2002 West Lindsey District Council election

Elections to West Lindsey District Council were held on 2 May 2002. 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

Election result
West Lindsey Local Election Result 2002
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 8 4 0 +4 66.7 42.6 4,297 +5.9%
  Liberal Democrats 2 0 3 -3 16.7 31.9 3,223 -19.1%
  Labour 1 0 0 0 8.3 14.1 1,424 +9.2%
  Independent 1 0 1 -1 8.3 11.4 1,154 +3.9%

Ward results
Bardney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ian Fleetwood 501 72.4 +13.1
Liberal Democrats John Turner 191 27.6 -13.1
Majority 310 44.8 +26.2
Turnout 692 46.8 -6.3
Conservative hold Swing
Cherry Willingham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Irmgard Parrott 706 53.7 +53.7
Liberal Democrats Adrian Heath 436 33.2 -9.9
Labour Tara-Louise Burghardt 173 13.2 +13.2
Majority 270 20.5
Turnout 1,315 41.6 +11.4
Conservative hold Swing
Fiskerton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Margaret Davidson 251 49.9 +49.9
Liberal Democrats Roy Harris 133 26.4 -5.7
Labour Sally Scott 119 23.7 +23.7
Majority 118 23.5
Turnout 503 33.7 +6.2
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Gainsborough East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Melvyn Starkey 424 56.8 -19.4
Labour Deborah Rose 217 29.0 +29.0
Conservative Stephen Beer 106 14.2 -9.6
Majority 207 27.8 -24.6
Turnout 747 17.2 +0.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Gainsborough North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Irene Tyson 403 36.3 +36.3
Liberal Democrats Kristan Smith 369 33.2 -30.1
Conservative Robert Gore 339 30.5 -6.2
Majority 34 3.1
Turnout 1,111 22.5 +5.0
Labour hold Swing
Hemswell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Colin Wotherspoon 398 61.4 +14.3
Liberal Democrats William Gabbott 250 38.6 -14.3
Majority 148 22.8
Turnout 648 35.7 +0.9
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Market Rasen
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Adam Duguid 563 48.5 +14.2
Liberal Democrats Neil Taylor 484 41.7 -18.9
Labour Philip Huckin 115 9.9 +4.8
Majority 79 6.8 -19.5
Turnout 1,162 31.1 -2.3
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Nettleham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Alfred Frith 944 74.8 +74.8
Conservative Rodney Stainton 318 25.2 -9.9
Majority 626 49.6 +19.8
Turnout 1,262 35.6 -6.8
Independent hold Swing
Scampton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Heath 567 75.2 +4.6
Conservative Peter Randall 187 24.8 -4.6
Majority 380 50.4 -0.8
Turnout 754 38.0 +3.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Thonock
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Keeley Henderson 271 43.5 +9.1
Labour Paul Chappelow 181 29.1 +29.1
Liberal Democrats David Clack 171 27.4 -38.2
Majority 90 14.4
Turnout 623 33.2 +2.8
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Waddingham & Spital
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jeffrey Summers 381 48.3 -13.9
Independent Ernest Coleman 210 26.6 +26.6
Liberal Democrats Andrew Heathorn 198 25.1 -12.7
Majority 171 21.7 -2.7
Turnout 789 46.2 +6.8
Conservative hold Swing
Wold View
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bernard Theobald 276 56.1 +14.7
Labour Frank Thomas 216 43.9 +24.6
Majority 60 12.2 +10.1
Turnout 492 27.9 -7.5
Conservative hold Swing

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