Rundown of City of Lincoln election results

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THE Labour Party is celebrating across Lincoln after strengthening their control of the City of Lincoln Council and snatching three seats from the Conservatives in last week’s local elections.

Labour has managed to secure four additional seats in the city, whilst losing only one, defying expectations of a significant loss following the cancellation of the overcrowded Christmas Market last year due to safety concerns.

The party, which was due to elect a new leader on Tuesday said it had the vision to build 3000 new houses, fight hard against poverty and to ‘end the situation where some residents live 10 years less than others.’

Two young teachers: Annie Currier won in Hartsholme ward and Laura Danese in Birchwood ward.

A young graduate of the University of Lincoln, Callum Roper, has become the new councillor in Moreland ward.

The party was expected to suffer heavy losses after facing criticism when the popular festive market was called off.

Labour won eight of the 11 wards up for election with the Liberal Democrats taking two and the Conservatives holding one. The turnout

CITY of Lincoln Council election 2024 full results:

■■Hartsholme:

Jim Charters (Lib Dem): 129 David Clarkson (Conservative): 692 Annie Currier (Labour): 849 Charles Rodgers (Green Party): 99 Jane Smith (Reform UK): 190

■■Castle:

Keith Ballinger (Lib Dems): 90 Joseph Gwinn (Conservative): 212 Donald Nannestad (Labour): 894 Corina Avalos (Reform UK): 130 Lauren Ross (Green Party): 141 Charles Shaw (Liberal): 26

■■Birchwood:

Felicity Christopher (Lib Dems): 104

Annie Currier with Hamish Falconer this year was 28.94 percent from a total electorate of 63,272.

Councillor Chris Burke who retained his seat in Park Ward by 350 votes, beat his conservative opponent Charlie Rogers into fourth place.

Mr Burke said: “This has been a tremendous day for the Labour Party in Lincoln. We have been endorsed for the work we’ve done and for our vision for a carbon-free city, working against poverty for a cleaner, greener environment.

“The Lib Dems turned up in Park ward and said ‘Labour’s useless’ and they would clean up, but we were

Laura Danese (Labour): 663 Eddie Strengiel (Conservative): 573 Tony Todd (Reform UK): 175

■■Witham:

Jane Loffhagen (Labour): 645 Bill Mara (Conservative): 660 Sharon Osbourne (Lib Dems): 100 Lynda Skipper (Green Party): 84 Nick Smith (Reform UK): 179

■■Moorland:

Darren Benson (Reform UK): 155 Olly Craven (Lib Dems): 64 Paddy Driscoll (Green Party): 100 Matthew Fido (Conservative): 479 Callum Roper (Labour): 667

■■Abbey:

Calvin Bissit (Labour): 630 Roger Hansard (Conservative): 109 already there. We’ve invested £7m in Park ward.”

In the end Mr Burke won more than twice as many votes locally as his LibDem opponent Sarah Uldall.

Meanwhile, the Tories suffered the most, with four of their councillors losing their seats.

This included former party leader Eddie Strengiel, Matthew Fido, David Clarkson, and Mark Storer.

Before leaving the count, former Councillor Strengiel was overheard growling: “I’ll be back.”

Conservative party leader Thomas Dyer expressed his disappointment at losing four councillors but was

Donald Penman (Reform UK): 109 Clare Smalley (Lib Dems): 1,050 Betty Whitwell (Green Party): 101

■■Carholme:

Ashley Delaney (Independent): 140 Freddie Easters (Lib Dems): 366 Thomas Hulme (Conservative): 141 Seamus Murray (Green Party): 103 Nick Parker (TUSC): 73 Lucinda Preston (Labour): 1,062

■■Park:

Chris Burke (Labour): 696 Sarah Freeman (Party of Women): 83

Sally Horscroft (Green Party): 152 Ben Jackson (Reform): 92 Charlie Rogers (Conservative): 107 Sarah Uldall (Lib Dems): 346

Laura Danese

Callum Roper relieved to have kept hold of Witham ward which the Tories won by only 15 votes.

Hamish Falcolner, Labour’s prospective parliamentary candidate for the whole of Lincoln and also the villages of Waddington, Skellingthorpe and Bracebridge is the son of Tony Blair’s former flatmate, Charlie Falcolner.

He said: “I think this is quite a significant set of results. Whisper it, but it’s very exciting that we beat the Tories so badly.

“If voters are furious about the Christmas market, they’ve got a funny way of showing it. “If this streak continues, we might look back and see this was the point when Lincoln starts to look more like a metropolitan Labour/Liberal city.” “The only fly in the ointment: Labour lost Glebe ward after a massive swing to the Liberal Democrats. “The Lib Dems also beat Labour by over 400 votes in Abbey Ward. “I’m not complacent about this, we’re going to have to work hard to rebuild trust in Abbey and Glebe.” The new council composition will be: Labour 23; Liberal Democrat 5; Conservative 5.

The Glebe ward, previously held by outgoing leader Rik Metcalfe, was contested by ex-police officer and Labour candidate Duncan Spencer. However, he was ultimately beaten by the Liberal Democrat candidate James Brown. One-third of the council was up for election, with 11 of the 33 seats available when the polls opened on Thursday, May 2.

In the Lincolnshire Police and Crime Commissioner vote, Tory Marc Jones managed to cling onto his position, although with a significantly diminished majority.

Hamish Falcolner

■■Minster:

Alex Cambo (Reform UK): 129 Esther Knight (Party of Women): 84

Anita Pritchard (Labour): 816 Mark Storer (Conservative): 457 Aidan Turner (Lib Dems): 85 Valerie Wilkinson (Green Party): 89

■■Glebe:

Victoria Brooks (Conservative): 173 James Brown (Lib Dems): 857 Allan McCauley (Reform UK): 156 Duncan Spencer (Labour): 473

■■Boultham:

Mike Bailey (Reform UK): 155 George Clark (Conservative): 250 Debbie Grant (Lib Dems): 123 David Kenyon (Green Party): 116 Calum Watt (Labour): 801

If voters are furious about the Christmas market, they’ve got a funny way of showing it.