Lincolnshire Independents
Political party in the United Kingdom
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Lincolnshire Independents is a British political party based in the county of Lincolnshire.[1] 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.[2][3][4]
Lincolnshire Independents | |
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| Leader | Marianne Overton |
| Founded | 18 July 2008 |
| Registered | 19 December 2008 |
| Headquarters | Lincoln, Lincolnshire |
| Ideology | Regionalism |
| Lincolnshire County Council | 1 / 70 |
| House of Commons (Lincolnshire Seats) | 0 / 7 |
| North Kesteven District Council | 8 / 43 |
| West Lindsey District Council | 2 / 36 |
| Website | |
| www | |
Local Government
At the 2009 election, Lincolnshire Independents stood 19 candidates for Lincolnshire County Council of whom four were elected.[5]
In 2013, they increased their representation to eight seats and polled 10.4% of the votes cast county-wide.[6][7]
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.[8]
At the 2017 county council election the party lost all but one of their seats on Lincolnshire County Council: party leader Marianne Overton won the Bassingham & Welbourn division.[9]
Overton retained her seat in the 2021 county council election.[10]
The party also stood a candidate in the 2021 PCC election.[11] He came third with 18,375 votes (10.7%).[12][13]
Marianne Overton has been the Independent Group leader and a vice-chair on the Local Government Association since 2011.[14]
Overton ran as the party's candidate in the 2025 Greater Lincolnshire mayoral election.[15] She came fourth out of six candidates, with 8% of the vote.[16] She was also reelected in the county council election held on the same day.[17]
Parliamentary elections
At the 2010 general election, party leader Marianne Overton stood for Sleaford and North Hykeham.[18] She came fourth with 3,806 votes (6.4%).[19][20] Campaign director Mark Horn, a Conservative Party member for 23 years who resigned as a county councillor in 2008,[21] stood in Grantham and Stamford,[22] receiving 929 votes (1.8%). In Louth and Horncastle, Daniel Simpson gained 576 votes (1.1%).[23]
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%).[24]
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%).[25]
Overton again stood in Sleaford and North Hykeham in the 2019 general election, coming fourth with 3% of the vote.[26]
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.[27][28]