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(Top) 1 Election result 2 Results by division 2.1 Alford and Sutton 2.2 Ancholme Cliff 2.3 Bardney and Cherry Willingham 2.4 Bassingham Rural 2.5 Billinghay and Metheringham 2.6 Boston Coastal 2.7 Boston East 2.8 Boston Fishtoft 2.9 Boston North West 2.10 Boston Rural 2.11 Boston South 2.12 Boston West 2.13 Bourne Abbey 2.14 Bourne Castle 2.15 Bracebridge Heath and Waddington 2.16 Branston and Navenby 2.17 Colsterworth Rural 2.18 Crowland and Whaplode 2.19 Deeping St James 2.20 Donington Rural 2.21 Folkingham Rural 2.22 Gainsborough Hill 2.23 Gainsborough Rural South 2.24 Gainsborough Trent 2.25 Grantham Barrowby 3 References

2005 Lincolnshire County Council election

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5 May 2005

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All 77 seats to Lincolnshire County Council
39 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Party	Conservative	Labour
Seats before	49	21
Seats won	45	21
Seat change	4	0

	Third party	Fourth party

Party	Liberal Democrats	Independent
Seats before	4	3
Seats won	8	3
Seat change	4	0

Map of the results of the election in each division. Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results.

Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

Conservative

The 2005 Lincolnshire County Council election was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005, the same day as the general election. The whole council of 77 members was up for election and the election resulted in the Conservative Party retaining control of the council, winning 45 seats.^[1]

Election result[edit]

Lincolnshire County Council Elections 2005: Summary Results
	Seats	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	45	42.3%	133,137
Labour	21	21.9%	68,974
Liberal Democrats	8	20.5%	64,344
Independent	3	9.6%	30,073

Results by division[edit]

Alford and Sutton[edit]

Lincolnshire County Council Elections 2005: Alford and Sutton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Marsh	2,010	45.5	-2.6
	Labour	Janet Shuttleworth	1,158	26.2	-0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Irene Daw	826	18.7	-6.3
	Independent	Eric Vaughan	426	9.6	N.A
Majority			852	19.3
Turnout			4,420	61.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ancholme Cliff[edit]

Lincolnshire County Council Elections 2005: Ancholme Cliff
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Strange	2,032	54.5	+0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Heathorn	1,138	30.5	-15.8
	Independent	Ernest Coleman	556	14.9	N.A
Majority			894	24.0
Turnout			3,726	66.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bardney and Cherry Willingham[edit]

Lincolnshire County Council Elections 2005: Bardney and Cherry Willingham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Fleetwood	1,981	44.0	-5.6
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Miller	1,352	30.0	+7.3
	Labour	Melanie Tointon	940	20.9	-6.7
	UKIP	Sue Ransome	230	5.1	N/A
Majority			629	14.0
Turnout			4,503	68.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bassingham Rural[edit]

Lincolnshire County Council Elections 2005: Bassingham Rural
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Raymond Phillips	2,194	44.2	-6.0
	Liberal Democrats	David Baker	1,657	33.4	-16.4
	Labour	Tina Lee	874	17.6	N/A
	UKIP	Michael Starky	241	4.9	N/A
Majority			537	10.8
Turnout			4,966	70.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Billinghay and Metheringham[edit]

Lincolnshire County Council Elections 2005: Billinghay and Metheringham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Patricia Bradwell	1,824	46.6	-9.1
	Labour	Theresa Wadsley	1,155	29.5	-14.8
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Waddington	934	23.9	N/A
Majority			669	17.1
Turnout			3,913	62.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Boston Coastal[edit]

Lincolnshire County Council Elections 2005: Boston Coastal
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bryan Powell	1,641	47.6	-3.1
	Labour	John Slater	966	28.0	-6.4
	UKIP	Jodie Sutton	844	24.5	N/A
Majority			675	19.6
Turnout			3,451	62.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Boston East[edit]

Lincolnshire County Council Elections 2005: Boston East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sandra Bakewell	1,449	43.2	-18.9
	UKIP	Don Ransome	994	29.6	N/A
	Conservative	Sally Parker	913	27.2	-10.7
Majority			455	13.6
Turnout			3,356	52.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Boston Fishtoft[edit]

Lincolnshire County Council Elections 2005: Boston Fishtoft
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ossy Snell	1,875	41.7	+11.9
	Conservative	Heather Judge	1,422	31.6	-10.1
	Independent	Neil McGregor	1,199	26.7	N/A
Majority			453	10.1
Turnout			4,496	61.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Boston North West[edit]

Lincolnshire County Council Elections 2005: Boston North West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Bakewell	1,231	38.8	-16.1
	Conservative	Bryan Ingham	1,152	36.4	-8.7
	UKIP	Gordon Simmonds	786	24.8	N/A
Majority			79	2.4
Turnout			3,169	50.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Boston Rural[edit]

Lincolnshire County Council Elections 2005: Boston Rural
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Day	2,782	58.4	+4.6
	UKIP	Steven Pearson	1,979	41.6	N/A
Majority			803	16.8
Turnout			4,761	57.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Boston South[edit]

