2024 City of Lincoln Council election

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2024 City of Lincoln Council election

 2023 2 May 2024 2026 

11 of the 33 seats to City of Lincoln Council
17 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Leader Ric Metcalfe Thomas Dyer Clare Smalley
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Last election 20 9 4
Seats won 8 1 2
Seats after 23 5 5
Seat change Increase 3 Decrease 4 Increase 1
Popular vote 8,196 3,853 3,314
Percentage 45.0% 21.1% 18.2%
Swing Decrease 4.2% Decrease 4.7% Increase 1.5%

Map showing the results of the 2024 Lincoln City Council elections by ward. Red shows Labour, blue shows the Conservatives and orange shows the Liberal Democrats.

Leader before election

Ric Metcalfe
Labour

Leader after election

Naomi Tweddle
Labour

The 2024 City of Lincoln Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 2024 to elect 11 of the 33 members of City of Lincoln Council, being the usual third of the council. It took place on the same day as other local elections in the United Kingdom.[1]

The council remained under Labour majority control at this election, with the party increasing their majority.[2] The leader of the council prior to the election, Ric Metcalfe, did not stand for re-election. After the election Labour chose Naomi Tweddle to be their new group leader. She was formally appointed as leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 14 May 2024.[3]

Pre-election composition

Pre-Election Composition
20
9
4
Party Seats
Labour 20
Conservative 9
Liberal Democrat 4

Councillors standing down

Councillor Ward First elected Party Date announced
Ric Metcalfe Glebe 1982 Labour 16 January 2024[4]

Results summary

2024 Lincoln City Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Labour 8 Increase 3 72.7 15 23 69.7 8,196 45.0 -4.2
  Conservative 1 Decrease 4 9.1 4 5 15.2 3,853 21.1 -4.7
  Liberal Democrats 2 Increase 1 18.2 3 5 15.2 3,314 18.2 +1.5
  Reform UK 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 1470 8.1 +5.8
  Green 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 985 5.4 +1.0
  Party of Women 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 167 0.9 New
  Lincolnshire Independent 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 140 0.8 New
  TUSC 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 73 0.4 0.0
  Liberal 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 26 0.1 0.0

Ward results

See also

References

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