2002 West Lindsey District Council election

Elections to West Lindsey District Council were held on 2 May 2002. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Conservative 13
• Liberal Democrat 13
• Independent 8
• Labour 3

Election result

West Lindsey Local Election Result 2002

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	8	4	0	+4	66.7	42.6	4,297	+5.9%
	Liberal Democrats	2	0	3	-3	16.7	31.9	3,223	-19.1%
	Labour	1	0	0	0	8.3	14.1	1,424	+9.2%
	Independent	1	0	1	-1	8.3	11.4	1,154	+3.9%

Ward results

Bardney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Fleetwood	501	72.4	+13.1
	Liberal Democrats	John Turner	191	27.6	−13.1
Majority			310	44.8	+26.2
Turnout			692	46.8	−6.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cherry Willingham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Irmgard Parrott	706	53.7	+53.7
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian Heath	436	33.2	−9.9
	Labour	Tara-Louise Burghardt	173	13.2	+13.2
Majority			270	20.5
Turnout			1,315	41.6	+11.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fiskerton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margaret Davidson	251	49.9	+49.9
	Liberal Democrats	Roy Harris	133	26.4	−5.7
	Labour	Sally Scott	119	23.7	+23.7
Majority			118	23.5
Turnout			503	33.7	+6.2
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Gainsborough East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Melvyn Starkey	424	56.8	−19.4
	Labour	Deborah Rose	217	29.0	+29.0
	Conservative	Stephen Beer	106	14.2	−9.6
Majority			207	27.8	−24.6
Turnout			747	17.2	+0.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Gainsborough North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Irene Tyson	403	36.3	+36.3
	Liberal Democrats	Kristan Smith	369	33.2	−30.1
	Conservative	Robert Gore	339	30.5	−6.2
Majority			34	3.1
Turnout			1,111	22.5	+5.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Hemswell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Wotherspoon	398	61.4	+14.3
	Liberal Democrats	William Gabbott	250	38.6	−14.3
Majority			148	22.8
Turnout			648	35.7	+0.9
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Market Rasen

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Adam Duguid	563	48.5	+14.2
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Taylor	484	41.7	−18.9
	Labour	Philip Huckin	115	9.9	+4.8
Majority			79	6.8	−19.5
Turnout			1,162	31.1	−2.3
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Nettleham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Alfred Frith	944	74.8	+74.8
	Conservative	Rodney Stainton	318	25.2	−9.9
Majority			626	49.6	+19.8
Turnout			1,262	35.6	−6.8
	Independent hold		Swing

Scampton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Heath	567	75.2	+4.6
	Conservative	Peter Randall	187	24.8	−4.6
Majority			380	50.4	−0.8
Turnout			754	38.0	+3.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Thonock

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keeley Henderson	271	43.5	+9.1
	Labour	Paul Chappelow	181	29.1	+29.1
	Liberal Democrats	David Clack	171	27.4	−38.2
Majority			90	14.4
Turnout			623	33.2	+2.8
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Waddingham & Spital

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeffrey Summers	381	48.3	−13.9
	Independent	Ernest Coleman	210	26.6	+26.6
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Heathorn	198	25.1	−12.7
Majority			171	21.7	−2.7
Turnout			789	46.2	+6.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wold View

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bernard Theobald	276	56.1	+14.7
	Labour	Frank Thomas	216	43.9	+24.6
Majority			60	12.2	+10.1
Turnout			492	27.9	−7.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

• 2002 West Lindsey election result
• Ward results