# 1985 Lincolnshire County Council election

The 1985 Lincolnshire County Council election was held on Thursday, 2 May 1985. The whole council of 76 members was up for election and the election resulted in the Conservative Party retaining control of the council with a majority of 2, winning 39 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.
| Electoral Division | Party | Councillor | Votes |
| Alford & Spilsby | Conservative | M. Kennedy | 1,194 |
| Alford Coast | Conservative | J. Martin | 885 |
| Bardney & Cherry Willingham | SDP–Liberal Alliance | P. Dodds | 924 |
| Bassingham Rural | Conservative | W. Wyrill | 1,545 |
| Billinghay & Cranwell | Conservative | Z. Scoley | 1,250 |
| Birchwood | Labour | P. Robinson | 1,083 |
| Bolingbroke Castle | SDP–Liberal Alliance | J. Dyde | 1,171 |
| Boston Rural South | Conservative | J. Smith | 1,344 |
| Boston West | SDP–Liberal Alliance | T. Cummings | 1,102 |
| Boultham | Labour | L. Wells | 1,110 |
| Bourne Abbey | Conservative | D. Fisher | 841 |
| Bourne Castle | Conservative | I. Croft | 1,026 |
| Caenby | Conservative | R. Eley | 1,488 |
| Carholme | Conservative | S. Campbell | 953 |
| Cliff | Conservative | W. Rawson | 1,177 |
| Coastal | Independent | J. Hildred | 921 |
| Crowland Rural | Conservative | W. Speechley | 1,230 |
| Devon & St. Johns | Conservative | E. Chapman | 879 |
| Donington Rural | Conservative | S. Bingham | 1,287 |
| Earlesfield | Labour | J. Chadwick | 822 |
| East Elloe | Residents' association | J. Fisher | 1,727 |
| Fenside | Labour | J. Lowery | 1,037 |
| Folkingham Rural | Conservative | B. Lee | 1,160 |
| Gainsborough East | SDP–Liberal Alliance | R. Rainsforth | 993 |
| Gainsborough North | SDP–Liberal Alliance | W. Craigs | 610 |
| Gainsborough South | SDP–Liberal Alliance | D. Lomas | 717 |
| Gainsborough Rural North | SDP–Liberal Alliance | M. French | 1,445 |
| Gainsborough Rural South | Independent | J. Westgarth | 1,347 |
| Grantham North | Conservative | M. Spencer-Gregson | 1,555 |
| Grantham South | Conservative | H. Nadin | 1,259 |
| Grantham West | Conservative | G. Foster | 1,328 |
| Grimsthorpe | Conservative | D. Fletcher | 1,129 |
| Harrowby | Labour | E. Davies | 1,205 |
| Holbeach | SDP–Liberal Alliance | C. Pearl | 640 |
| Holbeach Fen | Conservative | D. Mawby | 1,109 |
| Horncastle & Tetford | Conservative | F. Cupit | 1,152 |
| Hough | Conservative | P. Newton | 1,247 |
| Hykeham Forum | Conservative | P. Gaul | 1,091 |
| Lincoln Abbey | Labour | J. Robertson | 1,520 |
| Lincoln Bracebridge | Conservative | E. Jenkins | 1,259 |
| Lincoln Castle | Labour | J. Ward | 1,445 |
| Lincoln Moorland | Labour | N. Baldock | 984 |
| Lincoln Park | Labour | A. McFarlane | 1,163 |
| Longdales | Labour | G. Burrell | 1,282 |
| Louth Marsh | Conservative | J. Libell | 1,092 |
| Louth North | SDP–Liberal Alliance | J. Sellick | 1,410 |
| Louth Rural North | Conservative | J. Johnson | 878 |
| Louth South | SDP–Liberal Alliance | M. Birmingham | 1,452 |
| Louth Wolds | Conservative | C. Turner | 1,032 |
| Mablethorpe | SDP–Liberal Alliance | W. Baker | 1,766 |
| Metheringham | Conservative | E. Powditch | 796 |
| Minster | Labour | P. Metcalfe | 1,724 |
| Nettleham & Saxilby | SDP–Liberal Alliance | S. Turner | 1,427 |
| North East Kesteven | Conservative | P. Richardson | 1,420 |
| North Wolds | Conservative | V. Hudson | 1,357 |
| Rasen Wolds | Conservative | L. Wilson | 1,361 |
| Skegness North | SDP–Liberal Alliance | H. Fianlight | 941 |
| Skegness South | SDP–Liberal Alliance | K. Holland | 995 |
| Skellingthorpe & Hykeham South | Conservative | B. Gledhill | 1,058 |
| Skirbeck | Labour | B. Bisby | 793 |
| Sleaford | Labour | J. Pratt | 1,418 |
| Sleaford Rural North | Conservative | D. Monk | 1,465 |
| Sleaford Rural South | SDP–Liberal Alliance | L. Pinchbeck | 1,355 |
| Spalding Abbey | Conservative | D. Gutteridge | 686 |
| Spalding East & Weston | Conservative | R. King | 1,011 |
| Spalding North West | SDP–Liberal Alliance | A. Newton | 1,066 |
| Stamford North | Conservative | W. Simpson | 763 |
| Stamford South | SDP–Liberal Alliance | M. Belton | 1,440 |
| Tattershall Castle | Conservative | B. Harvey | 1,198 |
| The Deepings | SDP–Liberal Alliance | J. Anderson | 2,349 |
| Tritton | Labour | I. Goldingson | 1,089 |
| Wainfleet & Burgh | SDP–Liberal Alliance | J. Dodsworth | 1,271 |
| West Elloe | Conservative | G. Walker | 1,055 |
| Witham | Conservative | M. Giles | 1,026 |
| Woodhall Spa & Wragby | Conservative | D. Hoyes | 1,315 |
| Wyberton | SDP–Liberal Alliance | K. Ward | 1,099 |