North Lincolnshire Council elections

North Lincolnshire Council is the local authority for the unitary authority of North Lincolnshire in Lincolnshire, England. It was created on 1 April 1996 replacing Glanford, Scunthorpe, part of Boothferry and Humberside County Council.

Political control[edit]

The first election to the council was held in 1995, initially operating as a shadow authority before coming into its powers on 1 April 1996. Political control of the council since 1995 has been held by the following parties:^[1]

Party in control		Years
	Labour	1995–2003
	Conservative	2003–2007
	Labour	2007–2011
	Conservative	2011–present

Leadership[edit]

The leaders of the council since 2006 have been:^[2]

Councillor		From	To
Liz Redfern	Conservative	2006	2007
Mark Kirk	Labour	2007	25 May 2011
Liz Redfern	Conservative	25 May 2011	15 Jan 2017
Rob Waltham	Conservative	16 Jan 2017

Council elections[edit]

District result maps[edit]

2011 results map

By-election results[edit]

Ashby By-Election 24 July 1997
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	889	72.4	-11.7
	Conservative	252	20.5	+4.6
	Liberal Democrats	87	7.1	+7.1
Majority		637	51.9
Turnout		1,228	15.6
	Labour hold	Swing

Burton-upon-Stather and Guness By-Election 30 November 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tracy Muir	854	52.0	-0.7
	Labour	David Oldfield	631	38.5	-8.8
	Independent	Frank Bottamley	156	9.5	+9.5
Majority			223	13.5
Turnout			1,641	31.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Broughton and Appleby By-Election 18 December 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ivan Glover	891	49.1	+0.9
	Labour	Ken Edgell	790	43.6	+2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Val Margetts	132	7.3	-3.2
Majority			101	5.5
Turnout			1,813	35.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Crosby & Park By-Election 27 January 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christine O'Sullivan	1,044	54.9	-4.4
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Poole	414	21.8	+8.8
	Conservative	Michael Sykes	258	13.5	-1.1
	BNP	Robert Bailey	186	9.8	+9.8
Majority			630	33.1
Turnout			1,902	22.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Ashby By-Election 21 April 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Collinson	1,151	68.0	+14.7
	Conservative	Alec Readhead	328	19.4	-5.8
	Liberal Democrats	John Thompson	213	12.6	-8.9
Majority			823	48.6
Turnout			1,692	23.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Brumby By-Election 8 December 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leonard Foster	796	66.5	+6.3
	Conservative	Lawrence Chapman	249	20.8	-1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian Holmes	152	12.7	-5.0
Majority			547	45.7
Turnout			1,197	14.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Ridge By-Election 8 December 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Trevor Foster	1,154	37.4	-13.3
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Poole	1,102	35.7	+9.1
	Labour	Alan May	656	21.3	-1.5
	Independent	Andrew Talliss	175	5.7	+5.7
Majority			52	1.7
Turnout			3,087	31.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Barton By-Election 21 May 2009
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Vickers	1,576	64.35	-0.52
	Labour	Sue Turner	653	26.66	+6.18
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Alan Nixon	220	8.98	+1.93
Majority			873	35.65
Turnout			2,449
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ashby By-Election 6 May 2021
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Peter Dennington	119	5.09%	5.09%
	Conservative	Joanne Saunby	1137	48.67%	16.9%
	Labour	Christopher Skinner	980	41.95%	26.4%
Majority			98	4.1%	36.6%
Turnout			2236	15.6
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Bottesford By-Election 6 May 2021
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Janet Longcake	2084	64.5%	7.7%
	Labour	Glyn Williams	1088	34.3%	9.9%
Majority			996	30.2%	20.7%
Turnout			3172
	Conservative hold		Swing

Broughton and Appleby By-Election 6 May 2021
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Janet Lee	1141	70.3%	8.4%
	Conservative	Carol Elizabeth Ross	1217
	For Britain	Mike Speakman	34	1.0%
	Green	Jo Baker	99	5.3%	9.0%
	Green	Amie Watson	82
	Labour	Graham Ladlow	412	25.7%	2.0%
	Labour	Lucy Watson	450
Majority			1496	44.6%	6.4%
Turnout			3353
	Conservative hold		Swing

References[edit]

^ "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
^ "Council minutes". North Lincolnshire Council. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
^ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of North Lincolnshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.

External links[edit]

North Lincolnshire Council

[1] "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 11 August 2022.

[2] "Council minutes". North Lincolnshire Council. Retrieved 11 August 2022.

[3] slation.gov.uk - The Borough of North Lincolnshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.

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