2023 East Lindsey District Council election
4 May 2023
All 55 seats on East Lindsey District Council
28 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
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Leader Craig Leyland Ros Jackson
Party Conservative Independent Labour
Last election 29 seats, 49.7% 12 seats, 15.0% 7 seats, 23.1%
Seats before 31 11[lower-alpha 1] 6
Seats after 26 16 6
Seat change Decrease3 Increase4 Decrease1
Popular vote 13,270 9,043 7,950
Percentage 38.4% 26.2% 23.0%
Swing Decrease11.3% Increase11.2% Decrease0.1%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
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Leader Danny Brookes Fiona Martin
Party Skegness Urban District Society Green Liberal Democrats
Last election 6 seats, 9.4% n/a 1 seats, 2.2%
Seats before 6 0 1
Seats after 5 1 1
Seat change Decrease1 Increase1 Steady
Popular vote 2,872 1,369 n/a
Percentage 8.3% 4.0% n/a
Swing Decrease1.1% Increase4.0% n/a
Leader before election

Craig Leyland
Conservative

 Leader after election

Craig Leyland
Conservative
No overall control

The 2023 East Lindsey District Council election took place on 4 May 2023, to elect all 55 members of East Lindsey District Council in Lincolnshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England.

Prior to the election the Conservatives held a majority of the seats on the council. There were thirteen seats (24%) that were elected unopposed in 2023, of which ten were taken by the Conservatives, two by independents and one by the Liberal Democrats.[2]

The council went under no overall control following the election. The Conservatives remained the largest party but lost their majority. They managed to form a minority administration and their leader, Craig Leyland, kept his position as leader of the council.[3][4]

Results

The overall results were as follows:[5]

2023 East Lindsey District Council election
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 26 3 6 Decrease3 47.3 38.4 13,270
  Independent 16 5 1 Increase4 29.1 26.2 9,043
  Labour 6 1 2 Decrease1 10.9 23.0 7,950
  Skegness Urban District Society 5 0 1 Decrease1 9.1 8.3 2,872
  Green 1 1 0 Increase1 1.8 4.0 1,369
  Reform UK 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.2 61
  Liberal Democrats 1 0 0 Steady 1.8 n/a n/a

Ward results

The results for each ward were as follows, with an asterisk (*) indicating an incumbent councillor standing for re-election.[6]

Alford

Alford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sarah Caroline Devereux* 510 48.8
Conservative Graham Anthony Marsh* 365
Independent Alan Vassar 316 30.2
Labour Edward John David Green
(Ed Green)		 219 21.0
Labour Cameron Joshua Marnoch 185
Turnout 24.67
Registered electors 3,815
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Binbrook

Binbrook
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Geoffrey Fry* 415 67.2
Labour Jacob Frederick Croft 203 32.8
Turnout 31.64
Registered electors 1,988
Conservative hold

Burgh le Marsh

Burgh le Marsh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Skegness Urban District Society James William Brookes*
(Jimmy Brookes) 		283 48.3
Conservative Susan Anita Jane Blackburn 156 26.6
Independent Neil Douglas Luther Cooper 147 25.1
Turnout 28.50
Registered electors 2,102
Skegness Urban District Society hold

Chapel St Leonards

Chapel St Leonards
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stephen Anthony Evans* 486 36.4
Labour Roger Alan Dawson 443 33.1
Independent Graham John Fisher 408 30.5
Conservative Dilys Carolyn Jenkinson 356
Turnout 26.39
Registered electors 3,918
Conservative hold
Labour gain from Conservative

Coningsby and Mareham

Coningsby and Mareham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Martin John Foster* unopposed
Conservative Alex Martin Hall* unopposed
Conservative James Andrew Knowles unopposed
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Croft

Croft
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sid Dennis* unopposed
Conservative hold

Friskney

Friskney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Carleen Dickinson* 249 60.0
Conservative Carl David Drury 166 40.0
Turnout 23.71
Registered electors 1,784
Independent hold

Fulstow

Fulstow
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Edward Peel Mossop* unopposed
Independent hold

Grimoldby

Grimoldby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Terence John Knowles*
(Terry Knowles) 		346 73.9
Labour David Richard Hoyles 122 26.1
Turnout 25.5
Registered electors 1,855
Independent hold

Hagworthingham

Hagworthingham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Joseph Grover*
(Will Grover) 		317 48.7
Independent David Vernon Powell 179 27.5
Green Paul Fisher 155 23.8
Turnout 33.99
Registered electors 1,930
Conservative hold

Halton Holegate

Halton Holegate
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Terry Taylor* unopposed
Conservative gain from Independent

Terry Taylor had won the seat in a by-election in 2022; in 2019 the seat had been won by independent councillor Jim Swanson. Seat shown as Conservative gain from independent to allow comparison with 2019 results.

