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Labour have retained control of City of Lincoln Council after a third of the wards were up for election.

Labour lost two of their seats, one to the Conservatives and one to the Liberal Democrats.

This means out of the 11 wards that were up for election, Labour have five, Conservatives have five and the Liberal Democrats have one.

Originally, Labour had seven seats and the Conservatives had four.

In a twisted turn of events, Liberal Democrats councillor Clare Smalley took the Abbey ward seat off Labour by a majority of 425.

Similarly, Conservative councillor Matthew Fido gained the Moorland seat from Labour’s Geoff Ellis, by a majority of 95 votes.

City of Lincoln Council leader Ric Metcalfe retained his seat in the Glebe ward by a 28-seat majority.

Labour retain overall control of the council with 22 councillors, 10 Conservatives and one Lib Dem.

Here’s what he has to say about his seat win and his future plans for Labour over the next few years:

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FULL RESULTS FOR THE CITY OF LINCOLN ELECTIONS

Minister

• Dale, Richard (Liberal Democrat) – 118
• Storer, Mark (Conservative) – 955
• Wells, Joshua (Labour) – 769
• Wilkinson, Valerie (Green) – 84

Moorland

• Atkinson, Ben (Liberal Democrat) – 53
• Ellis, Geoff (Labour) – 701
• Fido, Matthew (Conservative) – 796
• Padley, Christopher (Green) – 112

Abbey

• Hansard, Roger (Conservative) – 305
• Moore, Val (Labour) – 549
• Penman, Donald (Reform UK) – 36
• Smalley, Clare (Liberal Democrat) – 974
• Yates, Kenneth (Green) – 99

Park

• Burke, Chris (Labour and Co-operative) – 719
• Chapman, Natasha (Liberal Democrat) – 98
• Horscroft, Sally (Green) – 152
• Parker, Nick (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition) – 36
• Sperrin, Liam (Conservative) – 392

Glebe

• Beardmore, Jacob (Conservative) – 677
• McKenna, Fiona (Green) – 207
• Metcalfe, Ric (Labour) – 705

Carholme

• Choi, Jack (Conservative) – 436
• Craven, Oliver (Liberal Democrat) – 90
• Preston, Lucinda (Labour and Co-operative) – 1,171
• Readings, Aston (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition) – 33
• Shaw, Charles (Liberal Party) – 29
• Watson, Nicola (Green) – 203

Witham

• Guthrie, Deborah (Reform UK) – 33
• Hutchins, Joshua (Labour) – 573
• Mara, Bill (Conservative) – 1,133
• Parr, Amanda (Green) – 127
• Uldall, Sarah (Liberal Democrat) – 81

Hartsholme

• Charters, James (Liberal Democrat) – 90
• Clarkson, David (Conservative) – 1,229
• Ellis, Adelle (Labour) – 626
• Parr, Matt (Green) – 194

Birchwood

• Chapman, Stephen (Liberal Democrat) – 51
• Gowen, Paul (Labour and Co-operative Party) – 562
• Radford, John (Green) – 76
• Strengiel, Eddie (Conservative) – 958

Boultham

• Carvalho, Daniel (Conservative) – 615
• Parker, Charles (Liberal Democrat) – 76
• Tooke, Simon (Green Party) – 121
• Watt, Calum (Labour and Co-operative) – 704

Castle

• Haigh, Norman (Green) – 155
• Nannestad, Donald (Labour) – 842
• Storer, Rachel (Conservative) – 618
• Turner, Aidan (Liberal Democrat) – 78

 

The Conservatives have bolstered their strength in North East Lincolnshire with eight gains out of 14 seats available.

There were 61 candidates contesting across 12 wards. It means the Conservatives now hold 31 seats – up from 23.

Meanwhile, Labour have lost six seats for a total of eight, while the Liberal Democrats lost one and UKIP also lost their single place on the authority.

Conservatives took overall control of the council in 2019 after wrestling control from a Labour/Liberal Democrat alliance. The result will be a big blow to the Labour party who were hoping to regain seats following their loss of power.

The turnout this year was 26.54%. For full results see North East Lincolnshire Council’s election website.

Here’s how the victory broke down:

Holds

Haverstoe ward (one seat) – Conservative hold

Bill Parkinson re-elected

Humberston and New Waltham ward (one seat) – Conservative hold

Hayden Dawkins elected

Scartho ward (two seats) – Conservative Party hold

Ron Shepherd re-elected and Charlotte Croft elected

East Marsh ward – Liberal Democrats hold (two seats)

Kay Rudd re-elected & Nicola Aisthorpe elected

Gains

Sidney Sussex ward (one seat) – Conservative gain

Brian Robinson elected

Heneage ward (one seat) – Conservative gain

Mark Smith elected

Freshney ward (one seat) – Conservative gain

Tanya Brasted elected

South ward (one seat) – Conservative Gain

Paul Batson elected

Yarborough Ward– Conservative gain

Martyn Sandford elected

Croft Baker ward (one seat) – Conservative party gain

Graham Donald Reynolds elected

Immingham ward (one seat) – Conservative party gain

Georgia Astbury elected

Park ward (one seat) – Conservative party gain

Daniel Westcott elected

A man has sustained stab wounds after an incident in Lincoln on Friday morning.

It happened at around 11.17am on St Rumbold’s Street near the YMCA building on May 7.

It involved two men as they came from the Select and Save store and police were making door to door enquiries.

The victim was taken to hospital for treatment. His injury is not thought to be serious.

No arrests have been made at this stage.

Lincolnshire Police would like to appeal for anyone who witnessed the incident, or anyone with information to assist their enquiry, to get in touch on 101 with reference number 139 of May 7.