# 2014 North East Lincolnshire Council election

The 2014 North East Lincolnshire Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of North East Lincolnshire Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. These elections saw UKIP making significant gains largely at the expense of Labour, and stripping them of their majority on the council.

## Council make up

After the 2014 local elections, the political make up of the council was as follows:
| Party | Number of councillors |
| Labour | 21 |
| Conservative | 10 |
| Liberal Democrats | 3 |
| UKIP | 8 |
| Green | 0 |
| Independent | 0 |
These elections saw UKIP make significant gains on the council, ultimately stripping the Labour administration of a majority. The results led to UKIP heavily targeting the area at the general election the following year, but this came with little success and they would only gain one council seat in 2015, whilst coming third in both the Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes constituencies.
The Liberal Democrats were seen to have had some comfort in holding two of their defensive seats (East Marsh and Park), considering they lost all their defensive seats at the last elections in 2012 and only won one in 2011, but with their failure to regain Yarborough after their remaining councillor defected to Labour, they had their lowest number of councillors on the authority since its creation.

## Ward results
### Croft Baker

Croft Baker 2014 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Matthew Jason Brown | 1031 |
| | UKIP | Christopher James Osborne | 885 |
| | Independent | Leanor Mary Pidgen | 424 |
| | Conservative | Debbie Landymore | 352 |
| | TUSC | Roy Thomas Crampton | 104 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sarah Elaine Hughes | 61 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 146 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
Note: Pidgen was a former Liberal Democrat councillor that represented this ward from 2003 to 2012.

### East Marsh

East Marsh 2014 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Beasant | 907 |
| | UKIP | Phillip John Dumbrell | 422 |
| | Labour | Annie Darby | 369 |
| | Green | Andrew Dickson | 46 |
| | TUSC | Philip Martin Tuplin | 22 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 485 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Notes: Beasant was the only winning candidate to have achieved an outright majority of votes (ie: over 50% of the vote share). Darby was elected as a Lib Dem councillor for Yarborough in 2010 and defected to Labour (like many Lib Dem councillors on this authority) mid-term. Dumbrell contested this seat as an Independent in 2008; and then as a Conservative in 2010, 2011 and 2012.

### Freshney

Freshney 2014 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | UKIP | Nicholas Robert Pettigrew | 763 |
| | Labour | Kathryn Helen Wheatley | 631 |
| | Conservative | Graham Reynolds | 394 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Douglas Victor Pickett | 85 |
| | Green | Andrew Lingwood | 73 |
| | TUSC | Ian Michael Radford | 32 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 132 |
| | UKIP gain from Labour | UKIP gain from Labour | Swing |
Notes: Wheatley previously represented East Marsh from 1999 to 2003. Pickett previously represented the ward of Great Coates (a village which this ward contains) from 1984 to 1988 on the since-abolished Great Grimsby Borough Council which preceded this authority. He is also a former councillor for the South Ward from 2003 to 2010 on this authority.

### Haverstoe

Haverstoe 2014 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Margaret Cracknell | 1403 |
| | UKIP | Paul Wood | 939 |
| | Labour | Jack Robert Connor | 547 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Roy Horobin | 133 |
| | Green | Victoria Anne Dunn | 86 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 464 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Heneage

Heneage 2014 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | UKIP | John Matthew Stockton | 918 |
| | Labour | Karl Wilson | 779 |
| | Conservative | David Rimmer Walker | 408 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Abby McKenna | 108 |
| | Green | Andy Fox | 97 |
| | TUSC | Val O’Flynn | 43 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 139 |
| | UKIP gain from Labour | UKIP gain from Labour | Swing |

### Humberston & New Waltham

Humberston & New Waltham 2014 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | UKIP | Stephen William Harness | 1521 |
| | Conservative | Stan Shreeve | 1062 |
| | Labour | Gareth Luke Carter | 533 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 459 |
| | UKIP gain from Conservative | UKIP gain from Conservative | Swing |
Note: Harness gained his seat at a by-election the previous year, so is theoretically a hold.

### Immingham

Immingham 2014 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | David Bolton | 960 |
| | UKIP | Andy Warwick | 952 |
| | Conservative | Stewart Swinburn | 787 |
| | Green | Martin Reed | 112 |
| | TUSC | Andrew Jonathan Simon Smith | 49 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
Notes: This result was announced after a series of recounts, due to how marginal the result was between the top two candidates. Swinburn previously represented the ward between 2003 and 2011.