Holton-le-Clay and North Thoresby

Holton-le-Clay and North Thoresby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Terence F. Aldridge*
(Terry Aldridge) 		684 41.2
Conservative Stephen Keith Lyons 528 31.8
Labour Phillip Martin Smith*
(Phyll Smith)		 449 27.0
Turnout 28.45
Registered electors 4,060
Independent hold
Conservative gain from Labour

Horncastle

Horncastle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Martin Avison* unopposed
Independent Sandra Campbell-Wardman* unopposed
Liberal Democrats Fiona Martin* unopposed
Conservative hold
Independent hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Ingoldmells

Ingoldmells
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Colin John Davie* 242 59.9
Skegness Urban District Society Jason Lawrence Boswell-Larkum
(Jason Boswell)		 162 40.1
Turnout 24.61
Registered electors 1,662
Conservative hold

Legbourne

Legbourne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Adam Grist* 415 65.9
Labour Hannah Filer 215 34.1
Turnout 33.81
Registered electors 1,872
Conservative hold

Mablethorpe

Mablethorpe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Graham Edward Cullen* 1,159 62.6
Labour Claire Elizabeth Arnold* 909
Labour Kate Marnoch 857
Conservative Martin Victor Clark
(Victor Clark)		 692 37.4
Conservative Carl Ian Tebbutt 631
Turnout 28.65
Registered electors 6,566
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Marshchapel and Somercotes

Marshchapel and Somercotes
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Daniel McNally* 717 56.2
Conservative Paul John Rickett* 558
Labour Freddie William Mossop 374 29.3
Independent Helena Poskitt 185 14.5
Independent Patricia Maureen Midgley 64
Turnout 31.05
Registered electors 3,665
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

North Holme

North Holme
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David James Ernest Hall* 239 49.3
Conservative Kirsty Corbitt 142 29.3
Independent Karen Elizabeth Parsons 104 21.4
Turnout 23.21
Registered electors 2,098
Labour hold

Priory and St James'

Priory and St James'
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Andrew Leonard* 511 66.4
Independent Darren Lee Hobson 464
Independent Lynne Marie Cooney 360
Conservative Pauline Frances Watson 258 33.6
Turnout 27.68
Registered electors 3,641
Independent hold
Independent gain from Labour

The other previous incumbent, Sarah Parkin, had been elected as a Labour councillor in 2019 but left the party later that year and sat as an independent for the rest of her term of office. Seat shown as independent gain from Labour to allow comparison with 2019 results.[7]

Roughton

Roughton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Gray* unopposed
Conservative hold

Scarborough and Seacroft

Scarborough and Seacroft
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Richard Edginton*
(Dick Edginton) 		598 37.4
Conservative Stephen Russell Kirk*
(Steve Kirk) 		593
Skegness Urban District Society Billy Brookes* 539 33.7
Conservative Julie Day Sadler 510
Labour Paul Collins 462 28.9
Skegness Urban District Society Adrian David Findley 394
Skegness Urban District Society Robert Michael Walker
(Bob Walker)		 355
Turnout 20.32
Registered electors 6,817
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Skegness Urban District Society hold

Sibsey and Stickney

Sibsey and Stickney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tom Ashton* unopposed
Conservative Neil Jones* unopposed
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Spilsby

Spilsby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Eleanor Louisa Marsh
(Ellie Marsh) 		250 52.3
Conservative David Michael Mangion* 228 47.7
Turnout 21.1
Registered electors 2,289
Independent hold

David Mangion had been elected in 2019 as an independent, but joined the Conservatives in 2020. Seat shown as an independent hold to allow comparison with 2019 results.[8]

St Clement's

St Clement's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Skegness Urban District Society Mark Vincent Dannatt* 295 36.9
Skegness Urban District Society Richard Cunnington* 290
Labour Mark Crawford Anderson 276 34.5
Labour Nicholas Gary Bryan Walton
(Nick Walton)		 238
Conservative Allison Margaret Miller-Ross
(Ally Miller-Ross)		 229 28.6
Conservative Lynn Miller-Ross 218
Turnout 20.2
Registered electors 4,025
Skegness Urban District Society hold
Skegness Urban District Society hold

St Margaret's

St Margaret's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Samuel William Howard Kemp
(Sam Kemp) 		227 38.1
Labour Hannah Leanne Watkins 201 33.7
Independent Susan Jean Crew
(Sue Crew)		 168 28.2
Turnout 29.59
Registered electors 2,028
Conservative hold

