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	N/A

Market Rasen

Market Rasen (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Bunney*	1,539	69.0	+21.8
	Liberal Democrats	Eve Bennett	1,041	46.7	+11.8
	Liberal Democrats	Moira Westley	859	38.5	+5.2
	Conservative	John McNeil*	693	31.1	−9.9
	Conservative	Laura Ashby	623	27.9	−13.0
	Conservative	Rachel Bridgwood	561	25.2	−13.9
	Labour	Colin Saywell	341	15.3	+3.3
	Labour	Katie Vause	332	14.9	+3.8
Turnout			2,239	34	+1
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Nettleham

Nettleham (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Barrett	641	43.0	+3.0
	Conservative	Frazer Brown	593	39.7	−10.5
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Hladun	475	31.8	−18.1
	Labour	Jess McGuire	409	27.4	New
	Liberal Democrats	Heather Shore	295	19.8	−26.0
	Green	Christine Johnson	273	18.3	New
	Reform UK	Jane Smith	62	4.2	New
	Reform UK	Alexander Cambo	54	3.6	New
Turnout			1,496	41	+13
	Conservative hold
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Saxilby

Saxilby (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jackie Brockway*	1,055	69.5	+15.1
	Conservative	Paul Lee	851	56.1	+22.9
	Liberal Democrats	Lorraine Young	475	31.3	−4.6
	Liberal Democrats	John Rollings	462	30.5	New
Turnout			1,529	32	−3
	Conservative hold
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Scampton

Scampton (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Patterson*	298	37.2	+37.2
	Labour	Giles Sullivan	294	36.7	New
	Liberal Democrats	Nathan Berger	111	13.8	New
	Reform UK	Nick Smith	99	12.3	New
Majority			4	0	N/A
Turnout			802	38	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Scotter and Blyton

Scotter and Blyton (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Lesley Rollings*	1,037	57.7	+2.4
	Liberal Democrats	Liz Clews*	970	54.0	+1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Carless	884	49.2	+2.9
	Conservative	Sheila Bibb	595	33.1	−8.5
	Conservative	Lynne Blakelock	531	29.5	−11.6
	Reform UK	Christine Allison	288	16.0	New
	Independent	Kenneth Woolley	262	14.6	−26.5
Turnout			1,808	30	+1
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Stow

Stow (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Lynda Mullally	387	57.9	*New*
	Conservative	Tracey Coulson*	281	42.1	+42.1
Majority			106	16	N/A
Turnout			668	34	N/A
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	N/A

Sudbrooke

Sudbrooke (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Baptiste Velan	370	51.6	*New*
	Conservative	Anne Welburn**	347	48.4	+48.4
Majority			23	4	N/A
Turnout			717	34	N/A
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	N/A

Anne Welburn represented the Cherry Willingham ward from 2008 to 2023.

Torksey

Torksey (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Pilgrim	438	48.6	−10.0
	Liberal Democrats	Noel Mullally	304	33.7	−7.4
	Labour	Thomas Cox	159	17.6	New
Majority			134	15	−3
Turnout			901	38	+3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Waddingham and Spital

Waddingham and Spital (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Duguid	375	58.3	−10.5
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Taylor	268	41.7	+10.5
Majority			107	16	−22
Turnout			643	32	−5
	Conservative hold		Swing	11

Wold View

Wold View (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tom Smith	342	55.9	+55.9
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Levison	270	44.1	New
Majority			72	12	N/A
Turnout			612	31	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

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"Election results for Gainsborough South West". West Lindsey District Council. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
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