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Political party in the United Kingdom
Lincolnshire Independents
LeaderMarianne Overton
Founded18 July 2008; 16 years ago (2008-07-18)
Registered19 December 2008 (2008-12-19)
HeadquartersLincoln, Lincolnshire
IdeologyRegionalism
Lincolnshire County Council1 / 70
House of Commons
(Lincolnshire Seats)		0 / 7
North Kesteven District Council10 / 43
West Lindsey District Council2 / 36
Website
www.lincolnshireindependents.org.uk

Lincolnshire Independents is a British political party based in the county of Lincolnshire. It was founded in July 2008 with the aim of re-aligning the "stagnant" politics of Lincolnshire, which had been largely dominated by the Conservative Party for decades.

Local Government

At the 2009 election, Lincolnshire Independents stood 19 candidates for Lincolnshire County Council of whom four were elected.

In 2013, they increased their representation to eight seats and polled 10.4% of the votes cast county-wide.

In the 2016 police and crime commissioner elections the party stood a candidate for the Lincolnshire area, attaining 18,497 votes or approximately 16.52% of the vote.

At the 2017 county council election the party lost all but one of their seats on Lincolnshire County Council: party leader Marianne Overton MBE won the Bassingham & Welbourn division.

Overton retained her seat in the 2021 county council election.

Marianne Overton has been the Independent Group leader and a vice-chair on the Local Government Association since 2011.

Parliamentary elections

At the 2010 general election, party leader Marianne Overton stood for Sleaford and North Hykeham. She came fourth with 3,806 votes (6.4%). Campaign director Mark Horn, a Conservative Party member for 23 years who resigned as a county councillor in 2008, stood in Grantham and Stamford, receiving 929 votes (1.8%). In Louth and Horncastle, Daniel Simpson gained 576 votes (1.1%).

At the 2015 general election, Overton stood again in Sleaford & North Hykeham, coming fifth with 3,233 votes (5.2%). Jan Hansen stood in Grantham and Stamford, receiving 724 votes (1.3%) and Simpson stood again in Louth and Horncastle, polling 659 votes (1.3%). Additionally, Chris Darcel stood in Gainsborough, where he polled 505 votes (1%), and Helen Powell stood in Lincoln, where she received 286 votes (0.6%).

Overton stood in Sleaford and North Hykeham for a third time in the December 2016 by-election. She came fifth, with 2,892 votes (8.8%).

Overton again stood in Sleaford and North Hykeham in the 2019 general election, coming fourth with 3% of the vote.

The party ran in two constituencies in the 2024 general election: Grantham and Bourne, where they came seventh with 2.7% of the vote, and Sleaford and North Hykeham, where they came fourth with 6.2% of the vote.

See also

References

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  2. "Lincolnshire Independents – Lincolnshire First! A New Political Force in Lincolnshire". Cllr Mrs Marianne Overton's blog. Marianne Overton. 5 September 2008. Archived from the original on 16 July 2010. Retrieved 28 October 2009.
  3. Montgomery, Patricia (12 November 2009). "Lincolnshire Independents, A New Political Force in Lincolnshire". LincsMag. Retrieved 27 February 2010.
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  5. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2009 - Lincolnshire". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  6. "Final results for the Lincolnshire County Council elections 2013". www.lincolnshire.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
  7. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2013 - Lincolnshire". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
  8. "Lincolnshire PCC 2016 election: Conservative Marc Jones elected as police and crime commissioner". BBC News. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  9. Banks, Barnaby. "Elections". Lincolnshire County Council. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  10. Banks, Barnaby. "Elections results 2021". Lincolnshire County Council. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  11. "Governance - chair and vice-chairs". LGA. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  12. "Four-way election race to be Hogg's successor". Lincolnshire Echo. 15 March 2010. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 16 March 2010.
  13. "Going head-to-head for the hottest seat in town". Lincolnshire Echo. 14 April 2010. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
  14. "Breaking news - Conservative landslide win in Sleaford and North Hykeham". Sleaford Standard. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
  15. "Independent candidate admits being beaten by the 'big three'". Sleaford Standard. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
  16. "Maverick Mark determined to change way county is run". Bourne Local. 8 August 2008. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
  17. Williams, Annabelle (28 April 2010). "Interview: Lincolnshire Independents". Total Politics. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
  18. Browne, Duncan (7 May 2010). "BREAKING NEWS: Sir Peter Tapsell re-elected as Louth and Horncastle MP". Horncastle News. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
  19. "Election 2015 - BBC News". www.bbc.com. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  20. "Conservatives hold Sleaford as Labour pushed into fourth". BBC News. 9 December 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  21. "Sleaford & North Hykeham parliamentary constituency - Election 2019 - BBC News". Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  22. "Grantham and Bourne - General election results 2024". BBC News. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  23. "Sleaford and North Hykeham - General election results 2024". BBC News. Retrieved 6 July 2024.

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