# 2021 City of Lincoln Council election

The 2021 City of Lincoln Council election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect members of City of Lincoln Council in Lincolnshire, England. This was held on the same day as other local elections. One third 33 seats were up for election, with one councillors in each of the 11 wards being elected. As the election in 2016 had been an all-out election with new ward boundaries, the seats of the candidates that had finished first in each ward in the all-out 2016 election were now up for election.

## Results summary

2021 Lincoln City Council election :
| Party | Party | This election | This election | This election | Full council | Full council | Full council | This election | This election | This election |
| Party | Party | Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− |
| | Labour | 5 | 2 | 45.5 | 17 | 22 | 66.7 | 7,921 | 40.7 | -3.5 |
| | Conservative | 5 | 1 | 45.5 | 5 | 10 | 30.3 | 8,114 | 41.7 | +11.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 1 | 1 | 9.1 | 0 | 1 | 3.0 | 1,709 | 8.8 | -2.9 |
| | Green | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,530 | 7.9 | -4.9 |
| | Reform UK | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 69 | 0.4 | New |
| | TUSC | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 69 | 0.4 | New |
| | Liberal | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 29 | 0.1 | New |

## Ward results
### Abbey

Abbey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Clare Smalley | 974 | 49.6 | +24.8 |
| | Labour | Val Moore | 549 | 28.0 | −22.7 |
| | Conservative | Roger Hansard | 305 | 15.5 | −0.4 |
| | Green | Kenneth Yates | 99 | 5.0 | −6.1 |
| | Reform UK | Donald Penman | 36 | 1.8 | +1.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 425 | 21.6 | +9.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,963 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | 23.8 | |

### Birchwood

Birchwood :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Eddie Strengiel | 958 | 58.2 | +20.1 |
| | Labour Co-op | Paul Gowen | 562 | 34.1 | −13.4 |
| | Green | John Radford | 76 | 4.6 | −4.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Chapman | 51 | 3.1 | −1.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 396 | 24.1 | +14.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,647 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 16.8 | |

### Boultham

Boultham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | Calum Watt | 704 | 46.4 | −1.0 |
| | Conservative | Daniel Carvalho | 615 | 40.6 | +10.5 |
| | Green | Simon Tooke | 121 | 8.0 | −5.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Charles Parker | 76 | 5.0 | −3.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 89 | 5.8 | −11.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,516 | | |
| | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Swing | 5.8 | |

### Carholme

Carholme :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | Lucinda Preston | 1,171 | 59.7 | +16.2 |
| | Conservative | Jack Choi | 436 | 22.2 | +11.8 |
| | Green | Nicola Watson | 203 | 10.3 | +1.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Oliver Craven | 90 | 4.6 | −27.5 |
| | TUSC | Aston Readings | 33 | 1.7 | +1.7 |
| | Liberal | Charles Shaw | 29 | 1.5 | +1.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 735 | 37.5 | +26.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,962 | | |
| | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Swing | 2.2 | |

### Castle

Castle :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Donald Nannestad | 842 | 49.7 | +0.2 |
| | Conservative | Rachel Storer | 618 | 36.5 | +10.8 |
| | Green | Norman Haigh | 155 | 9.2 | −7.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Aidan Turner | 78 | 4.6 | −3.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 224 | 13.2 | −10.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,693 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 5.3 | |

### Glebe

Glebe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ric Metcalfe | 705 | 44.4 | +0.9 |
| | Conservative | Jacob D'Avenant | 677 | 42.6 | +10.0 |
| | Green | Fiona McKenna | 207 | 13.0 | −2.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 28 | 1.8 | −9.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,589 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 4.6 | |

### Hartsholme

Hartsholme :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David Clarkson | 1,229 | 57.5 | +22.5 |
| | Labour | Adelle Ellis | 626 | 29.3 | −18.0 |
| | Green | Matt Parr | 194 | 9.1 | −4.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Charters | 90 | 4.2 | −0.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 603 | 28.2 | +15.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,139 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 20.3 | |

### Minster

Minster :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Mark Storer | 955 | 49.6 | +13.2 |
| | Labour | Joshua Wells | 769 | 39.9 | −3.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Dale | 118 | 6.1 | −3.0 |
| | Green | Valerie Wilkinson | 84 | 4.4 | −7.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 186 | 9.7 | +3.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,926 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 8.1 | |

### Moorland

Moorland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Matthew Fido | 796 | 47.9 | +11.9 |
| | Labour | Geoff Ellis | 701 | 42.2 | −3.2 |
| | Green | Christopher Padley | 112 | 6.7 | −5.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ben Atkinson | 53 | 3.2 | −3.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 95 | 5.7 | −3.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,662 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | 7.6 | |

### Park

Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | Chris Burke | 719 | 51.5 | −3.7 |
| | Conservative | Liam Sperrin | 392 | 28.1 | +9.8 |
| | Green | Sally Horscroft | 152 | 10.9 | −6.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Natasha Chapman | 98 | 7.0 | −2.2 |
| | TUSC | Nick Parker | 36 | 2.6 | +2.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 327 | 23.4 | −13.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,397 | | |
| | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Swing | 6.8 | |

### Witham

Witham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Bill Mara | 1,133 | 58.2 | +2.9 |
| | Labour | Joshua Hutchins | 573 | 29.4 | +1.4 |
| | Green | Amanda Parr | 127 | 6.5 | −4.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sarah Uldall | 81 | 4.2 | −1.6 |
| | Reform UK | Deborah Guthrie | 33 | 1.7 | +1.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 560 | 28.8 | +1.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,947 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 0.8 | |