# 1993 Lincolnshire County Council election

The 1993 Lincolnshire County Council election was held on Thursday, 6 May 1993. The whole council of 76 members was up for election and the election resulted in no party winning an overall majority of seats on the council. The Conservative Party lost control of the council for the first time since 1973, winning 31 seats. The Labour Party and the Liberal Democrats both made gains at the expense of the Conservatives, winning 25 and 15 seats respectively.

## Results by division

Each electoral division returned one county councillor. The results in each division are shown in the table below.
| Division | Candidate | Party | Votes |
| Alford and Spilsby | Michael Kennedy | Con | 1,164 |
| Alford and Spilsby | Richard Sanders | Lib Dem | 1,023 |
| Alford Coast | Sydney Chapman | Lib Dem | 1,182 |
| Alford Coast | Gordon Wilson | Con | 1,106 |
| Bardney and Cherry Willingham | Veronica Ballantine | Con | 517 |
| Bardney and Cherry Willingham | Charles Greenaway | Ind | 1,486 |
| Bassingham Rural | Lorna Lewinton | Lab | 343 |
| Bassingham Rural | Barbara Wells | Ind Con | 204 |
| Bassingham Rural | Steven Worth | Lib Dem | 870 |
| Bassingham Rural | Bill Wyrill | Con | 1,068 |
| Billinghay and Cranwell | James Clarke | Lib Dem | 639 |
| Billinghay and Cranwell | Zena Scoley | Con | 1,061 |
| Billinghay and Cranwell | Theresa Wadsley | Lab | 464 |
| Bolingbroke Castle | Jack Dyde | Lib Dem | - |
| Boston Rural South | Jean Smith | Con | - |
| Boston Coastal | Barrie Gosling | Con | - |
| Boston Witham | Mary Giles | Con | - |
| Boston Wyberton | Heather Judge | Con | - |
| Boston West | Albert James Lawson | Con | 590 |
| Boston West | Charles Albert Tabbs | Lib Dem | 1,331 |
| Boston Fenside | Horace George Bartram | Con | 624 |
| Boston Fenside | William Henry Ruck | Lab Co-op | 831 |
| Bourne Abbey | Leslie Burke | Lab | 485 |
| Bourne Abbey | John Kirkman | Ind | 1,248 |
| Bourne Abbey | Michael Silverwood | Con | 658 |
| Bourne Castle | Ian Croft | Con | 1,371 |
| Bourne Castle | Susan Latham | Lab | 350 |
| Bourne Castle | Beverley Wrigley-Pheasant | Lib Dem | 970 |
| Caenby | Robin Cracroft-Ely | Con | 1,443 |
| Caenby | Roger Hiscox | Lib Dem | 1,903 |
| Cliff | Vivian Hager | Ind | 286 |
| Cliff | Fay Bush | Lib Dem | 241 |
| Cliff | Kelvin Wilson | Ind Con | 60 |
| Cliff | Bill Rawson | Con | 935 |
| Cliff | Moira Slater | Lab | 1,045 |
| Crowland Rural | Helen Rawden | Lib Dem | 934 |
| Crowland Rural | Jim Speechley | Con | 1,127 |
| Crowland Rural | Valorie Stokes | Lab | 588 |
| The Deepings | Mark Grundy | Lib Dem | 1,540 |
| The Deepings | John Lewis | Lab | 442 |
| The Deepings | Jack Shilling | Con | 963 |
| Devon and St John's | Edna Chapman | Con | 623 |
| Devon and St John's | Clifford Wells | Lab | 533 |
| Devon and St John's | John Wilks | Ind | 665 |
| Donington Rural | Sybil Bingham | Ind | 1,104 |
| Donington Rural | Amy Teale | Lab | 657 |
