Lincolnshire
Every election cycle we have data for, most recent first.
Cycles
- 2025 70 races · 70 seats 78.6% below quota
- 2021 70 races · 70 seats 25.7% below quota
- 2017 70 races · 70 seats 38.6% below quota
Council composition as of 2025
70 councillors, by party. One square per seat. Source: opencouncildata annual snapshot — reflects the council at the end of 2025 (after that year's elections, by-elections and defections). Hover any seat for the party.
Most recent election (2025)
In 2025, 70 seats were up across 70 wards. The table below shows what each party actually won — alongside what they would have won if the 70 seats had been shared in proportion to votes received (how, with caveats). The Δ column is the actual seat count minus the proportional seat count — positive numbers are parties First-Past-the-Post over-represented; negative are parties it under-represented.
| Party | Votes | Vote % | Seats won | % of seats | Proportional seats | Proportional % | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform UK | 73,207 | 39.4% | 44 | 62.9% | 29 | 41.4% | +15 |
| Conservative Party | 50,783 | 27.4% | 14 | 20.0% | 20 | 28.6% | -6 |
| Labour Party | 20,091 | 10.8% | 3 | 4.3% | 8 | 11.4% | -5 |
| Liberal Democrats | 17,199 | 9.3% | 5 | 7.1% | 6 | 8.6% | -1 |
| Independent | 10,094 | 5.4% | 3 | 4.3% | 4 | 5.7% | -1 |
| Green Party | 6,301 | 3.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 2.9% | -2 |
| Lincolnshire Independents Lincolnshire First | 4,078 | 2.2% | 1 | 1.4% | 1 | 1.4% | 0 |
| Boston Independent | 1,878 | 1.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| South Holland Independents | 1,453 | 0.8% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Blue Revolution | 136 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 90 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Homeland Party | 67 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| The Liberal Party | 63 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Social Democratic Party | 62 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| English Democrats | 48 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 42 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Libertarian Party | 30 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Total | 185,622 | 100.0% | 70 | 100.0% | 70 | 100.0% | 0 |
Vote share vs seats won
The top bar is each party's share of votes cast in this council. Below, one square per seat, coloured by the party that won it — first the actual First-Past-the-Post result, then what a proportional method would have produced from the same vote totals. Divergence between the bar and the actual grid is the indictment of the method.
Full ward-by-ward results for 2025 →
Composition history
One row per opencouncildata annual snapshot — the council at the end of each year (after that year's elections, by-elections and defections). Newest first; hover any seat for the party.
Ward by ward
Each row is a ward, each column a cycle. Each cell shows the top-of-poll candidate's party (swatch) and their share of valid ballots. Wards are matched by name across cycles — boundary reviews can mean a ward of the same name is a slightly different area in a later cycle.
| Ward | 2017 | 2021 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alford and Sutton | 41% | 69% | 49% |
| Bardney and Cherry Willingham | 53% | 62% | 42% |
| Bassingham and Welbourn | 61% | 55% | 47% |
| Birchwood | 50% | 59% | 42% |
| Boston Coastal | 45% | 57% | 48% |
| Boston North | 36% | 52% | 47% |
| Boston Rural | 69% | 77% | 51% |
| Boston South | 42% | 41% | 52% |
| Boston West | 37% | 43% | 53% |
| Boultham | 49% | 48% | 35% |
| Bourne North and Morton | 81% | 78% | 52% |
| Bourne South and Thurlby | 48% | 70% | 30% |
| Carholme | 62% | 58% | 45% |
| Colsterworth Rural | 67% | 77% | 42% |
| Crowland | 82% | 78% | 51% |
| Deepings East | 45% | 66% | 41% |
| Deepings West and Rural | 45% | 56% | 35% |
| Donington Rural | 58% | 49% | 54% |
| Eagle and Hykeham West | 59% | 64% | 42% |
| Ermine and Cathedral | 42% | 45% | 35% |
| Folkingham Rural | 65% | 59% | 41% |
| Gainsborough Hill | 40% | 61% | 40% |
| Gainsborough Rural South | 55% | 66% | 39% |
| Gainsborough Trent | 34% | 59% | 39% |
| Grantham Barrowby | 57% | 63% | 40% |
| Grantham East | 52% | 45% | 35% |
| Grantham North | 74% | 71% | 36% |
| Grantham South | 40% | 45% | 30% |
| Grantham West | 61% | 63% | 43% |
| Hartsholme | 42% | 51% | 40% |
| Heckington | 67% | 82% | 45% |
| Holbeach | 64% | 73% | 56% |
| Holbeach Rural | 68% | 74% | 46% |
| Horncastle and the Keals | 63% | 50% | 45% |
| Hough | 53% | 58% | 33% |
| Hykeham Forum | 57% | 73% | 36% |
| Ingoldmells Rural | 63% | 67% | 60% |
| Louth North | 57% | 42% | 38% |
| Louth South | 41% | 31% | 34% |
| Louth Wolds | 61% | 68% | 42% |
| Mablethorpe | 35% | 54% | 53% |
| Market Rasen Wolds | 50% | 46% | 46% |
| Metheringham Rural | 59% | 63% | 43% |
| Nettleham and Saxilby | 68% | 66% | 47% |
| North Wolds | 75% | 60% | 38% |
| Park | 54% | 47% | 40% |
| Potterhanworth and Coleby | 50% | 50% | 35% |
| Ruskington | 50% | 80% | 38% |
| Saltfleet and the Cotes | 80% | 70% | 47% |
| Scotter Rural | 50% | 39% | 43% |
| Skegness North | 47% | 56% | 63% |
| Skegness South | 46% | 53% | 58% |
| Skirbeck | 40% | 42% | 46% |
| Sleaford | 48% | 46% | 40% |
| Sleaford Rural | 63% | 55% | 34% |
| Spalding East | 60% | 51% | 51% |
| Spalding Elloe | 66% | 67% | 54% |
| Spalding South | 58% | 46% | 33% |
| Spalding West | 46% | 81% | 43% |
| St Giles | 45% | 40% | |
| St. Giles | 41% | ||
| Stamford East | 45% | 47% | 29% |
| Stamford West | 66% | 48% | 51% |
| Swallow Beck and Witham | 55% | 59% | 41% |
| Tattershall Castle | 69% | 81% | 47% |
| The Suttons | 54% | 55% | 40% |
| Waddington and Hykeham East | 62% | 64% | 49% |
| Wainfleet | 45% | 69% | 52% |
| Washingborough | 68% | 66% | 39% |
| Welton Rural | 62% | 56% | 35% |
| Woodhall Spa and Wragby | 82% | 81% | 41% |