2003 City of Lincoln Council election

2003 City of Lincoln Council election^[1][2][3]

← 2002 1 May 2003 2004 →
11 of the 33 seats to City of Lincoln Council 17 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Labour Conservative Last election 27 6 Seats won 11 0 Seats after 27 6 Seat change Popular vote 14,382 10,005 Percentage 51.5% 35.8%
Map showing the results of the 2003 Lincoln City Council elections by ward. Red shows Labour seats and blue shows Conservative seats.
Council control before election Labour Council control after election Labour

Elections to City of Lincoln Council in Lincolnshire, England, were held on 1 May 2003. One third of the Council was up for election and the Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.

A trial took place for all postal voting leading to turnout increasing from 26% in 2002 to 47% in this election.^[4]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Labour 27
• Conservative 6

Election result

Lincoln Local Election Result 2003

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	11	0	0		100	51.5	14,382	5.1
	Conservative	0	0	0		0	35.8	10,005	2.3
	Lincoln Independent Alliance	0	0	0		0	5.2	1,455	4.7
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	0		0	2.9	812	1.5
	Green	0	0	0		0	2.4	657	1.2
	Independent	0	0	0		0	2.2	613	2.2

Ward results

Abbey

Birchwood

Boultham

Bracebridge

Carholme

Castle

Glebe

Hartsholme

Minster

Moorland

Park

References

• 2003 Lincoln election result
• Ward results

This page was last edited on 18 July 2023, at 13:09