Lincolnshire County Council elections

Lincolnshire County Council in England is elected every four years.

Political control

Since 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[1]

Boston Rural South By-Election 23 September 1999
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	449	46.8	-19.2
	Liberal Democrats	354	36.9	+36.9
	Labour	156	16.3	-17.7
Majority		95	9.9
Turnout		959	13.0
	Conservative hold	Swing

Gainsborough North By-Election 18 November 1999
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	296	46.9	+11.5
	Conservative	212	33.6	+7.0
	Labour	105	16.6	-18.5
	Independent	18	2.9	+2.9
Majority		84	13.3
Turnout		631	13.5
	Liberal Democrats hold	Swing

Lincoln Boultham By-Election 11 July 2002
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	524	45.9	-17.4
	Independent	339	29.7	+17.3
	Conservative	235	20.6	+0.0
	Green	44	3.9	+3.9
Majority		185	16.2
Turnout		1,142	20.6
	Labour hold	Swing

Boston Coastal By-Election 6 April 2006[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Bedford	800	57.9	+10.3
	UKIP	Sue Ransome	217	15.7	-8.8
	Labour	Paul Kenny	205	14.8	-13.2
	Liberal Democrats	Albert Tebbs	160	11.6	+11.6
Majority			583	42.2
Turnout			1,382	25.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bourne Castle By-Election 6 July 2006[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charlotte Farquharson	657	44.6	-2.5
	Labour	Trevor Holmes	435	29.5	+2.6
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy Fitzgerald	255	17.3	-8.7
	UKIP	Jamie Corney	127	8.6	+8.6
Majority			222	15.1
Turnout			1,474	23.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Heighington and Washingborough By-Election 15 November 2007[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Clive Oxby	877	61.8	+14.5
	Labour	Darren Hopewell	206	14.5	-26.9
	Liberal Democrats	Roy Harris	137	9.7	+9.7
	BNP	Michael Clayton	126	8.9	+8.9
	UKIP	Steven Pearson	52	3.7	-7.6
	Independent	Victor Sahunta	21	1.5	+1.5
Majority			671	47.3
Turnout			1,419	26.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Louth Wolds By-Election 31 July 2008[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hugo Marfleet	1,013	49.9	+13.5
	Independent	Daniel Simpson	361	17.8	-0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Eric Needham	304	15.0	-18.4
	BNP	Robert West	219	10.8	+10.8
	Labour	Michael Preen	75	3.7	+3.7
	UKIP	Barry Gleeson	59	2.9	-9.0
Majority			652	32.1
Turnout			2,031	31.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bourne Abbey By-Election 2 October 2008[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sue Woolley	760	41.4	-12.9
	Independent	Helen Powell	355	19.3	+19.3
	BNP	David Owens	239	13.0	+13.0
	Labour	Roberta Britton	202	11.0	-34.7
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Morris	198	10.8	+10.8
	Green	Ashley Baxter	42	2.3	+2.3
	UKIP	Peter Oldham	41	2.2	+2.2
Majority			405	22.1
Turnout			1,837	21.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Boston North West By-Election 15 October 2009[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrea Jenkyns	597	38.7	+13.2
	BNP	David Owens	581	37.7	+17.1
	Labour	Pam Kenny	204	13.2	+1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Shriden-Shinn	160	10.4	+3.2
Majority			16	1.0
Turnout			1,542	21.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

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"Boston Coastal electoral division". Boston borough council. Archived from the original on 3 June 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
"Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). South Kesteven District Council. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
"Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Lincolnshire County Council. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
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