The 2023 Boston Borough Council election took place on 4 May, 2023, to elect all 30 members of Boston Borough Council in Lincolnshire, England.
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Prior to the election the council was under no overall control, being led by a minority Conservative administration with support from some of the independent councillors.[2] Following the results, the council became under the control of local party, Boston Independent, which had only been registered as a party in March 2023.[3] The Conservative leader, Paul Skinner, lost his seat.[4] Boston Independent leader, Anne Dorrian, was appointed as new leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 22 May 2023.[5][6]
Results summary
editParty | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Boston Independent | 18 | 18 | 0 | 60.0 | 41.0 | 6,208 | |||
Conservative | 5 | 0 | 11 | 16.7 | 28.1 | 4,256 | |||
Independent | 5 | 1 | 7 | 16.7 | 15.5 | 2,353 | |||
Blue Revolution | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.3 | 5.9 | 901 | |||
Liberal Democrats | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 638 | |||
Labour | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 455 | |||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 217 | |||
English Democrat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 75 | |||
Reform UK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 43 | |||
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | n/a | n/a |
Ward results
editThe results for each ward were as follows, with an asterisk (*) indicating a sitting councillor standing for re-election:[7][8]
Coastal
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Boston Independent | Dale Broughton | 605 | 64.2 | ||
Independent | Peter Bedford* | 388 | 41.1 | ||
Independent | Judith Ann Welbourn* | 326 | 34.6 | ||
Conservative | Susan Anita Jane Blackburn | 255 | 27.0 | ||
Turnout | 943 | 32.83 | |||
Registered electors | 2,897 | ||||
Boston Independent gain from Independent | |||||
Independent hold |
Fenside
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Boston Independent | Patricia Irene Lesley Marson | 308 | 51.2 | ||
Conservative | Anton Dani* | 209 | 34.7 | ||
Labour | Benjamin John Cook | 196 | 32.6 | ||
Independent | Patrisha Ann Wainwright | 115 | 19.1 | ||
Blue Revolution | Carol Julie Broomfield-Douglas | 109 | 18.1 | ||
Turnout | 602 | 18.71 | |||
Registered electors | 3,229 | ||||
Boston Independent gain from Labour | |||||
Conservative hold |
Fishtoft
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Boston Independent | Helen Staples | 952 | 61.6 | ||
Boston Independent | Sarah Louise Sharpe | 900 | 58.2 | ||
Boston Independent | David Charles Scoot | 800 | 51.7 | ||
Conservative | Jonathan Howard Noble* | 473 | 30.6 | ||
Conservative | Judith Ann Skinner* | 453 | 29.3 | ||
Conservative | Paul Anthony Skinner* | 397 | 25.7 | ||
Green | Christopher Michael Moore | 217 | 14.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,546 | 28.5 | |||
Registered electors | 5,450 | ||||
Boston Independent gain from Conservative | |||||
Boston Independent gain from Conservative | |||||
Boston Independent gain from Conservative |
Five Villages
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | James William Stephen Geoff Cantwell | 453 | 53.9 | ||
Conservative | David Andrew Brown* | 446 | 53.1 | ||
Boston Independent | George Raoul Joseph Reid | 357 | 42.5 | ||
Independent | Aaron Jacob Spencer* | 257 | 30.6 | ||
Turnout | 840 | 27.01 | |||
Registered electors | 3,147 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
David Brown represented Kirton and Frampton prior to the election. Aaron Spencer had been elected in 2019 as a Conservative but left the party in 2020 and sat as an independent for the remainder of his term, as did the other Conservative elected in 2019, Michael Cooper (who did not stand for re-election). Both seats shown as Conservative hold for comparison with 2019 election.
Kirton and Frampton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Claire Rebecca Rylott | 511 | 38.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Ralph Pryke | 435 | 32.3 | ||
Boston Independent | David Arthur Middleton | 426 | 31.6 | ||
Boston Independent | Munish Kumar | 420 | 31.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Peter Mark Falloon Watson* | 420 | 31.2 | ||
Conservative | Tracey Ann Abbott* | 410 | 30.5 | ||
Boston Independent | Deepa Agarwal | 407 | 30.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Lorraine Louise O'Connor | 356 | 26.5 | ||
Conservative | Lana MacLennan-James | 352 | 26.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,344 | 24.95 | |||
Registered electors | 5,399 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | |||||
Boston Independent gain from Conservative |
Tracey Abbott represented Wyberton prior to the election. Peter Watson had been an independent prior to the election but stood as a Liberal Democrat.
Old Leake and Wrangle
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Boston Independent | Callum Jake Butler | 566 | 55.9 | ||
Boston Independent | John Robert Baxter | 471 | 46.5 | ||
Conservative | Thomas R. Ashton* | 296 | 29.2 | ||
Conservative | Frank Harry Pickett* | 127 | 12.5 | ||
Independent | Russell Hill | 85 | 8.4 | ||
Independent | Michael James Litchfield | 79 | 7.8 | ||
English Democrat | David Dickason | 75 | 7.4 | ||
Reform UK | Marie Lisa Baxendale | 43 | 4.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,013 | 35.85 | |||
Registered electors | 2,834 | ||||
Boston Independent gain from Conservative | |||||
Boston Independent gain from Conservative |
Skirbeck
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Boston Independent | Anne Monica Dorrian* | 562 | 61.4 | ||
Boston Independent | Neil John Drayton | 501 | 54.7 | ||
Independent | Paul Michael Gleeson | 345 | 37.7 | ||
Conservative | Katherine Marie Chalmers* | 292 | 31.9 | ||
Boston Independent | Dmitrij Kondratcik | 264 | 28.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Karolis Stasiukenas | 120 | 13.1 | ||
Turnout | 916 | 18.35 | |||
Registered electors | 5,019 | ||||
Boston Independent gain from Independent | |||||
Boston Independent gain from Independent | |||||
Independent gain from Conservative |
Anne Dorrian had been an independent in 2019 but stood as a Boston Independent in 2023; seat shown as Boston Independent gain from independent to allow comparison with 2019.
