West Lindsey District Council election, 2004

Elections to West Lindsey District Council were held on 10 June 2004. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Conservative 19
• Liberal Democrat 16
• Independent 2

Election result

West Lindsey Local Election Result 2004
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrat	9	1	0	+1	69.2	53.7	10,412	+27.1%
	Conservative	4	2	1	+1	30.8	35.7	6,928	-2.3%
	Labour	0	0	0	0	0	5.6	1,084	-8.6%
	Independent	0	0	2	-2	0	4.9	959	-15.9%

One Conservative candidate was unopposed.

Ward results

Caistor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Angela Lawrence	705	61.5	+29.6
	Independent	Norman Hancock	441	38.5	-21.3
Majority			264	23.0	-4.9
Turnout			1,146	44.7	+7.6
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Cherry Willingham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Adrian Heath	1,209	65.1	+31.9
	Conservative	Keith Deeley	649	34.9	-18.8
Majority			560	30.2	+9.7
Turnout			1,858	56.5	+14.9
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Dunholme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Susan Rawlins	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Gainsborough East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Tinker	774	48.3	-25.3
	Labour	Deborah Rose	551	34.4	+34.4
	Conservative	Marc Bratcher	276	17.2	-9.2
Majority			223	13.9	-33.3
Turnout			1,601	35.3	+17.3
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Gainsborough North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	James Snee	765	37.7	+6.8
	Conservative	Paul Howitt-Cowan	489	24.1	-18.6
	Independent	Harry Clarke	417	20.6	+20.6
	Labour	John Indian	356	17.6	-8.8
Majority			276	13.6
Turnout			2,027	41.1	+15.3
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Gainsborough South-West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Trevor Young	690	58.0	-6.9
	Conservative	Donald Sweeting	221	18.6	+6.9
	Labour	Catherine Dobson	177	14.9	+14.9
	Independent	William Gabbott	101	8.5	-14.9
Majority			469	39.4	-2.1
Turnout			1,189	35.7	+10.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Market Rasen

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	David Kitchen	927	54.5	+12.8
	Conservative	Carol Skye	774	45.5	-3.0
Majority			153	9.0	+2.2
Turnout			1,701	35.7	+4.6
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Nettleham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Malcolm Leaning	1,278	64.7	+64.7
	Conservative	Kenneth Davidson	696	35.3	+10.1
Majority			582	29.4	-20.2
Turnout			1,974	55.4	+19.8
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Saxilby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	David Cotton	1,506	76.8	+76.8
	Conservative	William Morgan	455	23.2	-27.5
Majority			1,051	53.6
Turnout			1,961	50.9	+22.1
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Scotter

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	William Parry	850	54.2	-20.1
	Liberal Democrat	Triloki Mehrota	719	45.8	+20.1
Majority			131	8.4	-40.2
Turnout			1,569	46.1	+9.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stow

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Reginald Shore	810	78.2	+7.2
	Conservative	Stephen Beer	226	21.8	-7.2
Majority			584	56.4	+14.4
Turnout			1,036	56.5	+9.2
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Sudbrooke

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Stuart Curtis	656	57.5
	Liberal Democrat	Roy Harris	484	42.5
Majority			172	15.0
Turnout			1,140	56.0
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Welton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Roger Hiscox	1,250	57.3	+57.3
	Conservative	Charles Ireland	931	42.7	+42.7
Majority			319	14.6
Turnout			2,181	52.9	+19.3
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

References

• 2004 West Lindsey election result
• Ward results