City of Lincoln Council election, 2004

Elections to City of Lincoln Council in Lincolnshire, England, were held on 10 June 2004. 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 25
• Conservative 7
• Liberal Democrat 1

Election result

Lincoln Local Election Result 2004
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	5			+1	45.5	40.2	9,689	+4.4%
	Labour	5			-2	45.5	39.2	9,450	-12.3%
	Liberal Democrat	1			+1	9.1	13.3	3,211	+10.4%
	Lincoln Independent Alliance	0	0	0	0	0	5.0	1,218	-0.2%
	Socialist Alternative	0	0	0	0	0	1.4	329	+1.4%
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	0.9	222	-1.3%

Ward results

Abbey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Fay Smith	703	42.1	-8.3
	Liberal Democrat	John Margetts	489	29.3	+11.7
	Conservative	Anne Duguid	479	28.7	-4.3
Majority			214	12.8	-5.6
Turnout			1,671

Birchwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Edmund Strengiel	1,015	48.3	+15.4
	Labour	Julie Cooper	756	36.0	-9.2
	Socialist Alternative	Ryan Hayward	329	15.7	+15.7
Majority			259	12.3
Turnout			2,100

Boultham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Amode Toofany	979	43.5	-10.1
	Liberal Democrat	Jayne Fisk	637	28.3	+28.3
	Conservative	Darius Laws	635	28.2	+6.3
Majority			342	15.2	-14.0
Turnout			2,251

Bracebridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Hilton Spratt	1,575	59.0	+11.5
	Labour	Kevin Parnham	1,093	41.0	-11.5
Majority			482	18.0
Turnout			2,668

Carholme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Neil Murray	767	36.6	-5.4
	Liberal Democrat	Charles Shaw	596	28.5	+8.6
	Conservative	Jayne Harris	509	24.3	-1.0
	Independent	Peter McGovern	222	10.6	+10.6
Majority			171	8.1	-8.6
Turnout			2,094

Castle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Donald Nannestad	790	40.7	-25.5
	Conservative	Michael Reeve	426	21.9	-11.9
	Liberal Democrat	Phillip Mappin	372	19.2	+19.2
	Lincoln Independent Alliance	Richard Hall	353	18.2	+18.2
Majority			364	18.8	-13.6
Turnout			1,941

Glebe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Lawrence Wells	926	38.2	-5.8
	Lincoln Independent Alliance	George Spencer	865	35.7	+3.3
	Conservative	Geoffrey Brooking	634	26.1	+2.6
Majority			61	2.5	-9.1
Turnout			2,425

Hartsholme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Ronald Hills	1,710	63.7	+15.1
	Labour	Elizabeth Jones	973	36.3	-15.1
Majority			737	27.4
Turnout			2,683
	Labour hold		Swing

Minster

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	David Gratrick	1,099	46.2	-3.4
	Labour	Winston Duncan	760	32.0	-18.4
	Liberal Democrat	Daphne Shaw	518	21.8	+21.8
Majority			339	14.2
Turnout			2,377

Moorland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	David Bellamy	1,181	51.4	+10.0
	Labour	Denise Moore	1,117	48.6	-10.0
Majority			64	2.8
Turnout			2,298

Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Heather Quinton	599	37.2	+37.2
	Labour	Patrick Vaughan	586	36.4	-16.5
	Conservative	Paul Grice	426	26.4	-2.9
Majority			13	0.8
Turnout			1,611

References

• 2004 Lincoln election result
• Ward results
• Local elections: East Midlands analysis