2021 City of Lincoln Council election

The 2021 City of Lincoln Council election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect members of City of Lincoln Council in Lincolnshire, England.[2] 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 election in 2016 had been an all-out election with new ward boundaries, the seats of the candidates that had finished first in each ward in the all-out 2016 election were now up for election.

2021 City of Lincoln Council election[1]
6 May 2021
11 of the 33 seats to City of Lincoln Council
17 seats needed for a majority
Turnout31.27%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Last election 24 9 0
Seats won 5 5 1
Seats after 22 10 1
Seat change Decrease 2 Increase 1 Increase 1
Popular vote 7,921 8,114 1,709
Percentage 40.7% 41.7% 8.8%
Swing Decrease 3.5 Increase 11 Decrease 2.9
Map showing the results of the 2021 Lincoln City Council elections by ward. Red shows Labour, blue shows the Conservatives and orange shows the Liberal Democrats.
Council control before election

Labour

 Council control after election

Labour

Results summary
2021 Lincoln City Council election[3]
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Labour 5 Decrease 2 45.5 17 22 66.7 7,921 40.7 -3.5
  Conservative 5 Increase 1 45.5 5 10 30.3 8,114 41.7 +11.0
  Liberal Democrats 1 Increase 1 9.1 0 1 3.0 1,709 8.8 -2.9
  Green 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 1,530 7.9 -4.9
  Reform UK 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 69 0.4 New
  TUSC 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 69 0.4 New
  Liberal 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 29 0.1 New

Ward results

Abbey
Abbey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Clare Smalley 974 49.6 +24.8
Labour Val Moore 549 28.0 -22.7
Conservative Roger Hansard 305 15.5 +2.0
Green Kenneth Yates 99 5.0 -6.1
Reform UK Donald Penman 36 1.8 N/A
Majority 425 21.6
Turnout 1,963
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing Increase23.8

Birchwood
Birchwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Eddie Strengiel 958 58.2 +20.1
Labour Co-op Paul Gowen 562 34.1 -13.4
Green John Radford 76 4.6 -4.9
Liberal Democrats Stephen Chapman 51 3.1 -1.9
Majority 396 24.1
Turnout 1,647
Conservative hold Swing Increase16.8

Boultham
Boultham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Calum Watt 704 46.4 -1.0
Conservative Daniel Carvalho 615 40.6 +10.5
Green Simon Tooke 121 8.0 -5.9
Liberal Democrats Charles Parker 76 5.0 -3.6
Majority 89 5.8
Turnout 1,516
Labour Co-op hold Swing Decrease5.8

Carholme
Carholme
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Lucinda Preston 1,171 59.7 +16.2
Conservative Jack Choi 436 22.2 +11.8
Green Nicola Watson 203 10.3 +1.0
Liberal Democrats Oliver Craven 90 4.6 -27.5
TUSC Aston Readings 33 1.7 N/A
Liberal Charles Shaw 29 1.5 N/A
Majority 735 37.5
Turnout 1,962
Labour Co-op hold Swing Increase2.2

Castle
Castle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Donald Nannestad 842 49.7 +0.2
Conservative Rachel Storer 618 36.5 +10.8
Green Norman Haigh 155 9.2 -7.9
Liberal Democrats Aidan Turner 78 4.6 -3.1
Majority 224 13.2
Turnout 1,693
Labour hold Swing Decrease5.3

Glebe
Glebe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ric Metcalfe 705 44.4 +0.9
Conservative Jacob D'Avenant 677 42.6 +10.0
Green Fiona McKenna 207 13.0 -2.8
Majority 28 1.8
Turnout 1,589
Labour hold Swing Decrease4.6

Hartsholme
Hartsholme
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Clarkson 1,229 57.5 +22.5
Labour Adelle Ellis 626 29.3 -18.0
Green Matt Parr 194 9.1 -4.0
Liberal Democrats James Charters 90 4.2 -0.4
Majority 603 28.2
Turnout 2,139
Conservative hold Swing Increase20.3

Minster
Minster
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mark Storer 955 49.6 +13.2
Labour Joshua Wells 769 39.9 -3.0
Liberal Democrats Richard Dale 118 6.1 -3.0
Green Valerie Wilkinson 84 4.4 -7.2
Majority 186 9.7
Turnout 1,926
Conservative hold Swing Increase8.1

Moorland
Moorland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Matthew Fido 796 47.9 +11.9
Labour Geoff Ellis 701 42.2 -3.2
Green Christopher Padley 112 6.7 -5.4
Liberal Democrats Ben Atkinson 53 3.2 -3.3
Majority 95 5.7
Turnout 1,662
Conservative gain from Labour Swing Increase7.6

Park
Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Chris Burke 719 51.5 -3.7
Conservative Liam Sperrin 392 28.1 +9.8
Green Sally Horscroft 152 10.9 -6.4
Liberal Democrats Natasha Chapman 98 7.0 -2.2
TUSC Nick Parker 36 2.6 N/A
Majority 327 23.4
Turnout 1,397
Labour Co-op hold Swing Decrease6.8

Witham
Witham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bill Mara 1,133 58.2 +2.9
Labour Joshua Hutchins 573 29.4 +1.4
Green Amanda Parr 127 6.5 -4.3
Liberal Democrats Sarah Uldall 81 4.2 -1.6
Reform UK Deborah Guthrie 33 1.7 N/A
Majority 560 28.8
Turnout 1,947
Conservative hold Swing Increase0.8

References
  1. "City of Lincoln Council Elections 2021 - Thursday, 6th May 2021". City of Lincoln Council.
  2. "City of Lincoln Council Elections 2021 - Thursday, 6th May 2021". City of Lincoln Council. 6 May 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  3. "Lincoln scoreboard". BBC. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
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