2019 East Lindsey District Council election

The 2019 East Lindsey District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect all members of East Lindsey District Council in England.^[1] The Conservatives retained overall control of the council.

Results

East Lindsey District Council Election Result 2019
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	29	5	9	-4	52.73	49.72	20,941	+8.32%
Independent	12	7	1	+6	21.82	14.98	6,307	+6.42%
Labour	7	3	0	+3	12.72	23.07	9,718	+6.00%
Skegness Urban District Society	6	6	0	+6	10.91	9.38	3,960	+9.38%
Liberal Democrats	1	0	0	N/C	1.82	2.15	907	+0.09%
Lincolnshire Independent	0	-	-	0	0.00	0.70	295	-4.27%

Council composition

Following the last election in 2015, the composition of the council was:

↓
33	8	6	4	3	1
Conservative	UKIP	IND	Lab	LI	LD

After the election, the composition of the council was:

↓
29	12	7	6	1
Conservative	Independent	Labour	SUDS	LD

IND - Independent
Lab - Labour
LI - Lincolnshire Independents
LD - Liberal Democrats
SUDS - Skegness Urban District Society

Ward results

Incumbent councillors are denoted by an asterisk (*). References - ^[2]

Alford

Alford (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sarah Devereux*	671	69.03
	Conservative	Graham Anthony Marsh*	585	60.19
	Labour	Jean Shutt	306	31.48
Turnout				27.73	−33.84
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Lincolnshire Independent		Swing

Devereux was previously elected as a Lincolnshire Independents councillor. A total of 66 ballots were rejected.

Binbrook

Binbrook (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Geoffrey Fry*	496	77.50	+5.50
	Labour	David Southall	144	22.50	−5.50
Majority			352	55.00	+11.00
Turnout			640	33.25	−35.41
	Conservative hold		Swing

A total of 32 ballots were rejected.

Burgh Le Marsh

Burgh Le Marsh (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Skegness Urban District Society	Jimmy Brookes	393	61.02	+28.37
	Conservative	Neil Douglas Luther Cooper*	251	38.98	−6.92
Majority			142	22.04
Turnout			644	32.16	−31.74
	Skegness Urban District Society gain from Conservative		Swing

A total of 7 ballots were rejected.

Chapel St Leonards

Chapel St Leonards (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Anthony Hibbert-Greaves*	537	54.74
	Conservative	Mel Turton-Leivers*	506	51.58
	Labour	Fiona Mary Brown	412	42.00
	Labour	Tony Cox	350	35.68
Turnout				26.56	−31.47
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

A total of 76 ballots were rejected.

Coningsby & Mareham

Coningsby & Mareham (3 seats)
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Stan Avison*	*Unopposed*
Conservative	Martin Foster*	*Unopposed*
Conservative	Alex Hall	*Unopposed*
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing
Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Foster was previously elected as an Independent Councillor.

Croft

Croft (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sid Dennis	406	64.25	−3.27
	Independent	Eric Gordon Peacock	130	20.57	N/A
	Labour	April Rosemary Jagger	48	7.59	N/A
	Skegness Urban District Society	Tom Noble	48	7.59	N/A
Majority			276	43.68	+8.64
Turnout			632	33.25	−30.33
	Conservative hold		Swing

A total of 6 ballots were rejected

Friskney

Friskney (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Carleen Dickinson*	269	53.48	+3.00
	Conservative	Tom Tuplin	178	35.39	−14.13
	Labour	Andy Allen	56	11.13	N/A
Majority			91	18.09
Turnout			503	29.22	−34.53
	Independent gain from UKIP		Swing

Dickinson was previously elected as a UKIP councillor. A total of 8 ballots were rejected.

Fulstow

Fulstow (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Edward Peel Mossop	496	64.92	*N/A*
	Conservative	Julie Anne Wetton	194	25.39	−35.94
	Labour	Jason Garrett	74	9.69	−7.40
Majority			302	39.53
Turnout			764	38.93	−34.61
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

A total of 9 ballots were rejected.

Grimoldby

Grimoldby (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Terry Knowles	432	75.26	+23.13
	Labour	Sue Partridge	142	24.74	+15.01
Majority			290	50.52	+21.85
Turnout			574	32.50	−35.37
	Independent hold		Swing

A total of 8 ballots were rejected.

