# 1977 Lincolnshire County Council election

Lincolnshire County Council is a non-metropolitan county in the East Midlands of England. It was formed when the Local Government Act 1972 merged the counties of Holland, Kesteven and Lindsey, and held its first election on 12 April 1973.

## Results by Division

| Division | Candidate | Party | Votes |
| Boston no. 1 | S. Budge | Con | 782 |
| Boston no. 1 | L. Clarke | Res | 633 |
| Boston no. 1 | J. Wilkinson | Lib | 314 |
| Boston no. 1 | H. Wright | Ind | 304 |
| Boston no. 1 | T. Barnes | Ind | 76 |
| Boston no. 2 | Mrs H. Towell* | Con | 1,088 |
| Boston no. 2 | W. Ruck | Lab | 619 |
| Boston no. 3 | M. Middlebrook* | Ind | (uncontested) |
| Boston no. 4 | R. Jenkin | Con | 951 |
| Boston no. 4 | Alf Goodson* | Lab | 721 |
| Boston Rural no. 1 | J. Hildred | Ind | (uncontested) |
| Boston Rural no. 2 | C. Fovargue | Con | (uncontested) |
| Boston Rural no. 3 | R. Upsall | Con | (uncontested) |
| Bourne | R. Cliffe* | Con | 1,271 |
| Bourne | N. Thwaite | Ind | 515 |
| Bourne | O. Brown | Lab | 366 |
| Caistor Rural no. 1 | V. Hudson | Ind | (uncontested) |
| Caistor Rural no. 2 | W. Hall* | Ind | (uncontested) |
| East Elloe no. 1 | J. Fisher | Res | 1,488 |
| East Elloe no. 1 | Ms S. Garner | Con | 773 |
| East Elloe no. 1 | Ivor Howes* | Ind | 732 |
| East Elloe no. 2 | D. Mawby | Ind | 1,030 |
| East Elloe no. 2 | D. Edwards | Ind | 462 |
| East Elloe no. 2 | D. Cavendish-Pell | Res | 420 |
| East Elloe no. 3 | T. Tyler | Res | (uncontested) |
| East Kesteven no. 1 | E. Fairchild* | Con | (uncontested) |
| East Kesteven no. 2 | F. Stockdale | Ind | 1,034 |
| East Kesteven no. 2 | A. Troop | Con | 1,029 |
| East Kesteven no. 3 | T. Hall | Con | (uncontested) |
| Gainsborough Market | E. Salisbury* | Lab | (uncontested) |
| Gainsborough North | Ms J. Bassett | Con | 1,138 |
| Gainsborough North | C. Roofe | Lab | 428 |
| Gainsborough South | L. Rainsforth* | Lab | 1,015 |
| Gainsborough South | Ms C. Dordery | Con | 955 |
| Gainsborough Rural no. 1 | R. Chappell | Con | (uncontested) |
| Gainsborough Rural no. 2 | H. Jackson | Con | 1,057 |
| Gainsborough Rural no. 2 | H. Kitchinson | Lib | 791 |
| Gainsborough Rural no. 2 | T. Lansbury | Lab | 387 |
| Grantham no. 1 | H. Nadin | Con | 1,370 |
| Grantham no. 1 | M. Hudson | Lab | 871 |
| Grantham no. 2 | J. Wilks | Con | 1,047 |
| Grantham no. 2 | J. Chadwick | Lab | 944 |
| Grantham no. 3 | I. Gordon* | Con | 1,691 |
| Grantham no. 3 | J. Yates | Lab | 793 |
| Grantham no. 4 | Ms E. Davies* | Lab | 1,339 |
| Grantham no. 4 | W. Sykes | Con | 1,255 |
| Horncastle | Ms L. Sanderson* | Ind | (uncontested) |
| Horncastle Rural no. 1 | D. Hoyes | Con | (uncontested) |
| Horncastle Rural no. 2 | J. Harvey* | Con | (uncontested) |
| Lincoln Abbey | Ms Y. Bodger | Con | 809 |
| Lincoln Abbey | R. Brittan | DLP | 808 |
| Lincoln Abbey | J. McKane | Lab | 660 |
| Lincoln Boultham | R. Lucas* | Con | 699 |
| Lincoln Boultham | J. Hassett | DLP | 614 |
| Lincoln Boultham | D. Bessey | Lab | 417 |
| Lincoln Bracebridge | F. Hamill | Con | 1,559 |
| Lincoln Bracebridge | Ms M. Padget | DLP | 687 |
| Lincoln Bracebridge | J. Plant | Lab | 521 |
| Lincoln Carholme | J. Spence* | Con | 1,136 |
| Lincoln Carholme | F. Goulding | DLP | 496 |
| Lincoln Carholme | N. Jackson | Lab | 337 |
| Lincoln Castle | F. Eccleshare* | Con | 1,575 |
| Lincoln Castle | D. Perring | Lab | 509 |
| Lincoln Ermine | Ms A. Naftalin* | Lab | 1,077 |
| Lincoln Ermine | D. Miller | Lab | 1,044 |
| Lincoln Ermine | R. Barnes* | DLP | 927 |
