Elections

2017 election results

Lincolnshire elections map and percentile of votes graph web

Division	Candidate	Party	Votes	Total	Majority	Share	Electorate
Alford and Sutton	MATTHEWS, Colin	Conservative	1187	2895	42	41%	7991
Bardney and Cherry Willingham	FLEETWOOD, Ian Gordon	Conservative	1523	2861	780	53%	8234
Bassingham and Welbourn	OVERTON, Marianne Jane	Lincolnshire Independents	1952	3231	824	60%	8781
Birchwood	STRENGIEL, Eddie	Conservative	1237	2479	367	49%	7803
Boston Coastal	SKINNER, Paul Anthony	Conservative	1277	2853	784	44%	7871
Boston North	SPENCER, Aaron	Conservative	687	1913	229	35%	7405
Boston Rural	BROOKES, Michael	Conservative	1865	2717	1449	68%	8062
Boston South	AUSTIN, Alison Mary	Independent	981	2315	264	42%	7569
Boston West	COOPER, Paula	Conservative	708	1935	262	36%	6459
Boultham	CLARKE, Kevin John	Labour	950	1930	285	49%	6337
Bourne North and Morton	WOOLLEY, Sue	Conservative	1950	2440	1490	79%	7161
Bourne South and Thurlby	REID, Robert Philip Harry	Conservative	1180	2461	394	47%	8714
Carholme	PARKER, Rob	Labour	1593	2587	1012	61%	6938
Colsterworth Rural	ADAMS, Bob	Conservative	1660	2476	1396	67%	7342
Crowland	PEPPER, Nigel Harry	Conservative	2194	2690	1923	81%	8525
Deepings East	DOBSON, Barry Martin	Conservative	1059	2355	158	44%	7763
Deepings West and Rural	WOOLLEY, Rosemary Helen	Conservative	1114	2466	310	45%	7774
Donington Rural	GROCOCK, Rodney	Conservative	1348	2326	554	57%	7444
Eagle and Hykeham West	THOMPSON, Mike	Conservative	1453	2452	1171	59%	7789
Ermine and Cathedral	REID, Christopher Edward	Conservative	1173	2813	16	41%	8718
Folkingham Rural	HILL, Martin John	Conservative	2041	3150	1278	64%	7790
Gainsborough Hill	BOLES, Matt	Liberal Democrat	596	1508	194	39%	6999
Gainsborough Rural South	BUTROID, Richard David	Conservative	1655	3026	1017	54%	8251
Gainsborough Trent	KEY, Paul Michael	Independent	617	1823	79	33%	7423
Grantham Barrowby	WHITTINGTON, Mark Anthony	Conservative	1315	2309	500	56%	8012
Grantham East	WOOTTEN, Linda	Conservative	1048	2011	501	52%	7278
Grantham North	WOOTTEN, Ray	Conservative	2119	2859	1707	74%	8440
Grantham South	STOKES, Adam Neil	Conservative	802	2016	13	39%	8044
Grantham West	DAVIES, Richard Graham	Conservative	988	1627	713	60%	5475
Hartsholme	FIDO, Matthew Thomas	Conservative	1022	2443	22	41%	8334
Heckington	YOUNG, Barry	Conservative	1912	2867	1514	66%	8909
Holbeach	WORTH, Nick	Conservative	1536	2413	940	63%	7955
Holbeach Rural	COUPLAND, Peter Ephraim	Conservative	1964	2890	1429	67%	8499
Horncastle and the Keals	ARON, Bill	Conservative	1733	2759	1192	62%	8599
Hough	MAUGHAN, Alexander Paul	Conservative	1722	3245	494	53%	8023
Hykeham Forum	ROE, Stephen Peter	Conservative	1244	2173	718	57%	7253
Ingoldmells Rural	DAVIE, Colin John	Conservative	1703	2697	1164	63%	7771
Louth North	BRIDGES, Tony	Conservative	1539	2729	361	56%	7669
Louth South	DODDS, Sarah Rosemary	Labour	1216	2986	383	40%	7809
Louth Wolds	MARFLEET, Hugo	Conservative	1873	3097	1149	60%	8825
Mablethorpe	CULLEN, Graham Edward	Labour	1024	2891	52	35%	7739
Market Rasen Wolds	STRANGE, Lewis	Conservative	1655	3322	988	49%	9023
Metheringham Rural	KENDRICK, Rob	Conservative	1384	2351	880	58%	7316
Nettleham and Saxilby	BROCKWAY, Jackie	Conservative	1955	2882	1396	67%	7849
North Wolds	TURNER, Tony	Conservative	1953	2620	1311	74%	8423
Park	KILLEY, Julie Elizabeth	Labour	1087	2032	580	53%	8097
Potterhanworth and Coleby	OXBY, Ron	Conservative	1427	2879	505	49%	7898
Ruskington	STORER, Mark John	Conservative	1442	2870	270	50%	8086
Saltfleet and the Cotes	MCNALLY, Daniel	Conservative	1909	2402	1432	79%	7544
Scotter Rural	PERRATON-WILLIAMS, Clio Lyndon	Conservative	1363	2746	522	49%	8282
Skegness North	MACEY, Carl Stuart	Conservative	1116	2356	450	47%	8840
Skegness South	KIRK, Steve	Conservative	1162	2510	647	46%	8406
Skirbeck	GRIGGS, Martin Alexander	Conservative	868	2152	295	40%	7603
Sleaford	COOK, Kate	Conservative	1068	2231	658	47%	7899
Sleaford Rural	HAGUES, Andrew Gibson	Conservative	1430	2261	946	63%	7413
Spalding East	POLL, Eddy	Conservative	1288	2149	784	59%	7649
Spalding Elloe	SNEATH, Elizabeth Jane	Conservative	1383	2090	1130	66%	7116
Spalding South	LAWTON, Christine Jane	Conservative	1138	1956	712	58%	7729
Spalding West	NEWTON, Angela Mary	Independent	1026	2231	50	45%	7680
St Giles	RENSHAW, Robin Anthony	Labour	997	2240	113	44%	8130
Stamford East	FOULKES, Robert Lloyd	Conservative	1059	2367	552	44%	8188
Stamford West	BRAILSFORD, David	Conservative	1573	2396	1240	65%	7323
Swallow Beck and Witham	SPRATT, Hilton	Conservative	1612	2924	700	55%	8197
Tattershall Castle	ASHTON, Tom	Conservative	1922	2804	1388	68%	8869
The Suttons	BREWIS, Christopher James Thomas Harrison	Independent	1375	2545	358	54%	7593
Waddington and Hykeham East	TALBOT, Christine	Conservative	1378	2220	977	62%	7651
Wainfleet	BOWKETT, Wendy	Conservative	1389	3101	728	44%	9321
Washingborough	CAWREY, Lindsey Ann	Conservative	1535	2262	1219	67%	7545
Welton Rural	RAWLINS, Sue	Conservative	1902	3059	1303	62%	8554
Woodhall Spa and Wragby	BRADWELL, Patricia Anne	Conservative	2605	3194	2045	81%	8680

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