Lincolnshire County Council is anon-metropolitan county in theEast Midlands of England. It was formed when theLocal Government Act 1972 merged the counties ofHolland,Kesteven andLindsey, and held its first election on 12 April 1973.[1]
| Division | Candidate | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boston no. 1 | S. Budge | Con | 782 |
| L. Clarke | Res | 633 | |
| J. Wilkinson | Lib | 314 | |
| H. Wright | Ind | 304 | |
| T. Barnes | Ind | 76 | |
| Boston no. 2 | Mrs H. Towell* | Con | 1,088 |
| W. Ruck | Lab | 619 | |
| Boston no. 3 | M. Middlebrook* | Ind | (uncontested) |
| Boston no. 4 | R. Jenkin | Con | 951 |
| Alf Goodson* | Lab | 721 | |
| Boston Rural no. 1 | J. Hildred | Ind | (uncontested) |
| Boston Rural no. 2 | C. Fovargue | Con | (uncontested) |
| Boston Rural no. 3 | R. Upsall | Con | (uncontested) |
| Bourne | R. Cliffe* | Con | 1,271 |
| N. Thwaite | Ind | 515 | |
| O. Brown | Lab | 366 | |
| Caistor Rural no. 1 | V. Hudson | Ind | (uncontested) |
| Caistor Rural no. 2 | W. Hall* | Ind | (uncontested) |
| East Elloe no. 1 | J. Fisher | Res | 1,488 |
| Ms S. Garner | Con | 773 | |
| Ivor Howes* | Ind | 732 | |
| East Elloe no. 2 | D. Mawby | Ind | 1,030 |
| D. Edwards | Ind | 462 | |
| D. Cavendish-Pell | Res | 420 | |
| East Elloe no. 3 | T. Tyler | Res | (uncontested) |
| East Kesteven no. 1 | E. Fairchild* | Con | (uncontested) |
| East Kesteven no. 2 | F. Stockdale | Ind | 1,034 |
| A. Troop | Con | 1,029 | |
| East Kesteven no. 3 | T. Hall | Con | (uncontested) |
| Gainsborough Market | E. Salisbury* | Lab | (uncontested) |
| Gainsborough North | Ms J. Bassett | Con | 1,138 |
| C. Roofe | Lab | 428 | |
| Gainsborough South | L. Rainsforth* | Lab | 1,015 |
| Ms C. Dordery | Con | 955 | |
| Gainsborough Rural no. 1 | R. Chappell | Con | (uncontested) |
| Gainsborough Rural no. 2 | H. Jackson | Con | 1,057 |
| H. Kitchinson | Lib | 791 | |
| T. Lansbury | Lab | 387 | |
| Grantham no. 1 | H. Nadin | Con | 1,370 |
| M. Hudson | Lab | 871 | |
| Grantham no. 2 | J. Wilks | Con | 1,047 |
| J. Chadwick | Lab | 944 | |
| Grantham no. 3 | I. Gordon* | Con | 1,691 |
| J. Yates | Lab | 793 | |
| Grantham no. 4 | Ms E. Davies* | Lab | 1,339 |
| W. Sykes | Con | 1,255 | |
| Horncastle | Ms L. Sanderson* | Ind | (uncontested) |
| Horncastle Rural no. 1 | D. Hoyes | Con | (uncontested) |
| Horncastle Rural no. 2 | J. Harvey* | Con | (uncontested) |
| Lincoln Abbey | Ms Y. Bodger | Con | 809 |
| R. Brittan | DLP | 808 | |
| J. McKane | Lab | 660 | |
| Lincoln Boultham | R. Lucas* | Con | 699 |
| J. Hassett | DLP | 614 | |
| D. Bessey | Lab | 417 | |
| Lincoln Bracebridge | F. Hamill | Con | 1,559 |
| Ms M. Padget | DLP | 687 | |
| J. Plant | Lab | 521 | |
| Lincoln Carholme | J. Spence* | Con | 1,136 |
| F. Goulding | DLP | 496 | |
| N. Jackson | Lab | 337 | |
| Lincoln Castle | F. Eccleshare* | Con | 1,575 |
| D. Perring | Lab | 509 | |
| Lincoln Ermine | Ms A. Naftalin* | Lab | 1,077 |
| D. Miller | Lab | 1,044 | |
| R. Barnes* | DLP | 927 | |
| L. Davis | DLP | 896 | |
