City of Lincoln Council election, 2002

Elections to City of Lincoln Council in Lincolnshire, England, were held on 2 May 2002. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the Council.

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Labour 26
• Conservative 6

Election result

Lincoln Local Election Result 2002
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	7			-2	63.6	46.4	7,095
	Conservative	4			+2	36.4	38.1	5,825
	Lincoln Independent Alliance	0	0	0	0	0	9.9	1,522
	Liberal Democrat	0	0	0	0	0	4.4	681
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	184

Ward results

Abbey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fay Smith	663	64.4
	Conservative	Jonathan Gainey	366	35.6
Majority			297	28.8
Turnout			1,029

Birchwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edmund Strengiel	672	50.9
	Labour	Paul Gowen	560	42.5
	Lincoln Independent Alliance	Robert Wells	87	6.6
Majority			112	8.4
Turnout			1,319

Boultham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Amode Toofany	749	52.1
	Conservative	Darren Grice	327	22.7
	Lincoln Independent Alliance	Malcolm Skeels	240	16.7
	Liberal Democrat	Daniel Paton	122	8.5
Majority			422	29.4
Turnout			1,438

Bracebridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hilton Spratt	912	50.1
	Labour	Andrew Taylor	688	37.8
	Liberal Democrat	Donald Simpson	192	10.6
	Lincoln Independent Alliance	Amanda Fletcher	27	1.5
Majority			224	12.3
Turnout			1,819

Carholme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Neil Murray	695	45.4
	Conservative	Sally-Ann Grice	364	23.8
	Liberal Democrat	Daniel Paton	239	15.6
	Green	Nicola Watson	147	9.6
	Lincoln Independent Alliance	Janet Spencer	87	5.7
Majority			331	21.6
Turnout			1,532

Castle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Donald Nannestad	714	57.8
	Conservative	Beryl Hollands	442	35.8
	Lincoln Independent Alliance	Lee Openshaw	80	6.5
Majority			272	22.0
Turnout			1,236

Glebe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lawrence Wells	692	49.7
	Conservative	Phillip Mappin	408	29.3
	Lincoln Independent Alliance	George Spencer	292	21.0
Majority			284	20.4
Turnout			1,392

Hartsholme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ronald Hills	814	47.5
	Labour	Leslie Burke	535	31.2
	Lincoln Independent Alliance	Richard Hall	364	21.2
Majority			279	16.3
Turnout			1,713

Minster

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Gratrick	757	47.4
	Labour	Margaret Schofield	601	37.7
	Lincoln Independent Alliance	Paul Wilkinson	238	14.9
Majority			156	9.7
Turnout			1,596

Moorland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Denise Moore	686	52.6
	Conservative	Duncan Fraser	541	41.5
	Lincoln Independent Alliance	John Webster	76	5.8
Majority			145	11.1
Turnout			1,303

Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patrick Vaughan	512	55.1
	Conservative	Barry Briggs	222	23.9
	Liberal Democrat	Jack Merian	128	13.8
	Green	Kenneth Yates	37	4.0
	Lincoln Independent Alliance	Barbara Freeborough	31	3.3
Majority			290	31.2
Turnout			930

References

• 2002 Lincoln election result
• Ward results