2007 West Lindsey District Council election

Elections to West Lindsey District Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrat Party held overall control of the council after what was seen as a straight fight with the Conservative Party.^[1]^[2]

The election in Scotter ward was decided by the toss of a coin which the Conservative candidate won.^[3]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

West Lindsey Local Election Result 2007
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	6	1	2	-1	50.0	47.8	6,429	+1.5%
Liberal Democrats	5	2	1	+1	41.7	44.6	5,997	-2.5%
Independent	1	0	0	0	8.3	2.0	263	+1.2%
UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	2.5	333	-1.8%
BNP	0	0	0	0	0	1.7	225	+1.7%
Labour	0	0	0	0	0	1.4	191	-0.1%

One Independent candidate was unopposed.

Ward results

Caistor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Alan Caine	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Gainsborough East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Kristan Smith	716	70.3	+3.3
	Conservative	Paul Howitt-Cowan	303	29.7	−3.3
Majority			414	40.6	+6.6
Turnout			1,019	21.0	−2.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Gainsborough North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Pat O'Connor	668	46.7	−20.4
	Conservative	Gillian Bardsley	499	34.9	+10.0
	Independent	Stuart Morley	202	14.1	+14.1
	UKIP	Gordon Simmonds	60	4.2	+4.2
Majority			169	11.8	−30.4
Turnout			1,429	28.9	+4.5
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Gainsborough South-West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Judy Rainsforth	665	74.4	+16.4
	Conservative	Alan Beverley	168	18.8	+0.2
	Independent	Mike Parker	61	6.8	−1.7
Majority			497	55.6	+16.2
Turnout			894	24.6	−11.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Kelsey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Lewis Strange	808	84.3
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Taylor	110	11.5
	UKIP	Steven Pearson	41	4.3
Majority			698	72.8
Turnout			959	46.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lea
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jessie Milne	525	56.0	+37.2
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Parsons	412	44.0	+9.9
Majority			113	12.0
Turnout			937	52.4	+8.1
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Middle Rasen
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Gary Fenwick	534	49.9	−4.7
	Conservative	Geoffrey Wiseman	425	39.7	+8.9
	UKIP	Dave Ranby	111	10.4	+10.4
Majority			109	10.2	−13.6
Turnout			1,070	47.5	+2.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Saxilby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jackie Brockway	934	54.0	−22.8
	Conservative	Giles McNeill	709	41.0	+17.8
	UKIP	Tony Wells	86	5.0	+5.0
Majority			225	13.0	−40.6
Turnout			1,729	42.0	−8.9
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Scotter
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Underwood-Frost	781	50.0	−4.2
	Liberal Democrats	John Burtenshaw	781	50.0	+4.2
Majority			0	0	−8.4
Turnout			1,562	42.1	−4.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Torksey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stuart Kinch	594	53.6	−7.8
	Liberal Democrats	Sue Bartle	289	26.1	−12.5
	BNP	Malcolm Porter	225	20.3	+20.3
Majority			305	27.5	+4.7
Turnout			1,108	48.8	+0.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Welton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Malcolm Parish	995	52.8	+10.1
	Liberal Democrats	Marlene Chapman	888	47.2	−10.1
Majority			107	5.6	−9.0
Turnout			1,883	43.7	−9.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Yarborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Owen Bierley	622	73.3	+12.2
	Labour	John Indian	191	22.5	−16.4
	UKIP	Carol Pearson	35	4.1	+4.1
Majority			431	50.8	+28.6
Turnout			848	44.1	−4.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

^ "Tories make gains in Lincolnshire". BBC Online. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 26 April 2008.
^ "Tories eyeing success in Lincoln". BBC Online. 28 April 2007. Retrieved 26 April 2008.
^ "Heads or tails wins the seat". The Independent. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 26 April 2008.

[gains-1] "Tories make gains in Lincolnshire". BBC Online. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 26 April 2008.

[eyeing-2] "Tories eyeing success in Lincoln". BBC Online. 28 April 2007. Retrieved 26 April 2008.

[heads-3] "Heads or tails wins the seat". The Independent. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 26 April 2008.

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