title: 1999 West Lindsey District Council election
text: # 1999 West Lindsey District Council election
  
  Elections to West Lindsey District 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. The council stayed under no overall control.
  
  ## Election result
  
  West Lindsey Local Election Result 1999 :
  
  | Party | Seats | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Liberal Democrats | 16 | -2 | 43.2 | 46.1 | 12,933 |
  | Conservative | 10 | +6 | 27.0 | 28.5 | 7,995 |
  | Independent | 8 | -2 | 21.6 | 11.6 | 3,246 |
  | Labour | 3 | -2 | 8.1 | 13.8 | 3,861 |
  
  3 Independent and 1 Conservative candidates were unopposed.
  
  ## Ward results
  
  Bardney :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Ian Fleetwood | 484 | 59.3 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | John Turner | 332 | 40.7 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 152 | 18.6 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 816 | 53.1 |
  
  Caistor (2) :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Independent | Alan Caine | unopposed | | |
  | | Conservative | Derrick Mortimer | unopposed | | |
  
  Cherry Willingham (2) :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Irmgard Parrott | 566 | |
  | | Independent | George Greenaway | 551 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Stuart Miller | 339 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Iris Miller | 309 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,765 | 37.7 |
  
  Dunholme :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Taylor | 324 | 51.3 |
  | | Conservative | Susan Rawlins | 308 | 48.7 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 16 | 2.6 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 632 | 40.1 |
  
  Fiskerton :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Independent | Pat Greenaway | 269 | 67.9 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Josephine Clairmont-Brook | 127 | 32.1 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 142 | 35.8 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 396 | 27.5 |
  
  Gainsborough East (3) :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Rodney Rainsforth | 630 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Malvyn Starkey | 551 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Michael Tinker | 549 | |
  | | Labour | Barry Linda | 273 | |
  | | Labour | Clare Parrott | 263 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,266 | 22.2 |
  
  Gainsborough North (3) :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | David Lomas | 525 | |
  | | Labour | Patrick Baldwin | 450 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Thomas Brown | 399 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Peal Banyard | 398 | |
  | | Labour | Peter Ryan | 374 | |
  | | Labour | Brenda Mills | 316 | |
  | | Conservative | Sally Jupp | 258 | |
  | | Conservative | Josephine Parry | 248 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,968 | 22.0 |
  
  Gainsborough South-West (2) :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Leslie Rainsforth | 566 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Trevor Young | 529 | |
  | | Labour | Ian Mills | 213 | |
  | | Labour | Wendy Lawrence | 167 | |
  | | Conservative | Alan Beverley | 104 | |
  | | Conservative | John Otter | 95 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,674 | 26.8 |
  
  Hemswell :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | William Gabbott | 310 | 52.9 |
  | | Conservative | Stephen Beer | 276 | 47.1 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 34 | 5.8 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 586 | 34.8 |
  
  Kelsey :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Charles Strange | 541 | 68.6 |
  | | Independent | Ian Watson-Smith | 139 | 17.6 |
  | | Labour | Michael Tierney | 109 | 13.8 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 402 | 51.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 789 | 42.4 |
  
  Lea :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Independent | Keith Whaley | unopposed | | |
  
  Market Rasen (2) :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Neil Taylor | 652 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Gary Fenwick | 616 | |
  | | Conservative | Jonathan Gibbons | 560 | |
  | | Independent | Carol Bullen | 299 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,127 | 33.8 |
  
  Middle Rasen :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Adrian Rosser | 492 | 73.1 |
  | | Conservative | Owen Bierley | 181 | 26.9 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 311 | 46.2 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 673 | 36.1 |
  
  Nettleham (2) :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Independent | Alfred Frith | 821 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Raymond Sellars | 705 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Malcolm Leaning | 632 | |
  | | Conservative | Margaret Davidson | 523 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,681 | 43.2 |
  
  Saxilby (2) :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Catherine Dobson | 469 | |
  | | Conservative | Delyse Silverstone | 435 | |
  | | Labour | Graham Wainwright | 389 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Denise Braund | 389 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,682 | 31.9 |
  
  Scampton :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Peter Heath | 434 | 70.6 |
  | | Conservative | Martin Macpherson-Lawley | 181 | 29.4 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 253 | 51.2 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 615 | 34.7 |
  
  Scotter (2) :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Christopher Underwood-Frost | 596 | |
  | | Conservative | William Parry | 587 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Marion Rainsforth | 504 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Margaret Gabbott | 443 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,130 | 34.3 |
  
  Stow :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Reginald Shore | 458 | 64.8 |
  | | Conservative | Benjamin Green | 249 | 35.2 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 209 | 29.6 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 707 | 42.9 |
  
  Sudbrooke :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Independent | Stuart Curtis | 452 | 61.7 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Catherine Rylatt | 280 | 38.3 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 172 | 23.4 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 732 | 40.0 |
  
  Thonock :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Maurice French | 375 | 65.6 |
  | | Conservative | William Morgan | 197 | 34.4 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 178 | 21.2 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 572 | 30.4 |
  
  Torksey :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Independent | Stuart Haywood | unopposed | | |
  
  Waddingham & Spital :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Edward Green | 409 | 62.2 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Heathorn | 249 | 37.8 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 160 | 24.4 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 658 | 39.4 |
  
  Welton (2) :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Independent | Malcolm Parish | 715 | |
  | | Conservative | Charles Ireland | 586 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Roger Hiscox | 568 | |
  | | Labour | Robin Renshaw | 191 | |
  | | Labour | Sally Scott | 150 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,210 | 38.2 |
  
  Wold View :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Bernard Theobald | 261 | 41.4 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | John Connolly | 248 | 39.3 |
  | | Labour | John Tolliday | 122 | 19.3 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 13 | 2.1 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 631 | 35.4 |
  
  Yarborough :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | John Indian | 375 | 51.7 |
  | | Conservative | Jennifer Burt | 350 | 48.3 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 25 | 3.4 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 725 | 37.0 |
  