2016 local election results in North East Lincolnshire
The 2016 North East Lincolnshire Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of North East Lincolnshire Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.
Council make up
After the 2016 local election, the political make up of the council was as follows:[2]
Party | Number of councillors |
Labour | 18 |
Conservative | 11 |
Liberal Democrats | 5 |
UKIP | 5 |
Green | 0 |
Independent | 2 |
Vacant | 1 |
Labour remained in minority control of the authority, despite losing one seat (Park) to the Liberal Democrats and failing to regain the East Marsh seat they lost to UKIP in a by-election the previous year, which was gained by the Liberal Democrats as UKIP didn't field a candidate in that ward. These were the first gains by the Liberal Democrats in the borough since the 2008 local elections, prior to being almost wiped out over the next four years.
Since the previous year's elections, two UKIP councillors (Matthew Stinson[3] and Stephen Harness[4]) resigned from their party and sat as Independents, and would go on to join the Conservatives, while Ron Shepherd by this point had already defected directly to the Conservatives and successfully defended his seat in Scartho at these elections in the process. [5]
Shortly after these elections took place, a by-election was held to fill the vacancy in the South ward in June 2016 due to the resignation of councillor Chris Stanland in the South ward. Although he resigned before these local elections, it happened after close of nominations. Labour held the seat and thus increased their number of councillors to 19. [6]
Ward results
Croft Baker
Note: Wheatley is a former councillor for the East Marsh ward from 1999 to 2003, while Rudkin is also a former councillor for Scartho from 1999 to 2006.
East Marsh
Note: A by-election was held for this seat in 2015 which resulted in a UKIP gain, but the candidate that won resigned within months and the seat was left vacant until this election took place.
Freshney
Freshney 2016
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Labour |
Cliff Barber |
876 |
|
|
|
UKIP |
Guy Thomas Twisleton Haxby |
434 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Max Logan Burnett |
386 |
|
|
|
Green |
Andy Lingwood |
68 |
|
|
|
TUSC |
Julian Darren Best |
29 |
|
|
Majority |
442 |
|
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
Haverstoe
Note: Harper previously contested Scartho in 2014 for Labour.
Immingham
Note: A recount for the seat was called, due to how close the result between Watson and Swinburn was. Swinburn previously represented this ward from 2003 to 2011.
Park
Note: Barfield previously contested East Marsh in 1995 and 1999, and also contested Immingham in 2003.
Scartho
Note: Ron Shepherd theoretically holds his seat, as he was elected as UKIP when the seat was last fought in 2012, but defected to the Conservatives shortly before these elections. Goodwin later became a councillor for South ward after a by-election which was held mere weeks after these elections. De Freitas stood in Freshney in 1999.
Yarborough
Yarborough 2016
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Labour |
Jane Diana Hyldon-King |
1012 |
|
|
|
UKIP |
Jane Whittingham |
590 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Deborah Elsie Florence May Hill |
453 |
|
|
|
TUSC |
Val Pow |
40 |
|
|
Majority |
422 |
|
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
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