| Earlesfield | Robin Appleton | Con | 186 |
| Earlesfield | John Chadwick | Lab | 555 |
| Earlesfield | Derek Vickers | Lib | 78 |
| East Elloe | John Fisher | Con | - |
| Folkingham Rural | Michael Ablewhite | Lab | 453 |
| Folkingham Rural | Robert Burns | Lib Dem | 553 |
| Folkingham Rural | Giles Halfhead | Ind | 513 |
| Folkingham Rural | Martin Hill | Con | 1,162 |
| Gainsborough East | William Parry | Con | 187 |
| Gainsborough East | Rodney Rainsworth | Lib Dem | 672 |
| Gainsborough East | Lee Stewart | Lab | 406 |
| Gainsborough North | William Craigs | Ind | 454 |
| Gainsborough North | Robert Jones | Lab | 593 |
| Gainsborough Rural North | Jacqueline Beckett | Lab | 479 |
| Gainsborough Rural North | Maurice French | Lib Dem | 1,169 |
| Gainsborough Rural North | Charles Ireland | Con | 739 |
| Gainsborough Rural South | Barry Brook | Con | - |
| Gainsborough South | Judith Hall | Con | 218 |
| Gainsborough South | David Lornas | Lib Dem | 556 |
| Gainsborough South | Adrian Wootton | Lab | 284 |
| Grantham North | Martin Harrigan | Lab | 572 |
| Grantham North | Pail Houghton | Lib | 296 |
| Grantham North | Herbert Wheat | Con | 1,342 |
| Grantham South | Charles Burrows | Lab | 1,211 |
| Grantham South | Kathleen Porter | Con | 795 |
| Grantham West | Gladys Foster | Con | 1,763 |
| Grantham West | John Hurst | Lab | 788 |
| Grimsthorpe | Charles Bell | Ind | 1,099 |
| Grimsthorpe | Donald Fletcher | Con | 796 |
| Harrowby | Elsie Davies | Lab | 977 |
| Harrowby | Ian Philips | Con | 394 |
| Holbeach | Martin Howard | Lab | 774 |
| Holbeach | Julia Taylor | Con | 1,270 |
| Holbeach Fen | David Mawby | Con | - |
| Horncastle and Tetford | John Butterworth | Con | 760 |
| Horncastle and Tetford | Fiona Martin | Lib Dem | 1,281 |
| Hough | John Hiley | Lib | 881 |
| Hough | Philip Newton | Con | 937 |
| Hough | Derrick Sansom | Lab | 283 |
| Hykeham Forum | Peter Gaul | Ind Con | 387 |
| Hykeham Forum | Les Simpson | Con | 369 |
| Hykeham Forum | Gordon Witney | Lib Dem | 1,527 |
| Lincoln Abbey | Linda Flint | Lab | 1,270 |
| Lincoln Abbey | Michael Kaye | Con | 312 |
| Lincoln Birchwood | Barry Fippard | Lab | 1,744 |
| Lincoln Birchwood | Edmund Strengiel | Con | 1,672 |
| Lincoln Boultham | Sybil Daly | Con | 393 |
| Lincoln Boultham | Paul North | Green | 147 |
| Lincoln Boultham | Ian Smith | Lab | 1,171 |
| Lincoln Bracebridge | Robin Meads | Con | 991 |
| Lincoln Bracebridge | Sharon Taylor | Lab | 1,312 |
| Lincoln Carholme | David Kane | Green | 247 |
| Lincoln Carholme | Howard Ockwell | Con | 690 |
| Lincoln Carholme | Rob Parker | Lab | 1,503 |
| Lincoln Castle | Brian Alford | Green | 151 |
| Lincoln Castle | Yvonne Sampson | Con | 427 |
| Lincoln Castle | Brenda Taggart | Lab | 1,407 |
| Lincoln Longdales | Geoff Burrell | Lab | 1,401 |
| Lincoln Longdales | Maureen Gray | Con | 529 |
| Lincoln Minster | Anthony Grant | Con | 931 |
| Lincoln Minster | Pat Metcalfe | Lab | 1,641 |