Lincolnshire County Council Elections 2005: Boston South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Richard Austin	1,481	40.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Bob Cory	1,060	28.9	+4.0
	Conservative	Terence Taylor	860	23.5	-19.3
	English Democrat	Stephen Wyatt	264	7.2	N/A
Majority			421	11.5
Turnout			3,665	61.0
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Boston West[edit]

Lincolnshire County Council Elections 2005: Boston West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Goodale	1,305	40.7	+2.7
	Conservative	Tony Austin	1,123	35.0	+1.7
	UKIP	Nicholas Smith	781	24.3	N/A
Majority			182	5.7
Turnout			3,209	59.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Bourne Abbey[edit]

Lincolnshire County Council Elections 2005: Bourne Abbey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Horn	2,362	54.3	+23.9
	Labour	Trevor Holmes	1,988	45.7	+23.2
Majority			374	8.6
Turnout			4,350	62.0

Bourne Castle[edit]

Lincolnshire County Council Elections 2005: Bourne Castle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Croft	1,979	47.1	-4.3
	Labour	Derrick Crump	1,131	26.9	-1.3
	Liberal Democrats	John Binder	1,093	26.0	+5.7
Majority			848	20.2
Turnout			4,203	69.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bracebridge Heath and Waddington[edit]

Lincolnshire County Council Elections 2005: Bracebridge Heath and Waddington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christine Talbot	2,276	43.2	-11.2
	Labour	Jerome O'Brien	1,811	34.4	-11.2
	Independent	Ivan Hall	781	14.8	N/A
	UKIP	Malcolm Skeels	401	7.6	N/A
Majority			465	8.8
Turnout			5,269	64.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Branston and Navenby[edit]

Lincolnshire County Council Elections 2005: Branston and Navenby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Marianne Overton	2,771	54.8	+17.7
	Conservative	Derek Duncan	1,384	27.4	-8.0
	Labour	Keith Haw	902	17.8	-9.6
Majority			1,387	27.4
Turnout			5,057	70.0
	Independent hold		Swing

Colsterworth Rural[edit]

Lincolnshire County Council Elections 2005: Colsterworth Rural
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Chapman	1,797	53.5	-9.6
	Labour	Robert Shorrock	859	25.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Ismail Jalili	700	20.9	-16.0
Majority			938	27.9
Turnout			3,356	66.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Crowland and Whaplode[edit]

Lincolnshire County Council Elections 2005: Crowland and Whaplode
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Przyszlak	2,698	65.5	+2.6
	Liberal Democrats	Kathleen Tanner	1,421	34.5	+20.2
Majority			1,277	31.0
Turnout			4,119	66.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Deeping St James[edit]

Lincolnshire County Council Elections 2005: Deeping St James
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Philip Dilks	1,752	51.8	-6.7
	Conservative	Bryan Helyar	1,632	48.2	+6.7
Majority			120	3.6
Turnout			3,384	65.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Donington Rural[edit]

Lincolnshire County Council Elections 2005: Donington Rural
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Amanda Puttick	2,576	62.9	+17.7
	Liberal Democrats	Samantha Turner	1,517	37.1	N/A
Majority			1,059	25.8
Turnout			4,093	67.0

Folkingham Rural[edit]

Lincolnshire County Council Elections 2005: Folkingham Rural
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Martin Hill	3,013	61.7	+5.2
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Brough	1,871	38.3	+22.8
Majority			1,142	23.4
Turnout			4,884	68.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Gainsborough Hill[edit]

Lincolnshire County Council Elections 2005: Gainsborough Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Tinker	1,255	43.6	-35.2
	Labour	Lynne Gray	1,016	35.3	N/A
	Conservative	Jeffrey Summers	609	21.1	-9.9
Majority			239	8.3
Turnout			2,880	49.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Gainsborough Rural South[edit]

Lincolnshire County Council Elections 2005: Gainsborough Rural South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Heath	2,945	54.5	+20.1
	Conservative	Brian Knight	2,463	45.5	-0.7
Majority			482	9.0
Turnout			5,408	67.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Gainsborough Trent[edit]

Lincolnshire County Council Elections 2005: Gainsborough Trent
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick O'Connor	1,868	50.3	+12.7
	Labour	Patrick Vaughan	923	24.8	-12.1
	Conservative	William Parry	726	19.5	-5.9
	UKIP	Mark Jones	199	5.4	N/A
Majority			945	25.5
Turnout			3,716	51.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Grantham Barrowby[edit]

Lincolnshire County Council Elections 2005: Grantham Barrowby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Davidson	1,646	52.6	-4.5
	Conservative	Pamela Bosworth	1,486	47.4	+4.5
Majority			160	5.2
Turnout			3,132	53.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Council elections in Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire County Council

Boston Borough Council

East Lindsey District Council

City of Lincoln Council

North East Lincolnshire Council

North Kesteven District Council

North Lincolnshire Council

South Holland District Council

South Kesteven District Council

West Lindsey District Council

Former councils
Holland County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 Abolished
Humberside County Council	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 Abolished
Kesteven County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 Abolished
Lindsey County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 Abolished
Boothferry Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 Abolished
Cleethorpes Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 Abolished
Glanford Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 Abolished
Great Grimsby Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 Abolished
Scunthorpe Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 Abolished

See also: Wards
Boundary changes

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References[edit]

^ "Lincolnshire County Council Election Results 1973-2009" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 28 September 2016.

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