1996 City of Lincoln Council election
Appearance
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11 of the 33 seats to City of Lincoln Council 17 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Map showing the results the 1996 Lincoln City Council elections by ward. Red shows Labour seats and blue shows Conservative seats. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1996 City of Lincoln Council election took place on 2 May 1996. This was on the same day as other local elections. One third of the council was up for election: the seats of which were last contested in 1992. The Labour Party retained control of the council.
Overall results
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Labour | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 100.0 | 69.4 | 14,161 | 17.8 | |
Conservative | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 23.9 | 4,883 | 18.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 243 | 2.6 | ||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5.5 | 1,130 | 3.0 | ||
Total | 11 | 20,417 |
All comparisons in vote share are to the corresponding 1992 election.
Ward results
[edit]Abbey
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | J. Robertson | 1,190 | 79.2% | |
Conservative | P. Forbes-Ritte | 208 | 13.8% | |
Green | P. North | 104 | 6.9% | |
Turnout | 30.2% | |||
Labour hold |
Birchwood
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Stephen Allnutt[4] | 1,820 | 58.9% | |
Conservative | Edmund Strengiel[5] | 1,147 | 37.1% | |
Green | T. Ligema | 121 | 3.9% | |
Turnout | 32.4% | |||
Labour gain from Conservative |
Boultham
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Ralph Toofany[6] | 1,221 | 76.5% | |
Conservative | M. Franks | 268 | 16.8% | |
Green | G. Phillips | 108 | 6.8% | |
Turnout | 30.9% | |||
Labour hold |
Bracebridge
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | A. Bradley | 1,273 | 69.0% | |
Conservative | R. Meads | 491 | 26.6% | |
Green | R. Leedham-Green | 80 | 4.3% | |
Turnout | 30.7% | |||
Labour hold |
Carholme
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | S. Paterson | 1,264 | 60.8% | |
Conservative | M. Mellows | 402 | 19.3% | |
Liberal Democrats | L. Gabriel | 243 | 11.7% | |
Green | D. Kane | 171 | 8.2% | |
Turnout | 38.3% | |||
Labour hold |
Castle
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Loraine Woolley[7] | 1,324 | 75.1% | |
Conservative | B. Tibble | 334 | 19.0% | |
Green | E. Gurney | 104 | 5.9% | |
Turnout | 33.4% | |||
Labour hold |
Longdales
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | P. McGinlay | 1,216 | 69.5% | |
Conservative | David Gratrick[8] | 476 | 27.2% | |
Green | A. Hansell | 57 | 3.3% | |
Turnout | 36.6% | |||
Labour hold |
Minster
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Lawrence Wells[9] | 1,648 | 65.3% | |
Conservative | C. Talbor | 719 | 28.5% | |
Green | A. Smith | 156 | 6.2% | |
Turnout | 34.4% | |||
Labour hold |
Moorland
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | N. Baldock | 1,192 | 70.7% | |
Conservative | D. Fraser | 410 | 24.3% | |
Green | L. Durrant | 84 | 5.0% | |
Turnout | 34.5% | |||
Labour gain from Conservative |
Park
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Y. Jackson | 868 | 73.6% | |
Conservative | B. Briggs | 223 | 18.9% | |
Green | K. Yates | 88 | 7.5% | |
Turnout | 23.9% | |||
Labour hold |
Tritton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Richard Coupland[6] | 1,145 | 81.4% | |
Conservative | M. Clark | 205 | 14.6% | |
Green | R. Weavers | 57 | 4.1% | |
Turnout | 33.9% | |||
Labour hold |
By-elections between 1996 and 1998
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | 841 | 54.6 | ||
Conservative | 380 | 24.7 | ||
Independent | 223 | 14.5 | ||
Green | 95 | 6.2 | ||
Majority | 461 | 29.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,539 | 28.3 | ||
Labour hold |
References
[edit]- ^ "Council compositions by year". The Elections Centre.
- ^ "Local Election Summaries 1996". The Elections Centre.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "City of Lincoln Council Election Results 1973-2012". Elections Centre. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
- ^ "City of Lincoln Council - Your council". City of Lincoln Council. Archived from the original on 12 May 2003. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
- ^ "City of Lincoln Council - Your council". City of Lincoln Council. Archived from the original on 25 January 2003. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
- ^ a b "Councillors - Boultham ward". Archived from the original on 19 April 2003. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
- ^ "Councillors - Castle ward". Archived from the original on 19 April 2003. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
- ^ "Councillors - Minster ward". Archived from the original on 19 April 2003. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
- ^ "Councillors - Glebe ward". Archived from the original on 19 April 2003. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
- ^ Keith Edkins. "Local Authority Byelection Results - May 1997". Archived from the original on 31 August 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2019.