2003 West Lindsey District Council election

English local election

Elections to West Lindsey District Council were held on 1 May 2003. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Conservative 17
Liberal Democrat 13
Independent 6
Labour 1

Election result

West Lindsey Local Election Result 2003
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	6	4	0	+4	50.0	38.0	4,194	-4.6%
Liberal Democrats	3	0	1	-1	25.0	26.6	2,937	-5.3%
Independent	3	0	1	-1	25.0	20.8	2,296	+9.4%
Labour	0	0	2	-2	0	14.2	1,571	+0.1%
Green	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	28	+0.3%

One Conservative candidate was unopposed.

Ward results

Caistor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Alan Caine	563	59.8	+12.6
	Conservative	Peter O'Leary	300	31.9	-7.4
	Labour	Tara-Louise Burghardt	78	8.3	-2.3
Majority			263	27.9	+20.0
Turnout			941	37.1	+6.1
	Independent hold		Swing

Gainsborough East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Kristan Smith	582	73.6	+16.8
	Conservative	John Otter	209	26.4	+12.2
Majority			373	47.2	+14.4
Turnout			791	18.0	+0.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Gainsborough North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gillian Bardsley	539	42.7	+12.2
	Liberal Democrats	Denise Harrison-Moore	390	30.9	-2.3
	Labour	Triloka Mehrotra	334	26.4	-9.9
Majority			149	11.8
Turnout			1,263	25.8	+3.3
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Gainsborough South-West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Judith Rainsforth	544	64.9	+12.2
	Independent	Paul Howitt-Cowan	196	23.4	+23.4
	Conservative	William Morgan	98	11.7	-11.2
Majority			348	41.5	+13.2
Turnout			838	25.7	+2.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Kelsey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Strange	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lea
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Kevin Whaley	361	47.1
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Parsons	261	34.1
	Conservative	Stephen Beer	144	18.8
Majority			100	13.0
Turnout			766	44.3
	Independent hold		Swing

Middle Rasen
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Gary Fenwick	455	54.6	-18.5
	Conservative	Alfred Jones	257	30.8	+3.9
	Independent	Lynda Vernam	93	11.2	+11.2
	Green	Christopher Padley	28	3.4	+3.4
Majority			198	23.8	-22.4
Turnout			833	44.8	+8.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Saxilby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sarah Anyan-Needham	539	50.7	+16.8
	Labour	Catherine Dobson	524	49.3	+37.5
Majority			15	1.4
Turnout			1,063	28.8	-10.3
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Scotter
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Underwood-Frost	920	74.3	+5.7
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Heathorn	319	25.7	-5.7
Majority			601	48.6	+11.4
Turnout			1,239	36.5	+4.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Torksey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Stuart Kinch	614	61.4
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Bartle	386	38.6
Majority			228	22.8
Turnout			1,000	48.4
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Welton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Malcolm Parish	1,083	80.0	+80.0
	Labour	Philip Huckin	270	20.0	+12.7
Majority			813	60.0
Turnout			1,353	33.6	-7.1
	Independent hold		Swing

Yarborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Owen Bierley	574	61.1	+12.8
	Labour	John Indian	365	38.9	-12.8
Majority			209	22.2	+18.8
Turnout			939	48.1	+11.1
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

References

2003 West Lindsey election result
Ward results Archived 25 September 2006 at the Wayback Machine

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