1985 Lincolnshire County Council election
Appearance
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![]() Map of the results of the election in each division. Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1985 Lincolnshire County Council election was held on Thursday, 2 May 1985. The whole council of 76 members was up for election and the election resulted in the Conservative Party retaining control of the council with a majority of 2, winning 39 seats.[1]
Results by division
[edit]Each electoral division returned one county councillor. The candidate elected to the council in each electoral division is shown in the table below.[1]
Electoral Division | Party | Councillor | Votes | |
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Alford & Spilsby | Conservative | M. Kennedy | 1,194 | |
Alford Coast | Conservative | J. Martin | 885 | |
Bardney & Cherry Willingham | SDP–Liberal Alliance | P. Dodds | 924 | |
Bassingham Rural | Conservative | W. Wyrill | 1,545 | |
Billinghay & Cranwell | Conservative | Z. Scoley | 1,250 | |
Birchwood | Labour | P. Robinson | 1,083 | |
Bolingbroke Castle | SDP–Liberal Alliance | J. Dyde | 1,171 | |
Boston Rural South | Conservative | J. Smith | 1,344 | |
Boston West | SDP–Liberal Alliance | T. Cummings | 1,102 | |
Boultham | Labour | L. Wells | 1,110 | |
Bourne Abbey | Conservative | D. Fisher | 841 | |
Bourne Castle | Conservative | I. Croft | 1,026 | |
Caenby | Conservative | R. Eley | 1,488 | |
Carholme | Conservative | S. Campbell | 953 | |
Cliff | Conservative | W. Rawson | 1,177 | |
Coastal | Independent | J. Hildred | 921 | |
Crowland Rural | Conservative | W. Speechley | 1,230 | |
Devon & St. Johns | Conservative | E. Chapman | 879 | |
Donington Rural | Conservative | S. Bingham | 1,287 | |
Earlesfield | Labour | J. Chadwick | 822 | |
East Elloe | Residents' association | J. Fisher | 1,727 | |
Fenside | Labour | J. Lowery | 1,037 | |
Folkingham Rural | Conservative | B. Lee | 1,160 | |
Gainsborough East | SDP–Liberal Alliance | R. Rainsforth | 993 | |
Gainsborough North | SDP–Liberal Alliance | W. Craigs | 610 | |
Gainsborough South | SDP–Liberal Alliance | D. Lomas | 717 | |
Gainsborough Rural North | SDP–Liberal Alliance | M. French | 1,445 | |
Gainsborough Rural South | Independent | J. Westgarth | 1,347 | |
Grantham North | Conservative | M. Spencer-Gregson | 1,555 | |
Grantham South | Conservative | H. Nadin | 1,259 | |
Grantham West | Conservative | G. Foster | 1,328 | |
Grimsthorpe | Conservative | D. Fletcher | 1,129 | |
Harrowby | Labour | E. Davies | 1,205 | |
Holbeach | SDP–Liberal Alliance | C. Pearl | 640 | |
Holbeach Fen | Conservative | D. Mawby | 1,109 | |
Horncastle & Tetford | Conservative | F. Cupit | 1,152 | |
Hough | Conservative | P. Newton | 1,247 | |
Hykeham Forum | Conservative | P. Gaul | 1,091 | |
Lincoln Abbey | Labour | J. Robertson | 1,520 | |
Lincoln Bracebridge | Conservative | E. Jenkins | 1,259 | |
Lincoln Castle | Labour | J. Ward | 1,445 | |
Lincoln Moorland | Labour | N. Baldock | 984 | |
Lincoln Park | Labour | A. McFarlane | 1,163 | |
Longdales | Labour | G. Burrell | 1,282 | |
Louth Marsh | Conservative | J. Libell | 1,092 | |
Louth North | SDP–Liberal Alliance | J. Sellick | 1,410 | |
Louth Rural North | Conservative | J. Johnson | 878 | |
Louth South | SDP–Liberal Alliance | M. Birmingham | 1,452 | |
Louth Wolds | Conservative | C. Turner | 1,032 | |
Mablethorpe | SDP–Liberal Alliance | W. Baker | 1,766 | |
Metheringham | Conservative | E. Powditch | 796 | |
Minster | Labour | P. Metcalfe | 1,724 | |
Nettleham & Saxilby | SDP–Liberal Alliance | S. Turner | 1,427 | |
North East Kesteven | Conservative | P. Richardson | 1,420 | |
North Wolds | Conservative | V. Hudson | 1,357 | |
Rasen Wolds | Conservative | L. Wilson | 1,361 | |
Skegness North | SDP–Liberal Alliance | H. Fianlight | 941 | |
Skegness South | SDP–Liberal Alliance | K. Holland | 995 | |
Skellingthorpe & Hykeham South | Conservative | B. Gledhill | 1,058 | |
Skirbeck | Labour | B. Bisby | 793 | |
Sleaford | Labour | J. Pratt | 1,418 | |
Sleaford Rural North | Conservative | D. Monk | 1,465 | |
Sleaford Rural South | SDP–Liberal Alliance | L. Pinchbeck | 1,355 | |
Spalding Abbey | Conservative | D. Gutteridge | 686 | |
Spalding East & Weston | Conservative | R. King | 1,011 | |
Spalding North West | SDP–Liberal Alliance | A. Newton | 1,066 | |
Stamford North | Conservative | W. Simpson | 763 | |
Stamford South | SDP–Liberal Alliance | M. Belton | 1,440 | |
Tattershall Castle | Conservative | B. Harvey | 1,198 | |
The Deepings | SDP–Liberal Alliance | J. Anderson | 2,349 | |
Tritton | Labour | I. Goldingson | 1,089 | |
Wainfleet & Burgh | SDP–Liberal Alliance | J. Dodsworth | 1,271 | |
West Elloe | Conservative | G. Walker | 1,055 | |
Witham | Conservative | M. Giles | 1,026 | |
Woodhall Spa & Wragby | Conservative | D. Hoyes | 1,315 | |
Wyberton | SDP–Liberal Alliance | K. Ward | 1,099 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Lincolnshire County Council Election Results 1973-2009" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 28 September 2016.