title: 2018 City of Lincoln Council election
text: # 2018 City of Lincoln Council election
  
  The 2018 City of Lincoln Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of City of Lincoln Council in England. This was held on the same day as other local elections. One third 33 seats were up for election, with one councillors in each of the 11 wards being elected. As the previous election in 2016 had been an all-out election with new ward boundaries, the seats of the candidates that had finished third in each ward in 2016 were up for election.
  
  ## Overall results
  
  2018 City of Lincoln Council Election Result :
  
  | Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Labour | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 63.6 | 47.9 | 8,944 |
  | Conservative | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 36.4 | 36.8 | 6,873 |
  | Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 7.6 | 1,420 |
  | Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 5.6 | 1,044 |
  | UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 1.3 | 247 |
  | Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 0.8 | 154 |
  
  ## Ward results
  
  ### Abbey
  
  Abbey :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Bill Bilton | 850 | 52.0 |
  | | Conservative | Richard Butroid | 348 | 21.3 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Clare Smalley | 311 | 19.0 |
  | | Green | Edward Evelyn Francis | 126 | 7.7 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 502 | 30.7 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,635 | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
  
  ### Birchwood
  
  Birchwood :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Alan Briggs | 786 | 47.4 |
  | | Labour | Paul Gowen | 654 | 39.5 |
  | | UKIP | Elaine Warde | 100 | 6.0 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Adam Carnie | 68 | 4.1 |
  | | Green | Benjamin Loryman | 49 | 3.0 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 132 | 8.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,657 | 28 |
  | | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour |
  
  ### Boultham
  
  Boultham :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Gary Hewson | 848 | 58.8 |
  | | Conservative | Simon Pouncey | 453 | 31.4 |
  | | Green | Simon Tooke | 71 | 4.9 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Kian Hearnshaw | 69 | 4.8 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 395 | 27.4 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,441 | 31 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
  
  ### Carholme
  
  Carholme :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Laura Angela McWilliams | 1,008 | 53.1 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | James Brown | 451 | 23.8 |
  | | Conservative | Katya Salvador | 293 | 15.4 |
  | | Green | Nicola Watson | 99 | 5.2 |
  | | UKIP | Andrew Dunn | 47 | 2.5 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 557 | 29.3 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,898 | 38 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
  
  ### Castle
  
  Castle :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Loraine Woolley | 894 | 54.4 |
  | | Conservative | Tom Roche | 553 | 33.6 |
  | | Green | Lynne Allison | 119 | 7.2 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Diana Catton | 78 | 4.7 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 341 | 20.7 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,644 | 31 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
  
  ### Glebe
  
  Glebe :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Patrick Vaughan | 775 | 50.7 |
  | | Conservative | Jenine Butroid | 574 | 37.6 |
  | | Green | Fiona McKenna | 115 | 7.5 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Lonsdale | 64 | 4.2 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 201 | 13.2 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,528 | 26 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
  
  ### Hartsholme
  
  Hartsholme :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Andrew Kerry | 1,031 | 50.2 |
  | | Labour | Liz Bushell | 783 | 38.2 |
  | | Green | John Radford | 169 | 8.2 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Jamie Gurden | 69 | 3.4 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 248 | 12.1 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,131 | 32 |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
  
  ### Minster
  
  Minster :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Christopher Reid | 793 | 43.0 |
  | | Labour | Rebecca Longbottom | 742 | 40.2 |
  | | Independent | Liz Maxwell | 154 | 8.4 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Nicole Pouncey | 92 | 5.0 |
  | | Green | Ivan Chafen | 63 | 3.4 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 51 | 2.8 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,844 | 36 |
  | | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour |
  
  ### Moorland
  
  Moorland :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Adrianna McNulty | 785 | 50.9 |
  | | Conservative | Sharon Longthorne | 644 | 41.8 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Ross Pepper | 59 | 3.8 |
  | | Green | Christopher Padley | 54 | 3.5 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 141 | 9.1 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,542 | 28 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
  
  ### Park
  
  Park :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Helena Mair | 819 | 59.7 |
  | | Conservative | Oliver Peeke | 271 | 19.8 |
  | | Green | Sally Horscroft | 110 | 8.0 |
  | | UKIP | Tony Todd | 100 | 7.3 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Natasha Chapman | 72 | 5.2 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 548 | 39.9 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,372 | 20 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
  
  ### Witham
  
  Witham :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Hilton Spratt | 1,127 | 54.5 |
  | | Labour | Jane Loffhagen | 786 | 38.0 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | George Hill | 87 | 4.2 |
  | | Green | Michele Servaud | 69 | 3.3 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 341 | 16.5 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,069 | 34 |
  | | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour |
  