St Thomas'
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Alison Mary Austin* | 235 | 52.9 | ||
Boston Independent | Shafqat Bashir | 146 | 32.9 | ||
Independent | Darron Richard Abbott | 38 | 8.6 | ||
Labour | Andrew Barry Cook | 25 | 5.6 | ||
Turnout | 444 | 24.6 | |||
Registered electors | 1,813 | ||||
Independent hold |
Staniland
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Boston Independent | Barrie James Pierpoint | 352 | 54.4 | ||
Blue Revolution | Michael William Gilbert | 263 | 40.6 | ||
Conservative | Matthew Alan Barnes | 230 | 35.5 | ||
Conservative | Deborah Evans* | 229 | 35.4 | ||
Turnout | 647 | 22.77 | |||
Registered electors | 2,855 | ||||
Boston Independent gain from Conservative | |||||
Blue Revolution gain from Independent |
Station
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Boston Independent | Lina Savickiene | 98 | 37.4 | ||
Blue Revolution | Gavin Stewart Lee | 89 | 34.0 | ||
Conservative | Adriaan Vickery | 75 | 28.6 | ||
Turnout | 262 | 18.86 | |||
Registered electors | 1,405 | ||||
Boston Independent gain from Labour |
Swineshead and Holland Fen
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Boston Independent | Suzanne Welberry | 722 | 71.8 | ||
Conservative | Stuart Russell Evans | 474 | 47.1 | ||
Labour | Tracy Ann Pomfret | 234 | 23.3 | ||
Blue Revolution | Tristan Thomas William Gilbert | 114 | 11.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,006 | 30.12 | |||
Registered electors | 3,340 | ||||
Boston Independent gain from Conservative | |||||
Conservative hold |
Trinity
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Boston Independent | Emma Jayne Cresswell | 460 | 50.5 | ||
Boston Independent | Jyothi Arayambath | 381 | 41.8 | ||
Conservative | Yvonne Jennifer Stevens* | 380 | 41.7 | ||
Conservative | Martin Alexander Griggs* | 343 | 37.7 | ||
Blue Revolution | Christopher Dorrington | 139 | 15.3 | ||
Turnout | 911 | 27.72 | |||
Registered electors | 3,286 | ||||
Boston Independent gain from Conservative | |||||
Boston Independent gain from Conservative |
West
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Stephen Victor Woodliffe* | 380 | 72.1 | ||
Conservative | Paula Ashleigh-Morris | 147 | 27.9 | ||
Turnout | 527 | 30.28 | |||
Registered electors | 1,747 | ||||
Independent hold |
Witham
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Boston Independent | Andrew Robert Izard | 349 | 54.2 | ||
Boston Independent | Sandeep Ghosh | 276 | 42.9 | ||
Conservative | Maria Elzbieta Dani | 211 | 32.8 | ||
Blue Revolution | Andrea Patricia Keal | 114 | 17.7 | ||
Independent | Neill John Hastie* | 87 | 13.5 | ||
Blue Revolution | Richard Thornalley | 63 | 9.8 | ||
Turnout | 644 | 21.61 | |||
Registered electors | 3,022 | ||||
Boston Independent gain from Independent | |||||
Boston Independent gain from UKIP |
Wyberton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Richard William Austin* | 423 | 47.1 | ||
Boston Independent | Christopher Kenneth Mountain | 305 | 34.0 | ||
Boston Independent | Rachael Lynne Gibbons | 268 | 29.8 | ||
Conservative | Andrew Nicholas Jordan Elms | 250 | 27.8 | ||
Independent | Sue Ransome | 183 | 20.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Jason Stevenson | 83 | 9.2 | ||
Blue Revolution | Charlotte Louise Halderson | 73 | 8.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Sandra Janet Watson | 66 | 7.3 | ||
Turnout | 898 | 24.13 | |||
Registered electors | 3,730 | ||||
Independent hold | |||||
Boston Independent gain from Independent |
Second seat shown as Boston Independent gain from independent to allow comparison with 2019; the previous incumbent, Tracey Abbott, had been elected as an independent but later joined the Conservatives. She stood for re-election in Kirton and Frampton ward instead of Wyberton in 2023.
References
edit- ^ Of the 13 independent councillors before the election, 4 sat as the "Independent 20/20" group, led by Peter Watson (who stood as a Liberal Democrat in 2023), 4 sat as the "Welbourn, Howard and Austin Independents", led by Judith Welbourn, and the other 5 did not belong to any group.
- ^ Including one vacant seat at Swineshead and Holland Fen previously held by Conservative councillor Chelcei Sharman prior to her resignation in November 2022.[1]
- ^ Boothroyd, David (25 November 2022). "Lib Dems back on the Island". Local Councils. Thorncliffe. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
- ^ Jaines, Daniel (April 2023). "Local Elections 2023: Boston borough group leaders' campaign pledges". My Local Lincolnshire.
- ^ "Boston Independent". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
- ^ ""I'm off": Three council leaders lose seats in Lincolnshire local elections". The Lincolnite. 2023-05-05. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
- ^ Jaines, Daniel (22 May 2023). "Independents confirmed as Boston leaders after historic election". The Lincolnite. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
- ^ "Boston result - Local Elections 2023". BBC News. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
- ^ "Boston Council Elections 2023". Boston Borough Council. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
- ^ "Your Councillors". Boston Borough Council. Archived from the original on 6 December 2022. Retrieved 19 November 2023.