City of Lincoln Council elections

One third of the City of Lincoln Council in Lincolnshire, England is elected each year, followed by one year when there is an election to Lincolnshire County Council instead. The council is divided up into 11 wards, electing 33 councillors, since the last boundary changes in 2007.^[1]

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[2]

City of Lincoln Council election, 1973
City of Lincoln Council election, 1976
City of Lincoln Council election, 1979 (New ward boundaries)^[3]
City of Lincoln Council election, 1980
City of Lincoln Council election, 1982 (City boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[4]
City of Lincoln Council election, 1983
City of Lincoln Council election, 1984
City of Lincoln Council election, 1986
City of Lincoln Council election, 1987
City of Lincoln Council election, 1988
City of Lincoln Council election, 1990
City of Lincoln Council election, 1991
City of Lincoln Council election, 1992
City of Lincoln Council election, 1994
City of Lincoln Council election, 1995
City of Lincoln Council election, 1996
City of Lincoln Council election, 1998
City of Lincoln Council election, 1999 (New ward boundaries)^[5]^[6]
City of Lincoln Council election, 2000
City of Lincoln Council election, 2002
City of Lincoln Council election, 2003
City of Lincoln Council election, 2004
City of Lincoln Council election, 2006
City of Lincoln Council election, 2007 (New ward boundaries)^[7]^[8]
City of Lincoln Council election, 2008
City of Lincoln Council election, 2010
City of Lincoln Council election, 2011
City of Lincoln Council election, 2012
City of Lincoln Council election, 2014
City of Lincoln Council election, 2015
City of Lincoln Council election, 2016 (New ward boundaries)^[9]

Park By-Election 2 July 1998
Party		Votes	%	±
	Labour	416	52.1	-28.5
	Conservative	156	19.5	+5.8
	Liberal Democrat	112	14.0	+14.0
	Independent	93	11.7	+11.7
	Green	21	2.6	-3.1
Majority		260	32.6
Turnout		798
	Labour hold	Swing

Boultham By-Election 11 July 2002
Party		Votes	%	±
	Labour	605	52.9	-3.3
	Independent	273	23.9	+5.0
	Conservative	265	23.2	+0.0
Majority		332	29.0
Turnout		1,143	20.5
	Labour hold	Swing

Moorland By-Election 29 June 2006^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Oliver Peeke	640	39.9	-15.9
	Labour	Martin Bushell	569	35.5	-8.7
	BNP	Philip Marshall	254	15.8	+15.8
	Liberal Democrat	John Price	96	6.0	+6.0
	UKIP	Nicholas Smith	46	2.9	+2.9
Majority			71	4.4
Turnout			1,605	28.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

↑ "Election Facts and Figures". City of Lincoln Council. 2007-05-04. Retrieved 2008-04-16.
↑ "Lincoln". BBC News Online. 2009-04-19. Retrieved 2010-05-07.
↑ The City of Lincoln (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978
↑ The Lincoln and North Kesteven (Areas) Order 1982
↑ "Lincoln". BBC Online. Retrieved 2008-04-28.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The City of Lincoln (Electoral Changes) Order 1998. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
↑ "Lincoln". BBC Online. 2007-05-04. Retrieved 2008-04-16.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The City of Lincoln (Electoral Changes) Order 2006. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Lincoln (Electoral Changes) Order 2015. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
↑ "Near-miss for Lib Dems in local byelection". London: guardian.co.uk. 2006-06-30. Retrieved 2009-11-22.

Council elections in Lincolnshire

Former councils

Holland County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 Abolished

Humberside County Council	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 Abolished

Kesteven County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 Abolished

Lindsey County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 Abolished

Boothferry Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 Abolished

Cleethorpes Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 Abolished

Glanford Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 Abolished

Great Grimsby Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 Abolished

Scunthorpe Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 Abolished

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