# 2006 West Lindsey District Council election

Elections to West Lindsey District Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party lost overall control of the council to no overall control. The Liberal Democrat party took overall control of the council two weeks later after a by-election victory in Lea ward.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
* Liberal Democrat 18
* Conservative 17
* Independent 2

## Election result

West Lindsey Local Election Result 2006 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Liberal Democrats | 6 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 50.0 | 47.1 | 5,763 | -6.6% |
| Conservative | 6 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 50.0 | 46.3 | 5,667 | +10.6% |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.3 | 528 | +4.3% |
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 185 | -4.1% |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 99 | -4.1% |

## Ward results

Bardney :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ian Fleetwood | 483 | 67.5 | −4.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Heather Shore | 137 | 19.1 | −8.5 |
| | UKIP | Carol Pearson | 96 | 13.4 | +13.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 346 | 48.4 | +3.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 716 | 46.5 | −0.3 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Cherry Willingham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Irmgard Parrott | 1,074 | 79.9 | +45.0 |
| | UKIP | Steven Pearson | 270 | 20.1 | +20.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 804 | 59.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,344 | 39.5 | −17.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Fiskerton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Margaret Davidson | 414 | 60.8 | +10.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Penelope Smith | 202 | 29.7 | +3.3 |
| | UKIP | Anthony Pearson | 65 | 9.5 | +9.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 212 | 31.1 | +7.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 681 | 40.8 | +7.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Gainsborough East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Melvyn Starkey | 760 | 67.0 | +18.7 |
| | Conservative | Jessie Milne | 375 | 33.0 | +15.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 385 | 34.0 | +20.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,135 | 23.7 | −11.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Gainsborough North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Thomas Brown | 812 | 67.1 | +29.4 |
| | Conservative | Karen Foreman | 302 | 24.9 | +0.8 |
| | UKIP | Gordon Simmonds | 97 | 8.0 | +8.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 510 | 42.2 | +28.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,211 | 24.4 | −16.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Hemswell :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Scott Pritchard | 477 | 56.3 | +17.7 |
| | Conservative | Colin Wotherspoon | 370 | 43.7 | −17.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 107 | 12.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 847 | 45.3 | +9.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Market Rasen :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Adam Duguid | 744 | 52.7 | +7.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kenneth Bridger | 668 | 47.3 | −7.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 76 | 5.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,412 | 36.2 | +0.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Nettleham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alfred Frith | 1,005 | 61.1 | −3.6 |
| | Conservative | Susan Harland | 510 | 31.0 | −4.3 |
| | Labour | Brian Pocknee | 130 | 7.9 | +7.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 495 | 30.1 | +0.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,645 | 46.0 | −9.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Scampton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Heath | 527 | 58.5 | −16.7 |
| | Conservative | David Howe | 374 | 41.5 | +16.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 153 | 17.0 | −33.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 901 | 40.2 | +2.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Thonock :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lesley Rollings | 552 | 68.1 | +40.7 |
| | Conservative | Donald Sweeting | 258 | 31.9 | −11.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 294 | 36.2 | +21.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 810 | 39.1 | +5.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Waddingham & Spital :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Jeffrey Summers | 421 | 51.2 | +2.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Burton-Stepan | 302 | 36.7 | +11.6 |
| | Independent | Ernest Coleman | 99 | 12.0 | −14.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 119 | 14.5 | −7.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 822 | 43.6 | −2.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Wold View :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Bernard Theobald | 342 | 47.6 | −8.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Connolly | 321 | 44.7 | +44.7 |
| | Labour | John Indian | 55 | 7.7 | −36.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 21 | 2.9 | −25.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 718 | 38.9 | +11.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |