1989 Lincolnshire County Council election

1989 Lincolnshire County Council election

4 May 1989
All 76 seats to Lincolnshire County Council 39 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Labour SLD Seats before 39 14 20 Seats won 39 19 12 Seat change 0 5 8   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Independent SDP Seats before 2 0 Seats won 5 1 Seat change 3 1
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 1989 Lincolnshire County Council election was held on Thursday, 4 May 1989. The whole council of 76 members was up for election and the election resulted in the Conservative Party retaining control of the council and winning the same number of seats as the previous election in 1985, with 39 seats.

Results by division

Each electoral division returned one county councillor. The candidate elected to the council in each electoral division is shown in the table below. "Unopposed" indicates that the councillor was elected unopposed.

Electoral Division		Party	Councillor	Votes
	Alford & Spilsby	Conservative	M. Kennedy	1,395
	Alford Coast	Conservative	G. Wilson	1,179
	Bardney & Cherry Willingham	Independent	C. Greenaway	1,575
	Bassingham Rural	Conservative	W. Wyrill	1,584
	Billinghay & Cranwell	Conservative	Z. Scoley	1,279
	Birchwood	Labour	B. Fippard	1,611
	Bolingbroke Castle	Social and Liberal Democrats	J. Dyde	1,585
	Boston Rural South	Conservative	J. Smith	1,416
	Boston West	Social and Liberal Democrats	C. Tebbs	1,505
	Boultham	Labour	L. Wells	1,345
	Bourne Abbey	Independent	J. Kirkman	1,224
	Bourne Castle	Conservative	I. Croft	1,196
	Caenby	Conservative	R. Cracroft-Eley	1,557
	Carholme	Labour	R. Parker	1,393
	Cliff	Conservative	W. Rawson	1,197
	Coastal	Independent	J. Hildred	1,413
	Crowland Rural	Conservative	W. Speechley	1,464
	Devon & St. Johns	Conservative	E. Chapman	827
	Donington Rural	Conservative	S. Bingham	978
	Earlesfield	Labour	J. Chadwick	552
	East Elloe	Conservative	J. Fisher	1,715
	Fenside	Labour	W. Ruck	919
	Folkingham Rural	Conservative	B. Lee	1,500
	Gainsborough East	Social and Liberal Democrats	R. Rainsforth	1,251
	Gainsborough North	Independent	W. Craigs	Unopposed
	Gainsborough South	Social and Liberal Democrats	D. Lomas	825
	Gainsborough Rural North	Social and Liberal Democrats	M. French	1,412
	Gainsborough Rural South	Independent	J. Westgarth	1,827
	Grantham North	Conservative	H. Wheat	1,530
	Grantham South	Labour	C. Burrows	1,089
	Grantham West	Conservative	G. Foster	1,595
	Grimsthorpe	Conservative	D. Fletcher	Unopposed
	Harrowby	Labour	E. Davies	Unopposed
	Holbeach	Conservative	J. Taylor	1,014
	Holbeach Fen	Conservative	D. Mawby	1,251
	Horncastle & Tetford	Conservative	F. Cupit	1,234
	Hough	Conservative	P. Newton	1,262
	Hykeham Forum	Conservative	P. Gaul	1,022
	Lincoln Abbey	Labour	J. Robertson	1,404
	Lincoln Bracebridge	Labour	T. Rook	1,433
	Lincoln Castle	Labour	B. Taggart	1,446
	Lincoln Moorland	Labour	N. Baldock	1,243
	Lincoln Park	Labour	B. Robinson	1,050
	Longdales	Labour	G. Burrell	1,527
	Louth Marsh	Conservative	J. Libell	1,202
	Louth North	Conservative	J. Barkworth	918
	Louth Rural North	Conservative	J. Johnson	1,223
	Louth South	Conservative	A. Morris	1,058
	Louth Wolds	Conservative	C. Turner	1,179
	Mablethorpe	Social and Liberal Democrats	W. Baker	1,759
	Metheringham	Conservative	E. Powditch	984
	Minster	Labour	P. Metcalfe	1,902
	Nettleham & Saxilby	Social and Liberal Democrats	S. Turner	1,761
	North East Kesteven	Conservative	S. Kenyon	2,400
	North Wolds	Conservative	V. Hudson	909
	Rasen Wolds	Conservative	L. Wilson	1,306
	Skegness North	Conservative	K. Sadler	852
	Skegness South	Conservative	D. Edginton	1,012
	Skellingthorpe & Hykeham South	Conservative	T. Hargreaves	1,083
	Skirbeck	Labour	B. Bisby	984
	Sleaford	Labour	D. Romney	1,815
	Sleaford Rural North	Conservative	D. Monk	Unopposed
	Sleaford Rural South	Social and Liberal Democrats	L. Pinchbeck	1,633
	Spalding Abbey	Labour	C. Evans	1,097
	Spalding East & Weston	Conservative	G. Moore	1,002
	Spalding North West	Social Democrat	A. Newton	1,259
	Stamford North	Labour	J. Gaffigan	1,050
	Stamford South	Social and Liberal Democrats	M. Belton	1,626
	Tattershall Castle	Conservative	B. Harvey	Unopposed
	The Deepings	Social and Liberal Democrats	J. Anderson	1,631
	Tritton	Labour	C. Goldson	1,418
	Wainfleet & Burgh	Social and Liberal Democrats	J. Dodsworth	1,176
	West Elloe	Conservative	P. Bray	1,043
	Witham	Conservative	M. Giles	1,084
	Woodhall Spa & Wragby	Conservative	D. Hoyes	Unopposed
	Wyberton	Social and Liberal Democrats	K. Ward	1,170