East Lindsey council election, 2023

04/05/2023 · 29 wards · 42 seats contested

Most seats
16
Conservative and Unionist Party
Seats contested
42
across 29 wards
Turnout
28.9%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party 16 -10 13,260 38.4% -10.9
Independent 14 +3 9,043 26.2% +10.4
Labour Party 6 +0 7,950 23.0% +0.2
Skegness urban district society 5 -1 2,872 8.3% -1.0
Green Party 1 +1 1,369 4.0% —
Reform UK 0 +0 61 0.2% —
Liberal Democrats 0 -1 0 — —

Changes are against the previous council election on 02/05/2019. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 42
Conservative and Unionist Party 34
Independent 27
Labour Party 25
Skegness urban district society 9
Green Party 4
Reform UK 1

A party standing a full slate could field 42 candidates, one per seat.

Results by ward

Share is each candidate's share of ballots cast in the ward. Change compares each party's lead candidate with the ward's previous contest. Bold rows are elected candidates.

Alford 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Sarah Devereux Elected 510 55.0% -30.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Graham Anthony Marsh Elected 365 39.4% —
Independent Alan Vassar 316 34.1% —
Labour Party Ed Green 219 23.6% -15.6
Labour Party Cameron Joshua Marnoch 185 20.0% —
Majority49
Turnout25.0%
Registered electors3,815
Ballots cast927

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Binbrook

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Richard Geoffrey Fry Elected 415 67.2% -10.3
Labour Party Jake Croft 203 32.8% +10.3
Majority212
Turnout32.0%
Registered electors1,988
Ballots cast618

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Burgh le Marsh

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Skegness urban district society Jimmy Brookes Elected 283 48.3% -12.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Susan Anita Jane Blackburn 156 26.6% -12.4
Independent Neil Douglas Luther Cooper 147 25.1% —
Majority127
Turnout28.0%
Registered electors2,102
Ballots cast586

Skegness urban district society hold

Chapel St Leonards 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Stephen Anthony Evans Elected 486 47.1% -14.9
Labour Party Roger Alan Dawson Elected 443 43.0% —
Independent Graham John Fisher 408 39.6% +1.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Dilys Carolyn Jenkinson 356 34.5% —
Majority35
Turnout26.0%
Registered electors3,918
Ballots cast1,031

Conservative and Unionist Party hold · Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Friskney

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Carleen Dickinson Elected 249 60.0% +6.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Carl Drury 166 40.0% +4.6
Majority83
Turnout24.0%
Registered electors1,784
Ballots cast415

Independent hold

Grimoldby

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Terry Knowles Elected 346 73.9% -1.3
Labour Party David Richard Hoyles 122 26.1% +1.3
Majority224
Turnout26.0%
Registered electors1,855
Ballots cast468

Independent hold

Hagworthingham

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Will Grover Elected 317 48.7% -30.8
Independent David Powell 179 27.5% —
Green Party Paul Fisher 155 23.8% —
Majority138
Turnout34.0%
Registered electors1,930
Ballots cast651

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Holton-le-Clay & North Thoresby 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Terry Aldridge Elected 684 59.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Stephen Keith Lyons Elected 528 45.9% —
Labour Party Phyll Smith 449 39.0% —
Majority79
Turnout28.0%
Registered electors4,060
Ballots cast1,151

Ingoldmells

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Colin John Davie Elected 242 59.6% +10.5
Skegness urban district society Jason Boswell 162 39.9% +5.9
Majority80
Turnout25.0%
Registered electors1,662
Ballots cast406

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Legbourne

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Adam Grist Elected 415 65.9% -13.4
Labour Party Hannah Filer 215 34.1% +13.4
Majority200
Turnout34.0%
Registered electors1,872
Ballots cast630

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Mablethorpe 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Graham Edward Cullen Elected 1,159 62.5% -7.1
Labour Party Claire Arnold Elected 909 49.0% —
Labour Party Kate Marnoch Elected 857 46.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Victor Clark 692 37.3% -8.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Carl Ian Tebbutt 631 34.0% —
Majority165
Turnout29.0%
Registered electors6,566
Ballots cast1,854

Labour Party hold

Marshchapel & Somercotes 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Daniel McNally Elected 717 63.3% -15.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Paul John Rickett Elected 558 49.2% —
Labour Party Freddie William Mossop 374 33.0% +12.9
Independent Helena Marie Poskitt 185 16.3% -31.2
Independent Patricia Maureen Midgley 64 5.6% —
Majority184
Turnout31.0%
Registered electors3,665
Ballots cast1,133

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

North Holme

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party David James Ernest Hall Elected 239 49.2% +6.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Kirsty Corbitt 142 29.2% -9.4
Independent Karen Elizabeth Parsons 104 21.4% +2.7
Majority97
Turnout23.0%
Registered electors2,096
Ballots cast486

Labour Party hold

Priory & St James' 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Andrew Leonard Elected 511 51.0% -20.4
Independent Darren Lee Hobson Elected 464 46.3% —
Independent Lynne Cooney 360 35.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Pauline Frances Watson 258 25.7% -19.7
Majority104
Turnout28.0%
Registered electors3,641
Ballots cast1,002

