1991 City of Lincoln Council election

The 1991 City of Lincoln Council election took place on 2 May 1991. 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 1987. The Labour Party retained control of the council.

1991 City of Lincoln Council election[1][2]

2 May 1991
11 of the 33 seats to City of Lincoln Council 17 seats needed for a majority
Party Labour Conservative Last election 28 5 Seats won 10 1 Seats after 31 2 Seat change 3 3 Popular vote 16,710 9,864 Percentage 59.7% 35.3%
Map showing the results the 1991 Lincoln City Council elections by ward. Red shows Labour seats and blue shows Conservative seats.
Council control before election Labour Council control after election Labour

Overall results

1991 City of Lincoln Council Election

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	10	3	0	3	90.9	59.7	16,710	10.6
	Conservative	1	0	3	3	9.1	35.3	9,864	3.7
	Green	0	0	0		0.0	4.4	1,218	3.1
	Independent Liberal	0	0	0		0.0	0.7	186	New
Total		11						27,978

All comparisons in vote share are to the corresponding 1987 election.

Ward results

Abbey

Location of Abbey ward

Abbey[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Peter West[4]	1,467	76.5%
	Conservative	Meads R.	451	23.5%
Turnout				39.4%
	Labour hold

Birchwood

Location of Birchwood ward

Boultham[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Edmund Strengiel[5]	1,941	49.7%
	Labour	D. Martin	1,705	43.7%
	Green	P. North	259	6.6%
Turnout				41.9%
	Conservative hold

Boultham

Location of Boultham ward

Boultham[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	T. Rook	1,612	71.2%
	Conservative	P. Isaac	493	21.8%
	Green	S. Brown	160	7.1%
Turnout				44.6%
	Labour hold

Bracebridge

Location of Bracebridge ward

Bracebridge[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. Hall	1,542	55.6%
	Conservative	E. Jenkins	1,233	44.4%
Turnout				47.5%
	Labour gain from Conservative

Carholme

Location of Carholme ward

Carholme[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	L. Richardson	1,414	54.5%
	Conservative	M. Mellows	884	34.1%
	Green	I. McPherson	297	11.4%
Turnout				50.7%
	Labour gain from Conservative

Castle

Location of Castle ward

Castle[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Anthony Morgan[6]	1,563	64.6%
	Conservative	I. Adams	643	26.6%
	Green	D. Kane	213	8.8%
Turnout				44.7%
	Labour hold

Longdales

Location of Longdales ward

Longdales[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Neil Murray[7]	1,614	63.7%
	Conservative	Sandra Gratrick[8]	920	36.3%
Turnout				51.2%
	Labour hold

Minster

Location of Minster ward

Minster[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jerome O'Brien[9]	1,785	54.2%
	Conservative	David Gratrick[10]	1,157	35.1%
	Independent Liberal	D. Webb	186	5.6%
	Green	P. Watkins	167	5.1%
Turnout				45.5%
	Labour hold

Moorland

Location of Moorland ward

Moorland[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	E. Noble	1,342	51.9%
	Conservative	Hilton Spratt[11]	1,245	48.1%
Turnout				52.2%
	Labour gain from Conservative

Park

Location of Park ward

Park[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David Jackson[12]	1,188	68.6%
	Conservative	F. Kay	423	24.4%
	Green	K. Yates	122	7.0%
Turnout				36.2%
	Labour hold

Tritton

Location of Tritton ward

Tritton[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. Hurst	1,478	75.7%
	Conservative	P. Farrow	474	24.3%
Turnout				47.1%
	Labour hold

References

1. "Council compositions by year". The Elections Centre.
2. "Local Election Summaries 1991". The Elections Centre.
3. "City of Lincoln Council Election Results 1973-2012". Elections Centre. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
4. "Councillors - Abbey ward". Archived from the original on 19 April 2003. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
5. "Councillors - Birchwood ward". City of Lincoln Council. Archived from the original on 26 August 2003. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
6. "Councillors - Castle ward". Archived from the original on 19 April 2003. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
7. "Councillors - Carholme ward". Archived from the original on 26 August 2003. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
8. "Councillors - Minster ward". Archived from the original on 7 October 2006. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
9. "Councillors - Glebe ward". Archived from the original on 19 April 2003. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
10. "Councillors - Minster ward". Archived from the original on 19 April 2003. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
11. "Councillors - Bracebridge ward". Archived from the original on 19 April 2003. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
12. "Councillors - Park ward". Archived from the original on 19 April 2003. Retrieved 5 November 2019.