Hagworthingham

Hagworthingham (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Will Grover*	457	79.48	+11.29
	Labour	Rae Rigby	118	20.52	N/A
Majority			339	58.96	+22.58
Turnout			575	33.11	−38.32
	Conservative hold		Swing

A total of 54 ballots were rejected.

Halton Holegate

Halton Holegate (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Jim Swanson*	489	67.17	+25.94
	Conservative	Nigel Richard Welton	180	24.73	−5.96
	Labour	Julia Mary Southall	59	8.10	N/A
Majority			309	42.44	+31.90
Turnout			728	34.03	−36.18
	Independent hold		Swing

A total of 9 ballots were rejected.

Holton Le Clay & North Thoresby

Holton Le Clay & North Thoresby (2 seats)
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Phyll Smith	*Unopposed*
Independent	Terry Aldridge*	*Unopposed*
Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
Independent gain from Lincolnshire Independent		Swing

Aldridge was previously elected as a Lincolnshire Independent Councillor.

Horncastle

Horncastle (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Fiona Margaret Martin*	907	55.00
	Independent	Sandra Campbell-Wardman*	772	46.82
	Conservative	Richard Martin Avison*	687	41.66
	Labour	Dominic James Hinkins	507	30.75	N/A
	Conservative	Craig Dean Moore	499	30.26	N/A
	Conservative	Sean Roger Matthews	352	21.35	N/A
Turnout				28.65	−37.44
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

A total of 29 ballots were rejected.

Ingoldmells

Ingoldmells (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin John Davie*	244	49.10	+7.67
	Skegness Urban District Society	Steve Walmsley	169	34.00	N/A
	Labour	Philip Ernest Sturman	84	16.90	−9.77
Majority			75	15.10	+4.66
Turnout			497	30.30	−29.84
	Conservative hold		Swing

A total of 3 ballots were rejected.

Legbourne

Legbourne (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Adam Grist*	560	79.32	+5.68
	Labour	David Richard Hoyles	146	20.68	N/A
Majority			414	58.64	+11.36
Turnout			706	39.13	−31.87
	Conservative hold		Swing

A total of 25 ballots were rejected.

Mablethorpe

Mablethorpe (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Graham Cullen*	989	54.25
	Labour	Tony Howard*	848	46.52
	Labour	Claire Newman	720	39.50
	Conservative	Terence Brown	649	35.60
	Conservative	Stephanie Jane Carruthers	627	34.39
	Independent	Helena Marie Poskitt	430	23.59	N/A
Turnout				28.56	−31.95
	Labour gain from UKIP		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Brown was previously elected as a UKIP councillor. A total of 47 ballots were rejected.

Marsh Chapel & Somercotes

Marsh Chapel & Somercotes (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Daniel McNally*	693	62.38
	Conservative	Paul John Rickett	473	42.57
	Independent	Sandra Elizabeth Dykes	419	37.71	N/A
	Labour	Trisha Newman	177	15.93
Turnout				30.63	−35.42
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing

A total of 13 ballots were rejected.

North Holme

North Holme (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David James Ernest Hall	217	42.72	−4.34
	Conservative	Fran Treanor*	196	38.58	−14.36
	Independent	Maurice Bellwood	95	18.70	N/A
Majority			21	4.14
Turnout			508	28.17	−27.73
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

A total of 5 ballots were rejected.

Priory & St James

Priory & St James (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sarah Rosemary Parkin	715	58.13
	Independent	Andrew Leonard	614	49.92
	Conservative	Pauline Frances Watson*	391	31.79
Turnout				33.37	−27.07
	Labour hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

A total of 13 ballots were rejected.

Roughton

Roughton (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Gray	462	79.79	+79.79
	Labour	Stuart Jameson	117	20.21	N/A
Majority			345	59.58
Turnout			579	31.90
	Conservative hold		Swing

A total of 41 ballots were rejected.

Scarbrough & Seacroft

Scarbrough & Seacroft (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Skegness Urban District Society	Billy Brookes	631	40.76	*N/A*
	Conservative	Dick Edginton*	629	40.63
	Conservative	Steve Kirk*	588	37.98
	Skegness Urban District Society	Paul Sutton	539	34.82	N/A
	Skegness Urban District Society	Bob Walker	509	32.88	N/A
	Conservative	Colin Wright	437	28.23	N/A
	Labour	Maggie Gray	346	22.35
	Labour	Kevin Martin Evans	283	18.28	N/A
Turnout				23.08	−31.97
	Skegness Urban District Society gain from UKIP		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

A total of 14 ballots were rejected.