Independent gain from Labour Party · Independent hold

Scarbrough & Seacroft 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Dick Edginton Elected 598 43.3% -4.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Steve Kirk Elected 593 42.9% —
Skegness urban district society Billy Brookes Elected 539 39.0% -8.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Julie Sadler 510 36.9% —
Labour Party Paul Collins 462 33.5% +7.3
Skegness urban district society Adrian Findley 394 28.5% —
Skegness urban district society Bob Walker 355 25.7% —
Majority29
Turnout20.0%
Registered electors6,817
Ballots cast1,381

Conservative and Unionist Party hold · Skegness urban district society hold

Spilsby

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Ellie Marsh Elected 250 52.3% +0.0
Conservative and Unionist Party David Mangion 228 47.7% +13.2
Majority22
Turnout21.0%
Registered electors2,289
Ballots cast478

Independent hold

St Clement's 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Skegness urban district society Mark Vincent Dannatt Elected 295 36.6% -8.6
Skegness urban district society Richard Cunnington Elected 290 36.0% —
Labour Party Mark Crawford Anderson 276 34.3% +10.5
Labour Party Nick Walton 238 29.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Ally Miller-Ross 229 28.4% -7.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Lynn Miller-Ross 218 27.1% —
Majority14
Turnout20.0%
Registered electors4,025
Ballots cast805

Skegness urban district society hold

St Margaret's

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Sam Kemp Elected 227 38.1% -12.8
Labour Party Hannah Leanne Watkins 201 33.7% +4.6
Independent Sue Crew 168 28.2% +8.2
Majority26
Turnout30.0%
Registered electors2,028
Ballots cast596

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

St Mary's

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Jill Makinson-Sanders Elected 581 84.9% -8.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Stuart Watson 69 10.1% —
Independent Maurice Bellwood 34 5.0% —
Majority512
Turnout37.0%
Registered electors1,861
Ballots cast684

Independent hold

St Michael's

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent George Edward Horton Elected 379 70.2% +2.0
Labour Party Laura Stephenson 161 29.8% -2.0
Majority218
Turnout30.0%
Registered electors1,828
Ballots cast540

Independent hold

Sutton on Sea 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Robert William Watson Elected 1,048 67.3% —
Independent Stef Bristow Elected 654 42.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Adrian Victor Benjamin 403 25.9% -56.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Helen Angela Matthews 399 25.6% —
Majority251
Turnout41.0%
Registered electors3,845
Ballots cast1,558

Green Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Independent gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Tetford & Donington

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Daniel Anthony Simpson Elected 395 49.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party David George Andrews 229 28.7% -26.8
Labour Party Tony Cox 91 11.4% +1.1
Green Party Peter Edward Skipworth 83 10.4% —
Majority166
Turnout40.0%
Registered electors1,997
Ballots cast798

Independent gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Tetney

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Steve McMillian Elected 395 75.0% +38.9
Labour Party Christopher Lyons 132 25.0% +16.1
Majority263
Turnout26.0%
Registered electors2,062
Ballots cast527

Independent hold

Trinity

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Ros Jackson Elected 249 65.5% +10.1
Independent Malcolm David Lamb 131 34.5% +6.7
Majority118
Turnout21.0%
Registered electors1,810
Ballots cast380

Labour Party hold

Willoughby with Sloothby

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Stephen William Eyre Elected 508 81.9% +19.1
Labour Party Isaac George Bailey 111 17.9% +9.6
Majority397
Turnout31.0%
Registered electors1,991
Ballots cast620

Independent hold

Winthorpe 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Carl Stuart Macey Elected 332 40.1% +4.8
Skegness urban district society Danny Brookes Elected 307 37.1% -18.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Steve O'Dare 292 35.3% —
Skegness urban district society Trevor Burnham 247 29.8% —
Labour Party Kevin Evans 163 19.7% -4.6
Labour Party Carole Irene Clark 150 18.1% —
Green Party Phil Gaskell 83 10.0% —
Majority15
Turnout20.0%
Registered electors4,269
Ballots cast828

Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Skegness urban district society · Skegness urban district society hold

Withern & Theddlethorpe

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Travis Stephen Hesketh Elected 461 55.8% +27.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Sandra Diane Harrison 254 30.8% -31.4
Labour Party Steve Holland 101 12.2% +2.8
Majority207
Turnout40.0%
Registered electors2,094
Ballots cast826

Independent gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Woodhall Spa 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Craig James Leyland Elected 803 58.9% -37.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Thomas James Kemp Elected 658 48.3% —
Independent John Sanderson 479 35.1% —
Independent Becky Shaw 294 21.6% —
Labour Party Ellen Wright 241 17.7% -4.9
Majority179
Turnout37.0%
Registered electors3,706
Ballots cast1,363

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Wragby

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Ru Yarsley Elected 297 47.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Julie Platt 264 42.4% -35.0
Reform UK Sean Matthews 61 9.8% —
Majority33
Turnout30.0%
Registered electors2,071
Ballots cast622

Independent gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

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