Conservatives triumph
The Conservatives have regained and consolidated their control of Lincolnshire County Council with a spectacular victory in the local election on May 4.
http://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/conservatives-election-triumph-as-they-re-take-control-of-lincolnshire-county-council/story-30314106-detail/story.html
Election 2017 Results
Conservatives gain from no overall control
Party Seats 2013 Seats 2017 Change +/-
Conservative 35 58 +23
Labour 10 6 −4
Independent 9 5 −4
Liberal Democrat 3 1 −2
UKIP 13 0 −13
Boundary changes have occurred here. 2013 seats are an estimate of what the result would have been then if the new boundaries had been in place.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/topics/ff7a0676-a84d-4040-980e-275a828170e6/lincolnshire-county-council
Turnout statistics for Lincolnshire Local Election
4 May 2017 = 31.98%
Total votes = 176,789
Registered to vote = 552,741
Spoiled votes = 511
Comparison with earlier years
2013 = 29.2%
2009 = 36%
2005 = 61.75%
Results for Potterhanworth and Coleby
Sally Ann Lane Bentall [Labour] 332
Peter Charles Lundgren [Lincolnshire Independents] 922
Clive Ronald Oxby [Conservative] 1,427
Jillian Whitfield [Liberal Democrats] 192
Rejected ballot sheets 6
Voted 2,880
Registered to vote 7,898
Turnout 36.46%
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