### Park

Park 2014 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christina McGilligan-Fell | 867 |
| | UKIP | Stephen Whittingham | 796 |
| | Conservative | Tom Furneaux | 614 |
| | Labour | Liz Haddock | 577 |
| | Green | Jacqueline Vessey | 165 |
| | TUSC | Joseph George Coombs | 42 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 71 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Note: Whittingham contested Waltham as a Lib Dem in 2003.

### Scartho

Scartho 2014 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | UKIP | Henry Richard Hudson | 1233 |
| | Conservative | Sally Michelle Dixon | 960 |
| | Labour | Catherine Harper | 549 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Graham Frederick Hicks | 179 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 273 |
| | UKIP gain from Conservative | UKIP gain from Conservative | Swing |
Notes: Hudson previously contested Freshney in 2008 as a Conservative, before standing in Great Grimsby in the 2010 general election for UKIP. He also contested Wolds in 2011 and East Marsh in 2012 for UKIP. Dixon previously contested this seat as a Liberal Democrat in 2010 and 2011, and as a Conservative in 2012.

### South

South 2014 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | UKIP | Jane Elizabeth Bramley | 690 |
| | Labour | Callum David Stanland | 660 |
| | Independent | Debbie Hill | 238 |
| | Conservative | Hayden Dawkins | 200 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susan Lindsay Pickett | 97 |
| | Green | Luke Hardy | 52 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 30 |
| | UKIP gain from Labour | UKIP gain from Labour | Swing |
Note: Bramley was elected as a Labour councillor in 2010, but defected to UKIP in 2013, so theoretically holds her seat. A recount was called, due to the closeness between her and the runner-up. Pickett is a former councillor for this ward from 2004 to 2012. Hill previously contested this ward as an Independent in 2006, later contesting Sidney Sussex in 2008 and Immingham in 2010 as a Liberal Democrat.

### Sidney Sussex

Sidney Sussex 2014 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | UKIP | Matthew George Stinson | 891 |
| | Labour | Alexander Wallace | 584 |
| | Conservative | Richard Hardy | 369 |
| | TUSC | Malcolm Morland | 126 |
| | Independent | George Kampanella Georgiou | 89 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nicola Dawn Hocknell | 79 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 307 |
| | UKIP gain from Labour | UKIP gain from Labour | Swing |
Note: Morland was a former Labour councillor for this ward from 1995 until 1999, when he changed seats to Croft Baker until standing down in 2003. He later became a councillor for this ward again but as a Liberal Democrat from 2006 to 2010. He also stood in the Cleethorpes constituency in the 2010 general election.

### Waltham

Waltham 2014 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Iain Black Colquhoun | 889 |
| | UKIP | Guy Thomas Twisleton Haxby | 664 |
| | Labour | Ashley David Smith | 389 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Eleanor Fell | 76 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 225 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### West Marsh

West Marsh 2014 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Tim Mickleburgh | 434 |
| | UKIP | Paul David Batson | 325 |
| | Independent | Peter Michael Barker | 247 |
| | Independent | Keith Watkin | 135 |
| | TUSC | David William Mitchell | 32 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 109 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
Note: This was the only ward in the Great Grimsby constituency which Labour held on to at these elections. Watkin and Barker are former councillors for this ward who were elected in 1999 as Independents, until losing their seats to Labour in 2010 and 2011 respectively.

### Wolds

Wolds 2014 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | David Anthony Hasthorpe | 911 |
| | UKIP | John William Chapman | 676 |
| | Labour | Christopher Francis Swale | 408 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 235 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Yarborough

Yarborough 2014 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | UKIP | James David Cairns | 957 |
| | Labour | May Dodds | 717 |
| | Conservative | Rhys Dane Cook | 387 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sarah Leak | 175 |
| | TUSC | Ben Leech | 42 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 240 |
| | UKIP gain from Liberal Democrats | UKIP gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Note: The incumbent Liberal Democrat councillor, Annie Darby, defected to Labour during her previous term and was selected to contest East Marsh (see above).