2018 City of Lincoln Council election

The 2018 City of Lincoln Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of City of Lincoln Council in England.^[4] This was held on the same day as other local elections. One third 33 seats were up for election, with one councillors in each of the 11 wards being elected. As the previous election in 2016 had been an all-out election with new ward boundaries, the seats of the candidates that had finished third in each ward in 2016 were up for election.

2018 City of Lincoln Council election^[1][2]

← 2016 3 May 2018 2019 →
11 of the 33 seats to City of Lincoln Council 17 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	31.27%[3]
First party Second party   Party Labour Conservative Last election 27 6 Seats won 7 4 Seats after 24 9 Seat change 3 3 Popular vote 8,944 6,873 Percentage 47.9% 36.8%
Map showing the results of the 2018 Lincoln City Council elections by ward. Red shows Labour seats and blue shows the Conservatives.
Council control before election Labour Council control after election Labour

Overall results

2018 City of Lincoln Council Election Result

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	7	0	3	3	63.6	47.9	8,944
	Conservative	4	3	0	3	36.4	36.8	6,873
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	0		0.0	7.6	1,420
	Green	0	0	0		0.0	5.6	1,044
	UKIP	0	0	0		0.0	1.3	247
	Independent	0	0	0		0.0	0.8	154

Ward results

Abbey

Location of Abbey ward

Abbey^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Bill Bilton	850	52.0
	Conservative	Richard Butroid	348	21.3
	Liberal Democrats	Clare Smalley	311	19.0
	Green	Edward Evelyn Francis	126	7.7
Majority			502	30.7
Turnout			1,635
	Labour hold

Birchwood

Location of Birchwood ward

Birchwood^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Alan Briggs	786	47.4
	Labour	Paul Gowen	654	39.5
	UKIP	Elaine Warde	100	6.0
	Liberal Democrats	Adam Carnie	68	4.1
	Green	Benjamin Loryman	49	3.0
Majority			132	8.0
Turnout			1,657	28
	Conservative gain from Labour

Boultham

Location of Boultham ward

Boultham^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Gary Hewson	848	58.8
	Conservative	Simon Pouncey	453	31.4
	Green	Simon Tooke	71	4.9
	Liberal Democrats	Kian Hearnshaw	69	4.8
Majority			395	27.4
Turnout			1,441	31
	Labour hold

Carholme

Location of Carholme ward

Carholme^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Laura Angela McWilliams	1,008	53.1
	Liberal Democrats	James Brown	451	23.8
	Conservative	Katya Salvador	293	15.4
	Green	Nicola Watson	99	5.2
	UKIP	Andrew Dunn	47	2.5
Majority			557	29.3
Turnout			1,898	38
	Labour hold

Castle

Location of Castle ward

Castle^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Loraine Woolley	894	54.4
	Conservative	Tom Roche	553	33.6
	Green	Lynne Allison	119	7.2
	Liberal Democrats	Diana Catton	78	4.7
Majority			341	20.7
Turnout			1,644	31
	Labour hold

Glebe

Location of Glebe ward

Glebe^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Patrick Vaughan	775	50.7
	Conservative	Jenine Butroid	574	37.6
	Green	Fiona McKenna	115	7.5
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Lonsdale	64	4.2
Majority			201	13.2
Turnout			1,528	26
	Labour hold

Hartsholme

Location of Hartsholme ward

Hartsholme^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Andrew Kerry	1,031	50.2
	Labour	Liz Bushell	783	38.2
	Green	John Radford	169	8.2
	Liberal Democrats	Jamie Gurden	69	3.4
Majority			248	12.1
Turnout			6,131	32
	Conservative hold

Minster

Location of Minster ward

Minster^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Christopher Reid	793	43.0
	Labour	Rebecca Longbottom	742	40.2
	Independent	Liz Maxwell	154	8.4
	Liberal Democrats	Nicole Pouncey	92	5.0
	Green	Ivan Chafen	63	3.4
Majority			51	2.8
Turnout			1,844	36
	Conservative gain from Labour

Moorland

Location of Moorland ward

Moorland^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Adrianna McNulty	785	50.9
	Conservative	Sharon Longthorne	644	41.8
	Liberal Democrats	Ross Pepper	59	3.8
	Green	Christopher Padley	54	3.5
Majority			141	9.1
Turnout			1,542	28
	Labour hold

Park

Location of Park ward

Park^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Helena Mair	819	59.7
	Conservative	Oliver Peeke	271	19.8
	Green	Sally Horscroft	110	8.0
	UKIP	Tony Todd	100	7.3
	Liberal Democrats	Natasha Chapman	72	5.2
Majority			548	39.9
Turnout			1,372	20
	Labour hold

Witham

Location of Witham ward

Witham^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Hilton Spratt	1,127	54.5
	Labour	Jane Loffhagen	786	38.0
	Liberal Democrats	George Hill	87	4.2
	Green	Michele Servaud	69	3.3
Majority			341	16.5
Turnout			2,069	34
	Conservative gain from Labour

References

1. "City of Lincoln Council Elections 2018 - Thursday, 3rd May 2018". City of Lincoln Council.
2. Noel Dempsey (14 May 2018). "Local Elections 2018" (PDF). House of Commons Library.
3. "Rewind: City of Lincoln Council election results". The Lincolnlite. 3 May 2018.
4. "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 5 May 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
5. "Election results for Abbey". City of Lincoln Council.
6. "Election results for Birchwood". City of Lincoln Council.
7. "Election results for Boultham". City of Lincoln Council.
8. "Election results for Boultham". City of Lincoln Council.
9. "Election results for Abbey". City of Lincoln Council.
10. "Election results for Abbey". City of Lincoln Council.
11. "Election results for Abbey". City of Lincoln Council.
12. "Election results for Abbey". City of Lincoln Council.
13. "Election results for Abbey". City of Lincoln Council.
14. "Election results for Abbey". City of Lincoln Council.
15. "Election results for Abbey". City of Lincoln Council.