St Mary's

St Mary's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Gillian Mary Makinson-Sanders*
(Jill Makinson-Sanders) 		581 89.4
Conservative Stuart Watson 69 10.6
Independent Maurice Bellwood 34
Turnout 36.81
Registered electors 1,861
Independent hold

St Michael's

St Michael's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent George Edward Horton* 379 70.2
Labour Laura Marie Stephenson 161 29.8
Turnout 29.65
Registered electors 1,828
Independent hold

Sutton on Sea

Sutton on Sea
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Robert William Watson 1,048 49.8
Independent Stefanie Le Ann Bristow
(Stef Bristow) 		654 31.1
Conservative Adrian Victor Benjamin* 403 19.1
Conservative Helen Angela Matthews* 399
Turnout 40.62
Registered electors 3,845
Green gain from Conservative
Independent gain from Conservative

Tetford and Donington

Tetford and Donington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Daniel Anthony Simpson 395 49.5
Conservative David George Andrews* 229 28.7
Labour Anthony Charles Cox
(Tony Cox)		 91 11.4
Green Peter Edward Skipworth 83 10.4
Turnout 40.11
Registered electors 1,997
Independent gain from Conservative

Tetney

Tetney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Steven John McMillan*
(Steve McMillan) 		395 75.0
Labour Christopher D. Lyons 132 25.0
Turnout 25.9
Registered electors 2,062
Independent hold

Trinity

Trinity
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rosalind Alice Jackson*
(Ros Jackson) 		249 65.5
Independent Malcolm David Lamb 131 34.5
Turnout 20.99
Registered electors 1,810
Labour hold

Wainfleet

Wainfleet
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Wendy Bowkett* unopposed
Conservative hold

Willoughby with Sloothby

Willoughby with Sloothby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Stephen William Eyre* 508 82.1
Labour Isaac George Bailey 111 17.9
Turnout 31.44
Registered electors 1,991
Independent hold

Winthorpe

Winthorpe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Carl Stuart Macey 332 37.5
Skegness Urban District Society Daniel Brookes*
(Danny Brookes) 		307 34.7
Conservative Stephen James O'Dare
(Steve O'Dare)		 292
Skegness Urban District Society Trevor Paul Burnham* 247
Labour Kevin Evans 163 18.4
Labour Carole Irene Clark 150
Green Philip William Gaskell
(Phil Gaskell)		 83 9.4
Turnout 19.58
Registered electors 4,269
Conservative gain from Skegness Urban District Society
Skegness Urban District Society hold

Withern and Theddlethorpe

Withern and Theddlethorpe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Travis Stephen Hesketh 461 55.8
Conservative Sandra Diane Harrison* 264 32
Labour Stephen Anthony Holland
(Steve Holland)		 101 12.2
Turnout 39.68
Registered electors 2,094
Independent gain from Conservative

Woodhall Spa

Woodhall Spa
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Craig James Leyland* 803 52.7
Conservative Thomas James Kemp* 658
Independent John Sanderson 479 31.5
Independent Rebecca Louise Shaw
(Becky Shaw)		 294
Labour Ellen Wright 241 15.8
Turnout 36.99
Registered electors 3,706
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Wragby

Wragby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Ruchira Asthana Yarsley
(Ru Yarsley) 		297 47.7
Conservative Julie Angela Platt* 264 42.4
Reform UK Sean Roger Matthews 61 9.8
Turnout 30.32
Registered electors 2,071
Independent gain from Conservative

References

  1. ↑ Of the eleven independent councillors prior to the election, eight sat as the "Independents" group led by Jill Makinson-Sanders, one sat with the Liberal Democrat as the "Liberal Democrat/Independent" group and the other two did not belong to a group.[1]
  1. ↑ "Political structure of the council". East Lindsey District Council. Archived from the original on 28 March 2023. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  2. ↑ Jaines, Daniel (7 April 2023). "Local Elections 2023: A Lincolnshire round-up". The Lincolnite. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  3. ↑ "Local election results 2023: Three Tory leaders toppled in Lincolnshire". BBC News. 2023-05-05. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
  4. ↑ Jaines, Daniel (May 2023). "Focus on smaller communities as East Lindsey leader re-elected". My Local Lincolnshire. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  5. ↑ "East Lindsey result - Local Elections 2023". BBC News. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
  6. ↑ "District Council Elections". East Lindsey District Council. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  7. ↑ Boothroyd, David (6 September 2019). "Eden, Heaven and Fudge". Local Councils. Thorncliffe. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  8. ↑ Boothroyd, David (29 May 2020). "Devon knows what happens next". Local Councils. Thorncliffe. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
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