Friday 5 May 2017

Local election - results

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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