| Lincoln Ermine | L. Davis | DLP | 896 |
| Lincoln Ermine | E. Fox | Con | 896 |
| Lincoln Hartsholme | Ms J. Sparkes | Con | 1,045 |
| Lincoln Hartsholme | K. Wood | Lab | 804 |
| Lincoln Hartsholme | Ms M. Richardson | DLP | 695 |
| Lincoln Hartsholme | J. Ginniff | Comm | 20 |
| Lincoln Minster | Ms D. Richards | Con | 1,594 |
| Lincoln Minster | R. Hodson | Lab | 809 |
| Lincoln Moorland | Ms E. Jenkins | Con | 1,283 |
| Lincoln Moorland | J. Robertson* | Lab | 887 |
| Lincoln Moorland | D. Templeman | DLP | 627 |
| Lincoln Moorland | C. Hurst | Ind | 119 |
| Lincoln Park | F. Allen* | DLP | 652 |
| Lincoln Park | P. Roe | Con | 469 |
| Lincoln Park | D. Jackson | Lab | 447 |
| Louth North | C. Bennett | Ind | (uncontested) |
| Louth South | C. Baron | Con | 851 |
| Louth South | Ms I. Wilkinson* | Ind | 698 |
| Louth Rural no. 1 | R. Dixon* | Ind | (uncontested) |
| Louth Rural no. 2 | J. Libell | Con | 1,451 |
| Louth Rural no. 2 | A. Fridlington | Lib | 722 |
| Louth Rural no. 3 | D. Webb | Con | (uncontested) |
| Mablethorpe and Sutton | F. Richardson | Con | 1,428 |
| Mablethorpe and Sutton | Ms V. Phillips | Ind | 540 |
| North Kesteven no. 1 | W. Wyrill* | Con | 1,155 |
| North Kesteven no. 1 | Ms E. Mawer | Ind | 424 |
| North Kesteven no. 2 | W. Rawson | Con | 1,316 |
| North Kesteven no. 2 | A. Mettam | Ind | 381 |
| North Kesteven no. 2 | Ms N. Baldock | Lab | 326 |
| North Kesteven no. 3 | F. Marshall* | Con | (uncontested) |
| North Kesteven no. 4 | R. Brealey* | Con | 1,923 |
| North Kesteven no. 4 | Ms A. Jacklin | Ind | 360 |
| North Kesteven no. 5 | P. Gaul | Con | 1,639 |
| North Kesteven no. 5 | Ms M. Large* | Lab | 1,197 |
| North Kesteven no. 6 | H. Johnson* | Con | 889 |
| North Kesteven no. 6 | G. Lawton | Ind | 484 |
| Skegness North | H. Fainlight* | Lib | 1,144 |
| Skegness North | A. Preston | Con | 971 |
| Skegness South | W. Derbyshire | Con | 951 |
| Skegness South | B. Alderson | Lib | 522 |
| Sleaford | Ms G. Norris | Con | (uncontested) |
| South Kesteven no. 1 | J. Smith | Con | 1,648 |
| South Kesteven no. 1 | C. Fretwell | Lab | 496 |
| South Kesteven no. 2 | M. Hedley Lewis* | Con | (uncontested) |
| South Kesteven no. 3 | Ms J. Wootton* | Con | (uncontested) |
| Spalding no. 1 | D. Guttridge* | Con | (uncontested) |
| Spalding no. 2 | R. King* | Con | 782 |
| Spalding no. 2 | D. James | Res | 580 |
| Spalding no. 3 | C. Ford* | Con | (uncontested) |
| Spalding Rural no. 1 | W. Speechley* | Con | (uncontested) |
| Spalding Rural no. 2 | H. Chappell* | Con | (uncontested) |
| Spalding Rural no. 3 | K. Barker | Con | (uncontested) |
| Spilsby no. 1 | F. Hepworth | Con | (uncontested) |
| Spilsby no. 2 | W. Hurdman | Lib | 1,154 |
| Spilsby no. 2 | C. Rawlinson* | Con | 1,032 |
| Spilsby no. 3 | H. Simpson* | Con | (uncontested) |
| Spilsby no. 4 | M. Dale | Ind | (uncontested) |
| Stamford no. 1 | I. Allen* | Con | 1,613 |
| Stamford no. 1 | M. Winslow | Lab | 327 |
| Stamford no. 2 | Ms E. Randall | Con | 1,031 |
| Stamford no. 2 | Ms J. Gaffigan | Lab | 592 |
| Welton no. 1 | E. Bramley* | Ind | (uncontested) |
| Welton no. 2 | P. Heneage | Con | 1,948 |
| Welton no. 2 | H. Collier | Lib | 853 |
| Welton no. 3 | R. Gaul* | Con | (uncontested) |
| West Kesteven no. 1 | P. Newton* | Con | (uncontested) |
| West Kesteven no. 2 | H. Brownlow* | Con | (uncontested) |
| West Kesteven no. 3 | A. Thorold* | Con | 1,822 |
| West Kesteven no. 3 | A. Reed | Lab | 426 |
Source: "Lincolnshire County Election Results 1973–2009". Elections Centre (Plymouth University). Retrieved 30 January 2025.