1985 Lincolnshire County Council election

1985 UK local government election

1985 Lincolnshire County Council election

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All 76 seats to Lincolnshire County Council
39 seats needed for a majority
|  | First party  | Second party  | Third party

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Party  | Conservative | Alliance | Labour
Seats before  | 42 | 12  | 13
Seats won  | 39 | 20  | 14
Seat change  | 3 | 8  | 1

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| Fourth party  | Fifth party
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Party  | Independent | RA
Seats before  | 9  | 0
Seats won  | 2  | 1
Seat change  | 7  | 1

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Map of the results of the election in each division. Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results.

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| Council control before election

Conservative

| Council control after election

Conservative

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The 1985 Lincolnshire County Council election was held on Thursday, 2 May 1985. The whole council of 76 members was up for election and the election resulted in the Conservative Party retaining control of the council with a majority of 2, winning 39 seats.[1]

## Results by division

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Each electoral division returned one county councillor. The candidate elected to the council in each electoral division is shown in the table below.[1]

Electoral Division | Party | Councillor | Votes

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| Alford & Spilsby  | Conservative | M. Kennedy  | 1,194
| Alford Coast  | Conservative | J. Martin  | 885
| Bardney & Cherry Willingham  | SDP–Liberal Alliance | P. Dodds  | 924
| Bassingham Rural  | Conservative | W. Wyrill  | 1,545
| Billinghay & Cranwell  | Conservative | Z. Scoley  | 1,250
| Birchwood  | Labour | P. Robinson  | 1,083
| Bolingbroke Castle  | SDP–Liberal Alliance | J. Dyde  | 1,171
| Boston Rural South  | Conservative | J. Smith  | 1,344
| Boston West  | SDP–Liberal Alliance | T. Cummings  | 1,102
| Boultham  | Labour | L. Wells  | 1,110
| Bourne Abbey  | Conservative | D. Fisher  | 841
| Bourne Castle  | Conservative | I. Croft  | 1,026
| Caenby  | Conservative | R. Eley  | 1,488
| Carholme  | Conservative | S. Campbell  | 953
| Cliff  | Conservative | W. Rawson  | 1,177
| Coastal  | Independent | J. Hildred  | 921
| Crowland Rural  | Conservative | W. Speechley  | 1,230
| Devon & St. Johns  | Conservative | E. Chapman  | 879
| Donington Rural  | Conservative | S. Bingham  | 1,287
| Earlesfield  | Labour | J. Chadwick  | 822
| East Elloe  | Residents' association | J. Fisher  | 1,727
| Fenside  | Labour | J. Lowery  | 1,037
| Folkingham Rural  | Conservative | B. Lee  | 1,160
| Gainsborough East  | SDP–Liberal Alliance | R. Rainsforth  | 993
| Gainsborough North  | SDP–Liberal Alliance | W. Craigs  | 610
| Gainsborough South  | SDP–Liberal Alliance | D. Lomas  | 717
| Gainsborough Rural North  | SDP–Liberal Alliance | M. French  | 1,445
| Gainsborough Rural South  | Independent | J. Westgarth  | 1,347
| Grantham North  | Conservative | M. Spencer-Gregson  | 1,555
| Grantham South  | Conservative | H. Nadin  | 1,259
| Grantham West  | Conservative | G. Foster  | 1,328
| Grimsthorpe  | Conservative | D. Fletcher  | 1,129
| Harrowby  | Labour | E. Davies  | 1,205
| Holbeach  | SDP–Liberal Alliance | C. Pearl  | 640
| Holbeach Fen  | Conservative | D. Mawby  | 1,109
| Horncastle & Tetford  | Conservative | F. Cupit  | 1,152
| Hough  | Conservative | P. Newton  | 1,247
| Hykeham Forum  | Conservative | P. Gaul  | 1,091
| Lincoln Abbey  | Labour | J. Robertson  | 1,520
| Lincoln Bracebridge  | Conservative | E. Jenkins  | 1,259
| Lincoln Castle  | Labour | J. Ward  | 1,445
| Lincoln Moorland  | Labour | N. Baldock  | 984
| Lincoln Park  | Labour | A. McFarlane  | 1,163
| Longdales  | Labour | G. Burrell  | 1,282
| Louth Marsh  | Conservative | J. Libell  | 1,092
| Louth North  | SDP–Liberal Alliance | J. Sellick  | 1,410
| Louth Rural North  | Conservative | J. Johnson  | 878
| Louth South  | SDP–Liberal Alliance | M. Birmingham  | 1,452
| Louth Wolds  | Conservative | C. Turner  | 1,032
| Mablethorpe  | SDP–Liberal Alliance | W. Baker  | 1,766
| Metheringham  | Conservative | E. Powditch  | 796
| Minster  | Labour | P. Metcalfe  | 1,724
| Nettleham & Saxilby  | SDP–Liberal Alliance | S. Turner  | 1,427
| North East Kesteven  | Conservative | P. Richardson  | 1,420
| North Wolds  | Conservative | V. Hudson  | 1,357
| Rasen Wolds  | Conservative | L. Wilson  | 1,361
| Skegness North  | SDP–Liberal Alliance | H. Fianlight  | 941
| Skegness South  | SDP–Liberal Alliance | K. Holland  | 995
| Skellingthorpe & Hykeham South  | Conservative | B. Gledhill  | 1,058
| Skirbeck  | Labour | B. Bisby  | 793
| Sleaford  | Labour | J. Pratt  | 1,418
| Sleaford Rural North  | Conservative | D. Monk  | 1,465
| Sleaford Rural South  | SDP–Liberal Alliance | L. Pinchbeck  | 1,355
| Spalding Abbey  | Conservative | D. Gutteridge  | 686
| Spalding East & Weston  | Conservative | R. King  | 1,011
| Spalding North West  | SDP–Liberal Alliance | A. Newton  | 1,066
| Stamford North  | Conservative | W. Simpson  | 763
| Stamford South  | SDP–Liberal Alliance | M. Belton  | 1,440
| Tattershall Castle  | Conservative | B. Harvey  | 1,198
| The Deepings  | SDP–Liberal Alliance | J. Anderson  | 2,349
| Tritton  | Labour | I. Goldingson  | 1,089
| Wainfleet & Burgh  | SDP–Liberal Alliance | J. Dodsworth  | 1,271
| West Elloe  | Conservative | G. Walker  | 1,055
| Witham  | Conservative | M. Giles  | 1,026
| Woodhall Spa & Wragby  | Conservative | D. Hoyes  | 1,315
| Wyberton  | SDP–Liberal Alliance | K. Ward  | 1,099

## References

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1. ^ a b "Lincolnshire County Council Election Results 1973-2009" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 28 September 2016.

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