Sibsey & Stickney

Sibsey & Stickney (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tom Ashton*	863	75.50
	Conservative	Neil John Jones*	758	66.32
	Labour	Danyelle Farrell	242	21.17	N/A
Turnout				29.76	−38.32
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

A total of 77 ballots were spoiled.

Spilsby

Spilsby (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Mangion	274	52.29	*N/A*
	Conservative	Rod Williams*	181	34.54	−10.22
	Labour	Laura Stephenson	69	13.17	−11.54
Majority			93	17.75
Turnout			524	23.11
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

A total of 9 ballots were rejected.

St Clements

St Clements (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Skegness Urban District Society	Mark Vincent Dannatt*	390	41.89
	Skegness Urban District Society	Richard Cunnington	361	38.76	*N/A*
	Conservative	Susan Anita Jane Blackburn	307	32.98
	Conservative	Jim Carpenter	296	31.79
	Labour	Mark Crawford Anderson	205	22.02
	Labour	Phil Gaskell	164	17.62	N/A
Turnout				24.13	−29.51
	Skegness Urban District Society gain from UKIP		Swing
	Skegness Urban District Society gain from Conservative		Swing

Dannatt was previously elected as a UKIP Councillor. A total of 10 ballots were rejected.

St Margarets

St Margarets (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Green*	290	50.88	+8.65
	Labour	Dominic Paul Sivell	166	29.12	−6.26
	Independent	Alastair Meiklejon	114	20.00	N/A
Majority			124	21.76	+14.91
Turnout			570	29.34	−35.68
	Conservative hold		Swing

A total of 6 ballots were rejected.

St Marys

St Marys (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Jill Makinson-Sanders*	647	93.10	+34.81
	Labour	Ellie Green	48	6.90	−6.73
Majority			599	86.20	+55.99
Turnout			695	37.85	−28.64
	Independent hold		Swing

A total of 4 ballots were rejected.

St Michaels

St Michaels (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	George Horton*	401	68.20	+23.53
	Labour	Jim Drake	187	31.80	+11.47
Majority			214	36.40	+26.73
Turnout			588	33.52	−33.67
	Independent hold		Swing

A total of 4 ballots were rejected.

Sutton on Sea

Sutton on Sea (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Helen Angela Matthews*	890	64.40
	Conservative	Adrian Victor Benjamin	886	64.11
	Labour	Steve Holland	392	28.36
Turnout				37.81	−31.01
	Conservative gain from Lincolnshire Independent		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

A total of 115 ballots were rejected.

Tetford & Donington

Tetford & Donington (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David George Andrews*	479	55.51	+21.85
	Lincolnshire Independent	Daniel Anthony Simpson	295	34.18	+4.31
	Labour	Robert John Pearce	89	10.31	N/A
Majority			184	21.33	+17.54
Turnout			863	43.93	−31.03
	Conservative hold		Swing

A total of 13 ballots were rejected.

Tetney

Tetney (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Steve McMillan	214	36.03	*N/A*
	Conservative	Stuart Watson*	209	35.18	−17.72
	Independent	Chris Frear	118	19.87	N/A
	Labour	Ellen Wright	53	8.92	N/A
Majority			5	0.85
Turnout			594	31.72	−26.84
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

A total of 3 ballots were rejected.

Trinity

Trinity (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ros Jackson*	244	55.33	+16.30
	Independent	Julia Mary Simmons	122	27.66	N/A
	Conservative	David Michael Ford	75	17.01	−8.29
Majority			122	27.67	+13.94
Turnout			441	25.92	−26.54
	Labour hold		Swing

A total of 5 ballots were rejected.

Wainfleet

Wainfleet (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Wendy Bowkett*	395	76.11	+29.38
	Labour	Paula Louise Clarke	124	23.89	+7.87
Majority			271	52.22	+29.90
Turnout			519	28.18	−31.28
	Conservative hold		Swing

A total of 35 ballots were rejected.

