2022 City of Lincoln Council election

2022 City of Lincoln Council election

5 May 2022
11 of the 33 seats to City of Lincoln Council 17 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	29.07%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Ric Metcalfe Thomas Dyer Clare Smalley Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats Last election 22 10 1 Seats won 5 3 1 Seats after 22 9 2 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 8,216 6,081 2,688 Percentage 45.2% 33.5% 14.8% Swing 4.5 8.2 6.0
Map showing the results of the 2022 Lincoln City Council elections by ward. Red shows Labour, blue shows the Conservatives and orange shows the Liberal Democrats.
Council control before election Labour Council control after election Labour

The 2022 City of Lincoln Council election took place on 5 May 2022 to elect members of City of Lincoln Council in Lincolnshire, England. This was held on the same day as other local elections.

Pre-election composition

Pre-Election Composition

Party		Seats
	Labour	22
	Conservative	10
	Liberal Democrat	1

Councillors standing down

Councillor	Ward	First elected	Party		Date announced
Laura Angela McWilliams	Carholme	2018		Labour	6 April 2022
Andrew Kerry	Hartsholme	2008		Conservative	6 April 2022
Helena Mair	Park	2016		Labour	6 April 2022

Results summary

2022 City of Lincoln Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	7		63.6	15	22	66.7	8,216	45.2	+4.5
	Conservative	3	1	27.3	6	9	27.3	6,081	33.5	-8.2
	Liberal Democrats	1	1	9.1	1	2	6.1	2,688	14.8	+6.0
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	1,128	6.2	-1.7
	TUSC	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	62	0.3	-0.1

Ward results

Abbey

Abbey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Christopher	1,220	62.7	+13.1
	Labour	Bill Bilton	546	28.1	+0.1
	Conservative	Roger Hansard	180	9.3	−6.2
Majority			674	34.6
Turnout			1,946
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	6.5

Birchwood

Birchwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Briggs	723	48.6	−9.6
	Labour	Sean Burke-Ulyat	609	41.0	+6.9
	Green	John Radford	83	5.6	+1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Chapman	72	4.8	+1.7
Majority			114	7.6
Turnout			1,487
	Conservative hold		Swing	8.3

Boultham

Boultham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gary Hewson	778	55.3	+8.9
	Conservative	Daniel Carvalho	444	31.6	−9.0
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Uldall	96	6.8	+1.8
	Green	Kenneth Yates	89	6.3	−1.7
Majority			334	23.7
Turnout			1,407
	Labour hold		Swing	9.0

Carholme

Carholme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Emily Wood	1,020	57.8	−1.9
	Conservative	Thomas Hulme	318	18.0	−4.2
	Green	Nicola Watson	220	12.5	+2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Oliver Craven	145	8.2	+3.6
	TUSC	Nick Parker	62	3.5	+1.8
Majority			702	39.8
Turnout			1,765
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	1.2

Castle

Castle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Loraine Woolley	957	58.9	+9.2
	Conservative	George Clark	378	23.3	−13.2
	Green	Lauren Ross	164	10.1	+0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Aidan Turner	125	7.7	+3.1
Majority			579	35.6
Turnout			1,624
	Labour hold		Swing	11.2

Glebe

Glebe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patrick Vaughan	581	36.8	−7.6
	Conservative	Jeanette Pavey	479	30.3	−12.3
	Liberal Democrats	Aiden Wells	413	26.2	N/A
	Green	Tjeerd Carter-Tijmstra	106	6.7	−6.3
Majority			102	6.5
Turnout			1,579
	Labour hold		Swing	2.4

Hartsholme

Hartsholme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rachel Storer	971	49.9	−7.6
	Labour Co-op	Callum Roper	748	38.5	+9.2
	Liberal Democrats	Jim Charters	226	11.6	+7.4
Majority			223	11.4
Turnout			1,945
	Conservative hold		Swing	8.4

Minster

Minster

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joshua Wells	922	49.5	+9.6
	Conservative	Christopher Reid	721	38.7	−10.9
	Green	Valerie Wilkinson	112	6.0	+1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Felicity Christopher	108	5.8	−0.3
Majority			201	10.8
Turnout			1,863
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	10.3

Moorland

Moorland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Adrianna McNulty	701	45.9	+3.7
	Conservative	Pete Edwards	644	42.2	−5.7
	Green	Christopher Padley	100	6.6	−0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Ross Pepper	81	5.3	+2.1
Majority			57	3.7
Turnout			1,526
	Labour hold		Swing	4.7

Park

Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Debbie Armiger	706	57.3	+5.8
	Conservative	Liam Sperrin	296	24.0	−4.1
	Green	Sally Horscroft	150	12.2	+1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Natasha Chapman	81	6.6	−0.4
Majority			410	33.3
Turnout			1,233
	Labour hold		Swing	5.0

Witham

Witham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hilton Spratt	927	51.5	−6.7
	Labour Co-op	Calvin Bissitt	648	36.0	+6.6
	Liberal Democrats	Ben Atkinson	121	6.7	+2.5
	Green	Victoria Sonnenberg	104	5.8	−0.7
Majority			279	15.5
Turnout			1,800
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.7