2023 English local election
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]
Ward results
The results for each ward were as follows, with an asterisk (*) indicating an incumbent councillor standing for re-election.[6]
Alford
Binbrook
Burgh le Marsh
Chapel St Leonards
Coningsby and Mareham
Croft
Friskney
Fulstow
Grimoldby
Hagworthingham
Halton Holegate
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
Horncastle
Ingoldmells
Legbourne
Mablethorpe
Marshchapel and Somercotes
North Holme
Priory and St James'
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
Scarborough and Seacroft
Sibsey and Stickney
Spilsby
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 Margaret's
St Mary's
St Michael's
Sutton on Sea
Tetford and Donington
Tetney
Trinity
Wainfleet
Willoughby with Sloothby
Winthorpe
Withern and Theddlethorpe
Woodhall Spa
Wragby
References
- ^ 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]
- ^ "Political structure of the council". East Lindsey District Council. Archived from the original on 28 March 2023. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
- ^ Jaines, Daniel (7 April 2023). "Local Elections 2023: A Lincolnshire round-up". The Lincolnite. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
- ^ "Local election results 2023: Three Tory leaders toppled in Lincolnshire". BBC News. 2023-05-05. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
- ^ Jaines, Daniel (May 2023). "Focus on smaller communities as East Lindsey leader re-elected". My Local Lincolnshire. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
- ^ "East Lindsey result - Local Elections 2023". BBC News. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
- ^ "District Council Elections". East Lindsey District Council. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
- ^ 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.