2025 Greater Lincolnshire mayoral election
Local election in the UK
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The 2025 Greater Lincolnshire mayoral election was held on 1 May 2025 to elect the inaugural mayor of Greater Lincolnshire, on the same day as other local elections across the country.
1 May 2025
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| Registered | 828,613 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 29.9% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Andrea Jenkyns of Reform UK won the election with 42% of the vote, from a turnout of 29.9%.[1][2]
Background
The election covers the entire historic and ceremonial county of Lincolnshire, which is governed by three councils: Lincolnshire County Council, North Lincolnshire Council, and North East Lincolnshire Council. Those councils will remain in place, with some powers being transferred to the new mayor.[3]
Electoral system
The election used the voting system of first past the post to elect the mayor. In this system the candidate with the most votes wins, even if they do not win an overall majority of the vote share. The Electoral Reform Society described the move towards first past the post as one lowering the bar for politicians and thus damaging British democracy.[4]
Candidates
Several individuals either publicly expressed interest or had media speculation about the possibility of them running:
Declared
- Sally Horscroft, parliamentary candidate for Lincoln in 2019 and 2024 (Green Party)[5]
- Dame Andrea Jenkyns, former Conservative MP for Morley and Outwood (Reform UK)[6]
- Marianne Overton, Lincolnshire County councillor and Leader of the Opposition on North Kesteven District Council (Lincolnshire Independents)[7]
- Jason Stockwood, businessman (Labour Party)[8]
- Rob Waltham, leader of North Lincolnshire Council (Conservative Party)[9]
- Trevor Young, leader of West Lindsey District Council (Liberal Democrats)[10]
Opinion polls
| Dates conducted |
Pollster | Client | Sample size |
Ref | Con | Lab | Grn | Ind | LD | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 mayoral election | 1 May 2025 | – | 42.0% | 26.1% | 12.3% | 6.1% | 8.0% | 5.5% | 15.9 | |
| 29–30 Apr | Find Out Now[11] | N/A | 1,312 | 41% | 26% | 12% | 9% | 7% | 4% | 15 |
| 15–23 Apr | More in Common[12] | The Observer | 1,001 | 33% | 30% | 17% | 7% | 8% | 6% | 3 |
| 9–23 Apr | YouGov[13] | N/A | 1,218 | 40% | 25% | 15% | 8% | 7% | 5% | 15 |
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | Andrea Jenkyns | 104,133 | 42.0 | ||
| Conservative | Rob Waltham | 64,585 | 26.1 | ||
| Labour Co-op | Jason Stockwood | 30,384 | 12.3 | ||
| Lincolnshire Independent | Marianne Overton | 19,911 | 8.0 | ||
| Green | Sally Horscroft | 15,040 | 6.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Trevor Young | 13,728 | 5.5 | ||
| Majority | 39,548 | 15.9 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 2,011 | 0.8 | |||
| Turnout | 249,792 | 30.15 | |||
| Registered electors | 828,613 | ||||
| Reform win (new seat) | |||||