2006 City of Lincoln Council election

Elections to City of Lincoln Council in Lincolnshire, England, were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the Council was up for election and the Labour Party stayed in Overall control of the Council.

2006 City of Lincoln Council election[1][2][3]
4 May 2006
11 of the 33 seats to City of Lincoln Council
17 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Last election 25 7 1
Seats won 4 6 1
Seats after 20 11 2
Seat change 5 4 1
Popular vote 7,063 7,693 1,371
Percentage 40.1% 43.6% 7.8%
Map showing the results of the 2006 Lincoln City Council elections by ward. Red shows Labour seats, blue shows Conservative seats and orange shows Liberal Democrat seats.
Council control before election

Labour

 Council control after election

Labour

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result
Lincoln Local Election Result 2006
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 6 4 0 4 54.5 43.6 7,693 17.0
  Labour 4 0 5 5 36.4 40.1 7,063 16.0
  Liberal Democrats 1 1 0 1 9.1 7.8 1,371 New
  UKIP 0 0 0 0.0 8.5 1,506 New
Total 11 17,633

All comparisons in vote share are to the corresponding 2002 election.

Ward results

Abbey
Location of Abbey ward
Abbey[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Peter West 716 61.8%
Conservative John Woolf 443 38.2%
Majority 273 23.6%
Turnout 1,159 25.3%
Labour hold

Birchwood
Location of Birchwood ward
Birchwood[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative John Metcalfe 810 48.2%
Labour Lynne Gray 577 34.4%
UKIP Anthony Wells 292 17.4%
Majority 233 13.8%
Turnout 1,679 29.2%
Conservative hold

Boultham
Location of Boultham ward
Boultham[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Gary Hewson 819 51.4%
Conservative Oliver Peeke 542 34.0%
UKIP Malcolm Skeels 233 14.6%
Majority 277 17.4%
Turnout 1,594 28.8%
Labour hold

Bracebridge
Location of Bracebridge ward
Bracebridge[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Darren Grice 1,209 62.0%
Labour David Rimmington 740 38.0%
Majority 469 24.0%
Turnout 1,949 31.1%
Conservative hold

Carholme
Location of Carholme ward
Carholme[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Lesley Rose 594 37.0%
Liberal Democrats Charles Shaw 551 34.4%
Conservative Valerie Kirby 459 28.6%
Majority 43 2.6%
Turnout 1,604 30.4%
Labour hold

Castle
Location of Castle ward
Castle[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Loraine Woolley 690 51.5%
Conservative Adrian Birks 440 32.8%
UKIP Peter Sharpe 211 15.7%
Majority 250 18.7%
Turnout 1,341 27.5%
Labour hold

Glebe
Location of Glebe ward
Glebe[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Claire Metcalfe 586 34.6%
Labour Julian Gadd 566 33.5%
Liberal Democrats Roy Harris 338 20.0%
UKIP Jamie Corney 202 11.9%
Majority 20 1.1%
Turnout 1,692 26.0%
Conservative gain from Labour

Hartsholme
Location of Hartsholme ward
Hartsholme[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Geoffrey Kirby 1,038 50.3%
Labour Winston Duncan 634 30.7%
UKIP Nicola Smith 391 19.0%
Majority 404 19.6%
Turnout 2,063 30.6%
Conservative hold

Minster
Location of Minster ward
Minster[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Sandra Gratrick 963 52.2%
Labour Patrick Vaughan 706 38.2%
UKIP Nicholas Smith 177 9.6%
Majority 257 14.0%
Turnout 1,846 34.8%
Conservative hold

Moorland
Location of Moorland ward
Moorland[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Paul Grice 899 55.8%
Labour Martin Bushell 713 44.2%
Majority 186 11.6%
Turnout 1,612 28.4%
Conservative gain from Labour

Park
Location of Park ward
Park[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats Ryan Cullen 482 44.1%
Labour Malcolm Withers 308 28.2%
Conservative Jayne Heaton-Harris 304 27.8%
Majority 174 15.9%
Turnout 1,094 21.8%
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

By-elections between 2006 and 2008
Moorland By-Election 29 June 2006[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Oliver Garbutt Peeke 640 39.9 15.9
Labour Martin Bushell 569 35.5 8.7
BNP Philip Marshall 254 15.8 15.8
Liberal Democrats John Price 96 6.0 6.0
UKIP Nicholas Smith 46 2.9 2.9
Majority 71 4.4
Turnout 1,605 28.1
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

References
  1. "Council compositions by year". The Elections Centre.
  2. "Local Election Summaries 2006". The Elections Centre.
  3. "BBC News - Council by Council - Lincoln". BBC News. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  4. Andrew Teale. "Local Election Results - 2006 - Lincoln". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  5. "Near-miss for Lib Dems in local byelection". The Guardian. London. 30 June 2006. Retrieved 22 November 2009.
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