Willoughby with Sloothby

Willoughby with Sloothby (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Stephen William Eyre	485	62.82	+20.20
	Conservative	Colin Matthews	223	28.89	−15.85
	Labour	Graham Victor Burnby-Crouch	64	8.29	−4.35
Majority			262	33.93	+31.81
Turnout			772	38.81	−28.75
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

A total of 13 ballots were rejected.

Winthorpe

Winthorpe (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Skegness Urban District Society	Danny Brookes*	514	51.76
	Skegness Urban District Society	Trevor Burnham	396	39.88	*N/A*
	Conservative	Carl Stuart Macey	324	32.63
	Labour	Judi Gaskell	223	22.46	N/A
	Conservative	Ricky Shashikant	205	20.64	N/A
	Labour	Ian Dutton	174	17.52	N/A
Turnout				23.02	−30.55
	Skegness Urban District Society gain from UKIP		Swing
	Skegness Urban District Society gain from UKIP		Swing

Brookes was previously elected as a UKIP councillor. A total of 26 ballots were rejected.

Withern & Theddlethorpe

Withern & Theddlethorpe (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sandra Diane Harrison	409	62.16	+62.16
	Independent	Stephen Alan Kirby	187	28.42	N/A
	Labour	Hilary Barbara Powell	62	9.42	N/A
Majority			222	33.74
Turnout			658	33.66
	Conservative hold		Swing

A total of 28 ballots were rejected.

Woodhall Spa

Woodhall Spa (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Craig James Leyland*	956	81.09
	Conservative	Thomas James Kemp	797	67.60
	Labour	John Robert Alexander	223	18.91
Turnout				33.42	−36.31
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

A total of 46 ballots were rejected.

Wragby

Wragby (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julie Platt	450	77.45	+21.78
	Labour	Graham Archer	131	22.55	N/A
Majority			319	54.90	+43.56
Turnout			581	29.90	−39.85
	Conservative hold		Swing

A total of 25 ballots were rejected.

Changes 2019–2023

Sarah Parkin, elected for Labour in the Priory and St James' ward, left the party later in 2019 to sit as an independent.^[3]

David Mangion, elected as an independent in Spilsby ward, joined the Conservatives in 2020.^[4]

Chapel St. Leonard's, 2021

Chapel St. Leonard's: 6 May 2021
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Graham Williams	795	67.4
	Labour	Isaac Bailey	206	17.5
	Skegness Urban District Society	Ady Findley	121	10.3
	Independent	Steve Walmsley	58	4.9
Majority			589
	Conservative hold

By-election triggered by resignation of Conservative councillor Mel Turton-Leivers.^[5]

Chapel St. Leonard's, 2022

Chapel St. Leonard's: 13 January 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Evans	436	62.9	+5.4
	Independent	David Fenton	267	38.0	N/A
Majority			169	24.9
Turnout			708	18.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	16.3

Halton Holegate

Halton Holegate: 3 March 2022^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Terence Taylor	306	66.2	41.47
	Labour	Keziah Wood	156	33.8	25.70
Majority			150	32.5	9.94
Turnout			469	21.80	12.23
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

References

^ "East Lindsey District Council". BBC. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
^ "Election results" (PDF). e-lindsey.gov.uk. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
^ Boothroyd, David (6 September 2019). "Eden, Heaven and Fudge". Local Councils. Thorncliffe. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
^ Boothroyd, David (29 May 2020). "Devon knows what happens next". Local Councils. Thorncliffe. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
^ Teale, Andrew. "Chapel St Leonards Ward, East Lindsey". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
^ "DECLARATION OF RESULT OF POLL" (PDF). East Lindsey District Council. 3 March 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 May 2022.

[BBC-1] "East Lindsey District Council". BBC. Retrieved 25 May 2021.

[2] "Election results" (PDF). e-lindsey.gov.uk. Retrieved 5 August 2021.

[3] Boothroyd, David (6 September 2019). "Eden, Heaven and Fudge". Local Councils. Thorncliffe. Retrieved 24 November 2023.

[4] Boothroyd, David (29 May 2020). "Devon knows what happens next". Local Councils. Thorncliffe. Retrieved 24 November 2023.

[5] Teale, Andrew. "Chapel St Leonards Ward, East Lindsey". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 24 November 2023.

[6] "DECLARATION OF RESULT OF POLL" (PDF). East Lindsey District Council. 3 March 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 May 2022.

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