2003 City of Lincoln Council election

2003 City of Lincoln Council election^[1]^[2]^[3]
← 2002 1 May 2003 2004 →
11 of the 33 seats to City of Lincoln Council; 17 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the results of the 2003 Lincoln City Council elections by ward. Red shows Labour seats and blue shows Conservative seats.
Council control before election; Labour;	Council control after election ; Labour;

Elections to City of Lincoln Council in Lincolnshire, England, were held on 1 May 2003. One third of the Council was up for election and the Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.

Quick facts 11 of the 33 seats to City of Lincoln Council 17 seats needed for a majority, First party ...

Close

A trial took place for all postal voting leading to turnout increasing from 26% in 2002 to 47% in this election.^[4]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Labour 27
Conservative 6

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	Seats	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	11	100	51.5	14,382	5.1
Conservative	0	0	35.8	10,005	2.3
Lincoln Independent Alliance	0	0	5.2	1,455	4.7
Liberal Democrats	0	0	2.9	812	1.5
Green	0	0	2.4	657	1.2
Independent	0	0	2.2	613	2.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Kathleen Brothwell	1,011	50.4
	Conservative	David Bellamy	641	32.0
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Shaw	353	17.6
Majority			370	18.4
Turnout			2,005	46.2%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Stephen Allnutt	1,100	45.2
	Conservative	Frank Martin	801	32.9
	Lincoln Independent Alliance	Richard Hall	532	21.9
Majority			299	12.3
Turnout			2,433	46.3%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Richard Coupland	1,346	53.6
	Independent	Malcolm Skeels	613	24.4
	Conservative	John Woolf	550	21.9
Majority			733	29.2
Turnout			2,509	46.8%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Bud Robinson	1,628	52.5
	Conservative	Paul Grice	1,473	47.5
Majority			155	5.0
Turnout			3,101	50.8%
	Labour hold

2003 City of Lincoln Council election

Election result

Ward results

Abbey

Birchwood

Boultham

Bracebridge

Carholme

Castle

Glebe

Hartsholme

Minster

Moorland

Park

References

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Karen Lee	970	42.0
	Conservative	Ann Duguid	584	25.3
	Liberal Democrats	Phillip Mappin	459	19.9
	Green	Nicola Watson	299	12.9
Majority			386	16.7
Turnout			2,312	45.5%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Anthony Morgan	1,470	66.2
	Conservative	Michael Reeve	749	33.8
Majority			721	32.4
Turnout			2,219	47.7%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Richard Metcalfe	1,254	44.0
	Lincoln Independent Alliance	George Spencer	923	32.4
	Conservative	Marion Mellows	670	23.5
Majority			331	11.6
Turnout			2,847	48.8%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Christopher Grimshaw	1,563	51.4
	Conservative	Philip Hubbard	1,477	48.6
Majority			86	2.8
Turnout			3,070	46.7%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Morris Cookson	1,336	50.4
	Conservative	Anthony Calvert	1,313	49.6
Majority			23	0.8
Turnout			2,649	51.6%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Geoffrey Ellis	1,638	58.6
	Conservative	Duncan Fraser	1,157	41.4
Majority			481	17.2
Turnout			2,795	51.0%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David Jackson	1,066	52.9
	Conservative	Barry Briggs	590	29.3
	Green	Kenneth Yates	358	17.8
Majority			576	23.6
Turnout			2,014	39.1%
	Labour hold