2006 West Lindsey District Council election

Template:Short description Template:Use British English Elections to West Lindsey District Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party lost overall control of the council to no overall control. The Liberal Democrat party took overall control of the council two weeks later after a by-election victory in Lea ward.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Liberal Democrat 18
• Conservative 17
• Independent 2

Election result

West Lindsey Local Election Result 2006

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
		6	2	0	+2	50.0	47.1	5,763	-6.6%
		6	0	2	-2	50.0	46.3	5,667	+10.6%
		0	0	0	0	0	4.3	528	+4.3%
		0	0	0	0	0	1.5	185	-4.1%
		0	0	0	0	0	0.8	99	-4.1%

Ward results

Bardney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Ian Fleetwood	483	67.5
		Heather Shore	137	19.1
		Carol Pearson	96	13.4
Majority			346	48.4
Turnout			716	46.5
	hold		Swing

Cherry Willingham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Irmgard Parrott	1,074	79.9
		Steven Pearson	270	20.1
Majority			804	59.8
Turnout			1,344	39.5
	hold		Swing

Fiskerton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Margaret Davidson	414	60.8
		Penelope Smith	202	29.7
		Anthony Pearson	65	9.5
Majority			212	31.1
Turnout			681	40.8
	hold		Swing

Gainsborough East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Melvyn Starkey	760	67.0
		Jessie Milne	375	33.0
Majority			385	34.0
Turnout			1,135	23.7
	hold		Swing

Gainsborough North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Thomas Brown	812	67.1
		Karen Foreman	302	24.9
		Gordon Simmonds	97	8.0
Majority			510	42.2
Turnout			1,211	24.4
	hold		Swing

Hemswell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Scott Pritchard	477	56.3
		Colin Wotherspoon	370	43.7
Majority			107	12.6
Turnout			847	45.3
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing

Market Rasen

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Adam Duguid	744	52.7
		Kenneth Bridger	668	47.3
Majority			76	5.4
Turnout			1,412	36.2
	hold		Swing

Nettleham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Alfred Frith	1,005	61.1
		Susan Harland	510	31.0
		Brian Pocknee	130	7.9
Majority			495	30.1
Turnout			1,645	46.0
	hold		Swing

Scampton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Peter Heath	527	58.5
		David Howe	374	41.5
Majority			153	17.0
Turnout			901	40.2
	hold		Swing

Thonock

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Lesley Rollings	552	68.1
		Donald Sweeting	258	31.9
Majority			294	36.2
Turnout			810	39.1
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing

Waddingham & Spital

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Jeffrey Summers	421	51.2
		Michael Burton-Stepan	302	36.7
		Ernest Coleman	99	12.0
Majority			119	14.5
Turnout			822	43.6
	hold		Swing

Wold View

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Bernard Theobald	342	47.6
		John Connolly	321	44.7
		John Indian	55	7.7
Majority			21	2.9
Turnout			718	38.9
	hold		Swing

References

• 2006 West Lindsey election result
• Ward results