Battle of Backbone Mountain

Elections to City of Lincoln Council in Lincolnshire, England, were held on 1 May 2003. One third of the Council was up for election and the Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.

A trial took place for all postal voting leading to turnout increasing from 26% in 2002 to 47% in this election.^[4]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Labour 27
Conservative 6

Election result

Lincoln Local Election Result 2003
	Seats	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	11	100	51.5	14,382	5.1
Conservative	0	0	35.8	10,005	2.3
Lincoln Independent Alliance	0	0	5.2	1,455	4.7
Liberal Democrats	0	0	2.9	812	1.5
Green	0	0	2.4	657	1.2
Independent	0	0	2.2	613	2.2

Ward results

Abbey

Abbey^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Kathleen Brothwell	1,011	50.4
	Conservative	David Bellamy	641	32.0
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Shaw	353	17.6
Majority			370	18.4
Turnout			2,005	46.2%
	Labour hold

Birchwood

Birchwood^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Stephen Allnutt	1,100	45.2
	Conservative	Frank Martin	801	32.9
	Lincoln Independent Alliance	Richard Hall	532	21.9
Majority			299	12.3
Turnout			2,433	46.3%
	Labour hold

Boultham

Boultham^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Richard Coupland	1,346	53.6
	Independent	Malcolm Skeels	613	24.4
	Conservative	John Woolf	550	21.9
Majority			733	29.2
Turnout			2,509	46.8%
	Labour hold

Bracebridge

Bracebridge^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Bud Robinson	1,628	52.5
	Conservative	Paul Grice	1,473	47.5
Majority			155	5.0
Turnout			3,101	50.8%
	Labour hold

Carholme

Carholme^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Karen Lee	970	42.0
	Conservative	Ann Duguid	584	25.3
	Liberal Democrats	Phillip Mappin	459	19.9
	Green	Nicola Watson	299	12.9
Majority			386	16.7
Turnout			2,312	45.5%
	Labour hold

Castle

Castle^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Anthony Morgan	1,470	66.2
	Conservative	Michael Reeve	749	33.8
Majority			721	32.4
Turnout			2,219	47.7%
	Labour hold

Glebe

Glebe^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Richard Metcalfe	1,254	44.0
	Lincoln Independent Alliance	George Spencer	923	32.4
	Conservative	Marion Mellows	670	23.5
Majority			331	11.6
Turnout			2,847	48.8%
	Labour hold

Hartsholme

Hartsholme^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Christopher Grimshaw	1,563	51.4
	Conservative	Philip Hubbard	1,477	48.6
Majority			86	2.8
Turnout			3,070	46.7%
	Labour hold

Minster

Minster^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Morris Cookson	1,336	50.4
	Conservative	Anthony Calvert	1,313	49.6
Majority			23	0.8
Turnout			2,649	51.6%
	Labour hold

Moorland

Moorland^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Geoffrey Ellis	1,638	58.6
	Conservative	Duncan Fraser	1,157	41.4
Majority			481	17.2
Turnout			2,795	51.0%
	Labour hold

Park

Park^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David Jackson	1,066	52.9
	Conservative	Barry Briggs	590	29.3
	Green	Kenneth Yates	358	17.8
Majority			576	23.6
Turnout			2,014	39.1%
	Labour hold

References

^ "Council compositions by year". The Elections Centre.
^ "Local Election Summaries 2003". The Elections Centre.
^ "Council by Council - Lincoln". BBC News. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
^ "Postal voting is election's big winner". BBC Online. 2 May 2003. Retrieved 29 April 2008.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Andrew Teale. "Local Election Results 2003 - Lincoln". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 5 November 2019.

[1] "Council compositions by year". The Elections Centre.

[2] "Local Election Summaries 2003". The Elections Centre.

[3] "Council by Council - Lincoln". BBC News. Retrieved 2 November 2019.

[postal-4] "Postal voting is election's big winner". BBC Online. 2 May 2003. Retrieved 29 April 2008.

[leap-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Andrew Teale. "Local Election Results 2003 - Lincoln". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 5 November 2019.

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