Boston local elections
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Boston Borough Council in Lincolnshire, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 1999, 32 councillors have been elected from 18 wards.[1]
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[edit] Political control
Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[2]
| Party in control | Years | |
|---|---|---|
| No overall control | 1973 - 2007 | |
| Boston Bypass Independents | 2007 - 2011 | |
| Conservatives | 2011 - present | |
[edit] Council elections
Boston Borough Council elections, 1999 (boundary changes reduced the number of seats by two)[3]
Boston Borough Council elections, 2003
Boston Borough Council elections, 2007
Boston Borough Council elections, 2011
[edit] By-election results
[edit] 1995-1999
| Swineshead By-Election 27 February 1997 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | 495 | 57.5 | |||
| Independent | 142 | 16.5 | |||
| Liberal Democrat | 118 | 13.7 | |||
| Labour | 106 | 12.3 | |||
| Majority | 353 | 41.0 | |||
| Turnout | 861 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
| Kirton By-Election 11 December 1997 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | 363 | 59.0 | |||
| Labour | 252 | 41.0 | |||
| Majority | 111 | 18.0 | |||
| Turnout | 615 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
| West By-Election 2 July 1998 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | 580 | 66.8 | |||
| Labour | 288 | 33.2 | |||
| Majority | 292 | 33.6 | |||
| Turnout | 868 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
[edit] 1999-2003
| Kirton By-Election 17 February 2000 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | 181 | 34.3 | |||
| Liberal Democrat | 158 | 30.0 | |||
| Independent | 141 | 26.8 | |||
| Labour | 47 | 8.9 | |||
| Majority | 23 | 4.3 | |||
| Turnout | 527 | 19.2 | |||
| Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
| Pilgrim By-Election 26 October 2000 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | 116 | 43.3 | |||
| Labour | 96 | 35.8 | |||
| Liberal Democrat | 33 | 12.3 | |||
| Independent | 23 | 8.6 | |||
| Majority | 20 | 7.5 | |||
| Turnout | 268 | 19.8 | |||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| South By-Election 22 February 2001 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | 182 | 38.1 | |||
| Labour | 149 | 31.2 | |||
| Liberal Democrat | 147 | 30.8 | |||
| Majority | 33 | 6.9 | |||
| Turnout | 478 | 32.7 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] 2003-2007
| Staniland South By-Election 1 April 2004 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | 330 | 46.0 | |||
| Conservative | 251 | 35.0 | |||
| Independent | 137 | 19.1 | |||
| Majority | 79 | 11.0 | |||
| Turnout | 718 | 26.9 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Fishtoft By-Election 14 July 2005[4] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Michael Gall | 316 | 33.1 | +16.6 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Robert Dodson | 310 | 32.5 | +0.9 | |
| Conservative | Terence Taylor | 254 | 26.6 | -25.3 | |
| UKIP | Don Ransome | 75 | 7.8 | +7.8 | |
| Majority | 6 | 0.6 | |||
| Turnout | 955 | 20.5 | |||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Kirton By-Election 2 February 2006[5] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | John Rylatt | 505 | 72.8 | +30.5 | |
| Labour | Catrina Holstead | 104 | 15.0 | -2.5 | |
| Independent | John Fitzgerald | 85 | 12.2 | -28.0 | |
| Majority | 401 | 57.8 | |||
| Turnout | 694 | 20.6 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Old Leake & Wrangle By-Election 6 April 2006[6] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Frank Pickett | 366 | 55.2 | -12.8 | |
| UKIP | Sue Ransome | 115 | 17.3 | +2.6 | |
| Labour | Clive Marshall | 99 | 14.9 | +14.9 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Paul Appleby | 83 | 12.5 | +12.5 | |
| Majority | 251 | 37.9 | |||
| Turnout | 663 | 25.5 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Fishtoft By-Election 6 July 2006[7] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Raymond Singleton-McGuire | 495 | 44.7 | +6.8 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Malcolm Chapman | 428 | 38.7 | -2.1 | |