| E. Fox | Con | 896 | |
| Lincoln Hartsholme | Ms J. Sparkes | Con | 1,045 |
| K. Wood | Lab | 804 | |
| Ms M. Richardson | DLP | 695 | |
| J. Ginniff | Comm | 20 | |
| Lincoln Minster | Ms D. Richards | Con | 1,594 |
| R. Hodson | Lab | 809 | |
| Lincoln Moorland | Ms E. Jenkins | Con | 1,283 |
| J. Robertson* | Lab | 887 | |
| D. Templeman | DLP | 627 | |
| C. Hurst | Ind | 119 | |
| Lincoln Park | F. Allen* | DLP | 652 |
| P. Roe | Con | 469 | |
| D. Jackson | Lab | 447 | |
| Louth North | C. Bennett | Ind | (uncontested) |
| Louth South | C. Baron | Con | 851 |
| Ms I. Wilkinson* | Ind | 698 | |
| Louth Rural no. 1 | R. Dixon* | Ind | (uncontested) |
| Louth Rural no. 2 | J. Libell | Con | 1,451 |
| A. Fridlington | Lib | 722 | |
| Louth Rural no. 3 | D. Webb | Con | (uncontested) |
| Mablethorpe and Sutton | F. Richardson | Con | 1,428 |
| Ms V. Phillips | Ind | 540 | |
| North Kesteven no. 1 | W. Wyrill* | Con | 1,155 |
| Ms E. Mawer | Ind | 424 | |
| North Kesteven no. 2 | W. Rawson | Con | 1,316 |
| A. Mettam | Ind | 381 | |
| Ms N. Baldock | Lab | 326 | |
| North Kesteven no. 3 | F. Marshall* | Con | (uncontested) |
| North Kesteven no. 4 | R. Brealey* | Con | 1,923 |
| Ms A. Jacklin | Ind | 360 | |
| North Kesteven no. 5 | P. Gaul | Con | 1,639 |
| Ms M. Large* | Lab | 1,197 | |
| North Kesteven no. 6 | H. Johnson* | Con | 889 |
| G. Lawton | Ind | 484 | |
| Skegness North | H. Fainlight* | Lib | 1,144 |
| A. Preston | Con | 971 | |
| Skegness South | W. Derbyshire | Con | 951 |
| B. Alderson | Lib | 522 | |
| Sleaford | Ms G. Norris | Con | (uncontested) |
| South Kesteven no. 1 | J. Smith | Con | 1,648 |
| C. Fretwell | Lab | 496 | |
| South Kesteven no. 2 | M. Hedley Lewis* | Con | (uncontested) |
| South Kesteven no. 3 | Ms J. Wootton* | Con | (uncontested) |
| Spalding no. 1 | D. Guttridge* | Con | (uncontested) |
| Spalding no. 2 | R. King* | Con | 782 |
| D. James | Res | 580 | |
| Spalding no. 3 | C. Ford* | Con | (uncontested) |
| Spalding Rural no. 1 | W. Speechley* | Con | (uncontested) |
| Spalding Rural no. 2 | H. Chappell* | Con | (uncontested) |
| Spalding Rural no. 3 | K. Barker | Con | (uncontested) |
| Spilsby no. 1 | F. Hepworth | Con | (uncontested) |
| Spilsby no. 2 | W. Hurdman | Lib | 1,154 |
| C. Rawlinson* | Con | 1,032 | |
| Spilsby no. 3 | H. Simpson* | Con | (uncontested) |
| Spilsby no. 4 | M. Dale | Ind | (uncontested) |
| Stamford no. 1 | I. Allen* | Con | 1,613 |
| M. Winslow | Lab | 327 | |
| Stamford no. 2 | Ms E. Randall | Con | 1,031 |
| Ms J. Gaffigan | Lab | 592 | |
| Welton no. 1 | E. Bramley* | Ind | (uncontested) |
| Welton no. 2 | P. Heneage | Con | 1,948 |
| H. Collier | Lib | 853 | |
| Welton no. 3 | R. Gaul* | Con | (uncontested) |
| West Kesteven no. 1 | P. Newton* | Con | (uncontested) |
| West Kesteven no. 2 | H. Brownlow* | Con | (uncontested) |
| West Kesteven no. 3 | A. Thorold* | Con | 1,822 |
| A. Reed | Lab | 426 |
Source:"Lincolnshire County Election Results 1973–2009". Elections Centre (Plymouth University). Retrieved 30 January 2025.