1996 City of Lincoln Council election

1996 City of Lincoln Council election^[1]^[2]
11 of the 33 seats to City of Lincoln Council; 17 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the results the 1996 Lincoln City Council elections by ward. Red shows Labour seats and blue shows Conservative seats.
Council control before election; Labour;	Council control after election ; Labour;

The 1996 City of Lincoln Council election took place on 2 May 1996. This was on the same day as other local elections. One third of the council was up for election: the seats of which were last contested in 1992. The Labour Party retained control of the council.

Overall results[edit]

1996 City of Lincoln Council Election
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	11	2	0	2	100.0	69.4	14,161	17.8
	Conservative	0	0	2	2	0.0	23.9	4,883	18.5
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	0		0.0	1.2	243	2.6
	Green	0	0	0		0.0	5.5	1,130	3.0
Total		11						20,417

All comparisons in vote share are to the corresponding 1992 election.

Ward results[edit]

Abbey[edit]

Abbey^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Robertson	1,190	79.2%
	Conservative	P. Forbes-Ritte	208	13.8%
	Green	P. North	104	6.9%
Turnout				30.2%
	Labour hold

Birchwood[edit]

Boultham^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Stephen Allnutt^[4]	1,820	58.9%
	Conservative	Edmund Strengiel^[5]	1,147	37.1%
	Green	T. Ligema	121	3.9%
Turnout				32.4%
	Labour gain from Conservative

Boultham[edit]

Boultham^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ralph Toofany^[6]	1,221	76.5%
	Conservative	M. Franks	268	16.8%
	Green	G. Phillips	108	6.8%
Turnout				30.9%
	Labour hold

Bracebridge[edit]

Bracebridge^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A. Bradley	1,273	69.0%
	Conservative	R. Meads	491	26.6%
	Green	R. Leedham-Green	80	4.3%
Turnout				30.7%
	Labour hold

Carholme[edit]

Carholme^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	S. Paterson	1,264	60.8%
	Conservative	M. Mellows	402	19.3%
	Liberal Democrats	L. Gabriel	243	11.7%
	Green	D. Kane	171	8.2%
Turnout				38.3%
	Labour hold

Castle[edit]

Castle^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Loraine Woolley^[7]	1,324	75.1%
	Conservative	B. Tibble	334	19.0%
	Green	E. Gurney	104	5.9%
Turnout				33.4%
	Labour hold

Longdales[edit]

Longdales^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	P. McGinlay	1,216	69.5%
	Conservative	David Gratrick^[8]	476	27.2%
	Green	A. Hansell	57	3.3%
Turnout				36.6%
	Labour hold

Minster[edit]

Minster^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Lawrence Wells^[9]	1,648	65.3%
	Conservative	C. Talbor	719	28.5%
	Green	A. Smith	156	6.2%
Turnout				34.4%
	Labour hold

Moorland[edit]

Moorland^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	N. Baldock	1,192	70.7%
	Conservative	D. Fraser	410	24.3%
	Green	L. Durrant	84	5.0%
Turnout				34.5%
	Labour gain from Conservative

Park[edit]

Park^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Y. Jackson	868	73.6%
	Conservative	B. Briggs	223	18.9%
	Green	K. Yates	88	7.5%
Turnout				23.9%
	Labour hold

Tritton[edit]

Tritton^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Richard Coupland^[6]	1,145	81.4%
	Conservative	M. Clark	205	14.6%
	Green	R. Weavers	57	4.1%
Turnout				33.9%
	Labour hold

By-elections between 1996 and 1998[edit]

Carholme By-Election 22 May 1997^[10]
Party		Votes	%
	Labour	841	54.6
	Conservative	380	24.7
	Independent	223	14.5
	Green	95	6.2
Majority		461	29.9
Turnout		1,539	28.3
	Labour hold

References[edit]

^ "Council compositions by year". The Elections Centre.
^ "Local Election Summaries 1996". The Elections Centre.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "City of Lincoln Council Election Results 1973-2012". Elections Centre. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
^ "City of Lincoln Council - Your council". City of Lincoln Council. Archived from the original on 12 May 2003. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
^ "City of Lincoln Council - Your council". City of Lincoln Council. Archived from the original on 25 January 2003. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Councillors - Boultham ward". Archived from the original on 19 April 2003. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
^ "Councillors - Castle ward". Archived from the original on 19 April 2003. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
^ "Councillors - Minster ward". Archived from the original on 19 April 2003. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
^ "Councillors - Glebe ward". Archived from the original on 19 April 2003. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
^ Keith Edkins. "Local Authority Byelection Results - May 1997". Archived from the original on 31 August 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2019.

[1] "Council compositions by year". The Elections Centre.

[2] "Local Election Summaries 1996". The Elections Centre.

[results-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "City of Lincoln Council Election Results 1973-2012". Elections Centre. Retrieved 29 October 2019.

[allnut-4] "City of Lincoln Council - Your council". City of Lincoln Council. Archived from the original on 12 May 2003. Retrieved 4 November 2019.

[strengiel-5] "City of Lincoln Council - Your council". City of Lincoln Council. Archived from the original on 25 January 2003. Retrieved 4 November 2019.

[boultham-6] "Councillors - Boultham ward". Archived from the original on 19 April 2003. Retrieved 4 November 2019.

[castle-7] "Councillors - Castle ward". Archived from the original on 19 April 2003. Retrieved 4 November 2019.

[minster-8] "Councillors - Minster ward". Archived from the original on 19 April 2003. Retrieved 4 November 2019.

[glebe-9] "Councillors - Glebe ward". Archived from the original on 19 April 2003. Retrieved 5 November 2019.

[carholme97-10] Keith Edkins. "Local Authority Byelection Results - May 1997". Archived from the original on 31 August 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2019.

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