| UKIP | John Flynn | 184 | 16.6 | +16.6 | |
| Majority | 67 | 6.0 | |||
| Turnout | 1,107 | 23.6 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] 2007-2011
| Coastal By-Election 24 July 2008[8] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Raymond Singleton-McGuire | 344 | 30.9 | -1.6 | |
| Boston Bypass Independents | David Durrant | 306 | 27.5 | -32.9 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Ossy Snell | 213 | 19.1 | +19.1 | |
| BNP | David Owens | 119 | 10.7 | +10.7 | |
| UKIP | Felicity Ransome | 88 | 7.9 | +0.7 | |
| Labour | Pam Imlah | 44 | 3.9 | +3.9 | |
| Majority | 38 | 3.4 | |||
| Turnout | 1,114 | 37.3 | -4.5 | ||
| Conservative gain from Boston Bypass Independents | Swing | ||||
| Fenside By-Election 13 November 2008[9] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| BNP | David Owens | 279 | 42.6 | +42.6 | |
| Boston Bypass Independents | Carl Smith | 141 | 21.5 | -21.8 | |
| Conservative | Paul Mould | 119 | 18.2 | -0.1 | |
| Labour | Norman Hart | 69 | 10.5 | -13.2 | |
| UKIP | Cyril Wakefield | 24 | 3.7 | -11.0 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Gavin Carrington | 23 | 3.5 | +3.5 | |
| Majority | 138 | 21.1 | |||
| Turnout | 655 | 22.1 | -0.5 | ||
| BNP gain from Boston Bypass Independents | Swing | ||||
| Kirton By-Election 4 June 2009[10] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Colin Brotherton | 490 | 42.2 | +8.9 | |
| Boston Bypass Independents | Carl Smith | 243 | 20.9 | -45.7 | |
| UKIP | Sue Ransome | 230 | 19.8 | +19.8 | |
| Independent | Frank Martin | 122 | 13.1 | +13.1 | |
| Labour | Elizabeth Leonard | 75 | 6.5 | +6.5 | |
| Majority | 247 | 21.3 | |||
| Turnout | 1,160 | 31.7 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Pilgrim By-Election 4 June 2009[10] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Myles Larrington | 110 | 32.4 | -16.7 | |
| Labour | Paul Kenny | 76 | 22.4 | +13.0 | |
| UKIP | Felicity Ransome | 59 | 17.4 | +17.4 | |
| Boston Bypass Independents | Trevor Page | 53 | 15.6 | -26.1 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Mike Sheridan-Shinn | 42 | 12.4 | +12.4 | |
| Majority | 34 | 10.0 | |||
| Turnout | 340 | 27.4 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] References
- ^ "How does the Council work?". Boston Borough Council. http://www.boston.gov.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=502&Itemid=3484. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
- ^ "Boston". BBC News Online. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/vote2007/councils/html/32ub.stm. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
- ^ "Boston". BBC Online. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote_99/locals_99/html/constituency/24.stm. Retrieved 2008-07-30.
- ^ "Strong swing to Labour in local byelections". guardian.co.uk. 2005-07-15. http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2005/jul/15/localgovernment.politics. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
- ^ "Declaration of result of poll". Boston Borough Council. http://www.boston.gov.uk/index2.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_view&gid=567&Itemid=61. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
- ^ "Declaration of result of poll". Boston Borough Council. http://www.boston.gov.uk/index2.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_view&gid=626&Itemid=62. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
- ^ "Declaration of result of poll". Boston Borough Council. http://www.boston.gov.uk/index2.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_view&gid=756&Itemid=61. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
- ^ "By-Election Result". Boston Borough Council. http://www.boston.gov.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1497&Itemid=1. Retrieved 2008-07-30.
- ^ "Fenside Ward Result - November 2008". Boston Borough Council. http://www.boston.gov.uk/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=1286&Itemid=3276. Retrieved 2008-11-14.
- ^ a b "Labour Party wiped off Boston's political map". Lincolnshire Echo. 2009-06-09. http://www.thisislincolnshire.co.uk/news/Labour-Party-wiped-Boston-s-political-map/article-1062437-detail/article.html. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
