# 2001 Lincolnshire County Council election

The 2001 Lincolnshire County Council election was held on Thursday, 7 June 2001, the same day as the general election. Boundary changes to the electoral divisions of the county took effect at this election, with the number of seats increased by 1. The whole council of 77 members was up for election and the election resulted in the Conservative Party retaining control of the council, winning 49 seats.

## Results by division

Each electoral division returned one county councillor. The candidate elected to the council in each electoral division is shown in the table below. "Unopposed" indicates that the councillor was elected unopposed.
| Electoral Division | Party | Councillor | Votes |
| Alford & Sutton | Conservative | M. Kennedy | 1,650 |
| Ancholme Cliff | Conservative | C. Strange | 1,837 |
| Bardney & Cherry Willingham | Conservative | I. Fleetwood | 2,078 |
| Bassingham Rural | Conservative | W. Wyrill | 2,204 |
| Billinghay & Metheringham | Conservative | P. Bradwell | 1,976 |
| Boston Coastal | Conservative | B. Powell | 1,724 |
| Boston East | Labour | P. Kenny | 2,069 |
| Boston Fishtoft | Conservative | H. Judge | 1,823 |
| Boston North West | Labour | F. Gilchrist | 1,741 |
| Boston Rural | Conservative | R. Day | 2,270 |
| Boston South | Conservative | T. Taylor | 1,518 |
| Boston West | Labour | P. Goodale | 1,228 |
| Bourne Abbey | Independent | J. Kirkman | 1,566 |
| Bourne Castle | Conservative | I. Croft | 2,103 |
| Bracebridge Heath & Waddington | Conservative | C.A. Talbot | 2,460 |
| Branston & Navenby | Independent | M. Overton | 1,695 |
| Colsterworth Rural | Conservative | E. Chapman | 1,979 |
| Crowland & Whaplode | Conservative | W. Speechley | 2,527 |
| Deeping St. James | Labour | P. Dilks | 1,954 |
| Donington Rural | Independent | S. Whyles | 2,179 |
| Folkingham Rural | Conservative | M. Hill | 2,550 |
| Gainsborough Hill | Liberal Democrat | M. Tinker | 2,236 |
| Gainsborough Rural South | Conservative | B. Knight | 2,259 |
| Gainsborough Trent | Liberal Democrat | P. O'Connor | 1,420 |
| Grantham Barrowby | Labour | A. Davidson | 1,848 |
| Grantham East | Labour | C. Wells | 2,158 |
| Grantham North | Conservative | H. Wheat | 2,410 |
| Grantham North West | Conservative | E. Chapman | 1,321 |
| Grantham South | Labour | M. Williams | 1,455 |
| Heighington & Washingborough | Conservative | W. Bliss | 1,839 |
| Holbeach | Conservative | J. Taylor | Unopposed |
| Holbeach Rural | Conservative | W. Webb | 2,369 |
| Horncastle & Tetford | Conservative | W. Aron | 2,337 |
| Hough | Conservative | M. Spencer-Gregson | 2,820 |
| Hykeham Forum | Liberal Democrat | J. Marriott | 1,626 |
| Ingoldmells Rural | Conservative | G. Wilson | 1,997 |
| Lincoln Birchwood | Labour | B. Flippard | 1,408 |
| Lincoln Boultham | Labour | T. Rook | 2,057 |
| Lincoln Bracebridge | Labour | B. Robinson | 2,189 |
| Lincoln East | Labour | R. Renshaw | 1,950 |
| Lincoln Glebe | Labour | A. Taylor | 1,671 |
| Lincoln Hartsholme | Labour | R. Coupland | 2,173 |
| Lincoln Moorland | Labour | G. Ellis | 1,980 |
| Lincoln North | Labour | L. Burke | 2,490 |
| Lincoln Park | Labour | N. Jackson | 1,537 |
| Lincoln West | Labour | R. Parker | 2,134 |
| Louth Marsh | Conservative | J. Libell | 2,242 |
| Louth North | Conservative | P. Watson | 1,052 |
| Louth Rural North | Conservative | J. Johnson | 2,046 |
| Louth South | Labour | J. Hough | 1,728 |
| Louth Wolds | Conservative | S. Roy | 1,934 |
| Mablethorpe | Labour | A. Howard | 1,418 |
| Market & West Deeping | Conservative | P. Robinson | 1,741 |
| Market Rasen Wolds | Conservative | B. Thoebald | 1,419 |
| Nettleham & Saxilby | Liberal Democrat | R. Sellars | 2,124 |
| North Wolds | Conservative | A. Turner | 2,398 |
| Ruskington & Cranwell | Conservative | I. Cartwright | 2,113 |
| Scotter Rural | Conservative | C. Underwood-Frost | 1,810 |
| Skegness North | Labour | M. Anderson | 2,116 |
| Skegness South | Conservative | D. Edginton | 1,616 |
| Skellingthorpe & Hykeham South | Conservative | R. Yates | 1,605 |
| Sleaford | Conservative | D. Dickinson | 1,390 |
| Sleaford Rural South | Conservative | B. Young | 2,783 |
| Sleaford West & Leasingham | Conservative | B. Singleton | 1,792 |
| Spalding East & Moulton | Conservative | E. Poll | 2,720 |
| Spalding Elloe | Conservative | P. Bray | 2,247 |
| Spalding South | Conservative | N. Carter | 2,242 |
| Spalding West | Conservative | C. Fisher | 2,269 |
| Spilsby Fen | Conservative | I. Stimson | 1,391 |
| Stamford North | Labour | C. Wood | 1,679 |
| Stamford Rural | Conservative | T. Trollope-Bellew | 2,455 |
| Stamford West | Conservative | C. Helstrip | 1,338 |
| Sutton Elloe | Conservative | J. Fisher | 2,537 |
| Tattershall Castle | Conservative | B. Harvey | 2,361 |
| Wainfleet & Burgh | Conservative | N. Cooper | 1,658 |
| Welton Rural | Conservative | C. Ireland | 2,493 |
| Woodhall Spa & Wragby | Conservative | D. Hoyes | 2,632 |