One third of West Lindsey

West Lindsey

West Lindsey is a local government district in Lincolnshire, England.-History:The district was formed on 1 April 1974, from the urban districts of Gainsborough, Market Rasen, along with Caistor Rural District, Gainsborough Rural District and Welton Rural District...

 District

Non-metropolitan district

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 Council in Lincolnshire, England

England

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 is elected each year, followed by one year when there is an election to Lincolnshire County Council

Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...

 instead.

The council is divided up into 25 wards

Wards of the United Kingdom

A ward in the United Kingdom is an electoral district at sub-national level represented by one or more councillors. It is the primary unit of British administrative and electoral geography .-England:...

, electing 37 councillor

Councillor

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s, since the last boundary changes in 1999. By-election

By-election

A by-election is an election held to fill a political office that has become vacant between regularly scheduled elections....

s are held for any vacancies that arise between the yearly elections on the first Thursday of May. Victory in a by-election in May 2006 saw the Liberal Democrat party gain control of the council.

In 2007 an election for the Scotter ward was decided by the toss of a coin

Coin flipping

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 after both candidates finished with the same number of votes, resulting in a victory for the Conservative candidate.

Political control

Since the foundation of the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties: Independent

Independent (politician)

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Party in control	Years
1973 - 1979
No overall control No overall control Within the context of local councils of the United Kingdom, the term No Overall Control refers to a situation in which no single party achieves a majority of seats and is analogous to a hung parliament...	1979 - 1987
Liberal Democrats	1987 - 1988
No overall control No overall control Within the context of local councils of the United Kingdom, the term No Overall Control refers to a situation in which no single party achieves a majority of seats and is analogous to a hung parliament...	1988 - 1996
Liberal Democrats	1996 - 1998
No overall control No overall control Within the context of local councils of the United Kingdom, the term No Overall Control refers to a situation in which no single party achieves a majority of seats and is analogous to a hung parliament...	1998 - 2004
Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...	2004 - 2006
Liberal Democrats	2006 - 2008
Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...	2008 - present

Council elections

• West Lindsey Council election, 1998
  West Lindsey Council election, 1998
  Elections to West Lindsey Council were held on 7 May 1998. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrat party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.After the election, the composition of the council was...
  
  
• West Lindsey Council election, 1999
  West Lindsey Council election, 1999
  Elections to West Lindsey Council in Lincolnshire, England were held on 6 May 1999. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1998...
  
   (whole council elected after boundary changes)
• West Lindsey Council election, 2000
  West Lindsey Council election, 2000
  Elections to West Lindsey Council were held on 4 May 2000. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.After the election, the composition of the council was* Liberal Democrat 16* Conservative 9* Independent 9...
  
  
• West Lindsey Council election, 2002
  West Lindsey Council election, 2002
  Elections to West Lindsey Council were held on 2 May 2002. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.After the election, the composition of the council was* Conservative 13* Liberal Democrat 13* Independent 8...
  
  
• West Lindsey Council election, 2003
  West Lindsey Council election, 2003
  Elections to West Lindsey Council were held on 1 May 2003. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.After the election, the composition of the council was* Conservative 17* Liberal Democrat 13* Independent 6...
  
  
• West Lindsey Council election, 2004
  West Lindsey Council election, 2004
  Elections to West Lindsey Council were held on 10 June 2004. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.After the election, the composition of the council was...
  
  
• West Lindsey Council election, 2006
  West Lindsey Council election, 2006
  Elections to West Lindsey 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...
  
  
• West Lindsey Council election, 2007
  West Lindsey Council election, 2007
  Elections to West Lindsey Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrat party held overall control of the council after what was seen as a straight fight with the Conservative party....
  
  
• West Lindsey Council election, 2008
• West Lindsey Council election, 2010

By-election results