2008 City of Lincoln Council election

The 2008 City of Lincoln Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of City of Lincoln Council in Lincolnshire, England. This was held on the same day as other local elections. One third 33 seats were up for election, with one councillor in each of the 11 wards being elected. As the previous election in 2007 had been an all-out election with new ward boundaries, the seats of the candidates that had finished third in each ward in 2016 were up for election. The Conservative Party retained control of the council.[3][4]

2008 City of Lincoln Council election[1][2]

1 May 2008
11 of the 33 seats to City of Lincoln Council 17 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	31.4%
Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats Last election 17 15 1 Seats won 7 3 1 Seats after 18 14 1 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 8,797 6,454 2,924 Percentage 44.5% 32.6% 14.8%
Map showing the results the 2008 Lincoln City Council elections by ward. Red shows Labour seats and blue shows the Conservatives.
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

Election result

2008 Lincoln Local Election Result

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	7	1	0	1	63.6	44.5	8,797
	Labour	3	0	1	1	27.3	32.6	6,454
	Liberal Democrats	1	0	0		9.1	14.8	2,924
	BNP	0	0	0		0.0	5.6	1,106
	Independent	0	0	0		0.0	1.0	188
	UKIP	0	0	0		0.0	0.9	187
	Socialist Alternative	0	0	0		0.0	0.6	127
Total		11						19,783

Ward results

Abbey

Location of Abbey ward

Abbey[5][1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Kath Brothwell	657	40.0%
	Conservative	Cordelia McCartney	625	38.1%
	Liberal Democrats	Heather Cullen	259	15.8%
	UKIP	Carol Pearson	101	6.2%
Majority			32	1.9%
Turnout			1,642	25.2%
	Labour hold

Birchwood

Location of Birchwood ward

Boultham[5][1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Metcalfe	740	43.5%
	Labour	Stephen Allnutt	464	27.2%
	Independent	Jack Humphries	188	11.0%
	BNP	Philip Marshall	183	10.7%
	Liberal Democrats	George Richardson	128	7.5%
Majority			276	16.2%
Turnout			1,703	30.0%
	Conservative hold

Boultham

Location of Boultham ward

Boultham[5][1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Richard Coupland	667	35.4%
	Conservative	Andrew Bradley	655	34.8%
	BNP	Colin Westcott	342	18.2%
	Liberal Democrats	Ross Pepper	218	11.6%
Majority			12	0.6%
Turnout			1,882	33.5%
	Labour hold

Bracebridge

Location of Bracebridge ward

Bracebridge[5][1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Marc Jones	1,126	60.1%
	Labour	David Rimmington	517	27.6%
	BNP	Dean Lowther	230	12.3%
Majority			609	32.5%
Turnout			1,873	32.6%
	Conservative hold

Carholme

Location of Carholme ward

Carholme[5][1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Heath	852	41.9%
	Labour	Malcolm Withers	547	26.9%
	Conservative	Daniel Hutchinson	509	25.0%
	Socialist Alternative	Nick Parker	127	6.2%
Majority			305	15.0%
Turnout			2,035	30.6%
	Liberal Democrats hold

Castle

Location of Castle ward

Castle[5][1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Alister Williams	783	43.3%
	Labour	Rachel Taylor	699	38.6%
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Shaw	327	18.1%
Majority			84	4.6%
Turnout			1,809	32.3%
	Conservative gain from Labour

Glebe

Location of Glebe ward

Minster[5][1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Denman	832	49.1%
	Labour	Larry Wells	524	30.9%
	BNP	Alan Kirk	174	10.3%
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Morgan	166	9.8%
Majority			308	18.2%
Turnout			1,696	31.2%
	Conservative hold

Hartsholme

Location of Hartsholme ward

Longdales[5][1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Andrew Kerry	1,212	65.5%
	Labour	Tony Duncan	347	18.8%
	Liberal Democrats	Lynn Pepper	291	15.7%
Majority			865	46.8%
Turnout			1,850	34.5%
	Conservative hold

Minster

Location of Minster ward

Tritton[5][1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sandra Gratrick	1,093	52.0%
	Labour	Judy Renshaw	769	36.6%
	Liberal Democrats	Daphne Shaw	238	11.3%
Majority			324	15.4%
Turnout			2,100	37.2%
	Conservative hold

Moorland

Location of Moorland ward

Moorland[5][1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Paul Grice	859	46.5%
	Labour	Bob Bushell	646	34.9%
	BNP	Olivia Wolverson	177	9.6%
	Liberal Democrats	Jenny Shaw	167	9.0%
Majority			213	11.5%
Turnout			1,849	32.5%
	Conservative hold

Park

Location of Park ward

Park[5][1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Brent Charlesworth	617	45.9%
	Conservative	Sally Grice	363	27.0%
	Liberal Democrats	Ryan Cullen	278	20.7%
	UKIP	Steve Pearson	86	6.4%
Majority			254	18.9%
Turnout			1,344	25.2%
	Labour hold

References

1. Andrew Teale. "Local Election Results 2008". Local Elections Archive Project.
2. Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (2008). Local Elections Handbook 2008 (PDF). University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK: Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre. p. 11.
3. "Elections 2008". BBC News.
4. "Local elections 2008" (PDF). House of Commons Library. 12 June 2008. p. 17.
5. "City of Lincoln Council Election Results 1973-2012". Elections Centre. Retrieved 29 October 2019.