| Lincoln Minster | Dr John Harding Price | Lib Dem | 332 |
| Lincoln Moorland | Norah Baldock | Lab | 1,278 |
| Lincoln Moorland | David Chambers | Con | 846 |
| Lincoln Park | Reginald Poole | Con | 273 |
| Lincoln Park | Paul Taylor | Lab | 1,021 |
| Lincoln Park | Kenneth Yates | Green | 89 |
| Lincoln Tritton | Irene Adams | Con | 382 |
| Lincoln Tritton | John Plant | Lab | 1,124 |
| Louth Marsh | Derek Hercock | Ind | 864 |
| Louth Marsh | Jack Libell | Con | 1,080 |
| Louth North | Julia Baron | Con | 702 |
| Louth North | Clive Finch | Lib Dem | 609 |
| Louth North | John Herwood | Lab | 387 |
| Louth Rural North | Jean Johnson | Con | 949 |
| Louth Rural North | Kelvin Wood | Ind Con | 580 |
| Louth South | John Henderson | Lib Dem | 337 |
| Louth South | Andrea Morris | Con | 815 |
| Louth South | David Shepherd | Lab | 1,181 |
| Louth Wolds | Rosemary Robinson | Green | 880 |
| Louth Wolds | Cyril Turner | Con | 971 |
| Mablethorpe | Michael Elford | Lib Dem | 1,609 |
| Mablethorpe | Ivy Kidd | Con | 787 |
| Metheringham | John Dugging | Lib Dem | 406 |
| Metheringham | Rachel Garrick | Lab | 792 |
| Metheringham | Eileen Powditch | Con | 862 |
| Nettleham and Saxilby | Margaret Morris | Con | 509 |
| Nettleham and Saxilby | Sheila Turner | Lib Dem | 1,856 |
| North East Kesteven | Howard Sullivan | Lib Dem | 490 |
| North East Kesteven | Robert Arnold | Lab | 1,146 |
| North East Kesteven | William Bliss | Con | 1,413 |
| North Wolds | Malcolm Fytche | Lab | 962 |
| North Wolds | Christopher Moorcroft | Con | 1,608 |
| Rasen Wolds | Christopher Padley | Green | 319 |
| Rasen Wolds | Ian Sharpe | Lib Dem | 658 |
| Rasen Wolds | Leslie Wilson | Con | 1,102 |
| Skegness North | Mark Anderson | Lab | 974 |
| Skegness North | Margaret Hutchinson | Lib Dem | 549 |
| Skegness North | Ken Sadler | Con | 683 |
| Skegness North | Malcolm Stuart | Ind | 125 |
| Skegness South | David Edginton | Con | 855 |
| Skegness South | George Gray | Lib Dem | 827 |
| Skegness South | Sheila Mackenzie | Lab | 468 |
| Skellingthorpe and Hykeham South | Alan Love | Ind Con | 171 |
| Skellingthorpe and Hykeham South | Pauline Holt | Con | 910 |
| Skellingthorpe and Hykeham South | Michael Flint | Lab | 1,154 |
| Skirbeck | Richard Alan Day | Con | 815 |
| Skirbeck | Paul Robert Kenny | Lab Co-op | 1,196 |
| Sleaford | Dorothy Kench | Con | 895 |
| Sleaford | Jarleth McGagh | Lib Dem | 847 |
| Sleaford | David Romney | Lab | 1,261 |
| Sleaford Rural North | Donald Calthorpe | Ind Dem | 123 |
| Sleaford Rural North | Jim Heppell | Lib Dem | 659 |
| Sleaford Rural North | Dennis Monk | Con | 1,047 |
| Sleaford Rural North | David Suiter | Lab | 472 |
| Sleaford Rural South | Dr Edward Brown | Con | 676 |
| Sleaford Rural South | David Creasey | Lab | 276 |
| Sleaford Rural South | Lesley Pinchbeck | Lib Dem | 1,659 |
| Spalding Abbey | Cyril Evans | Lab | 1,067 |
| Spalding Abbey | James Hansford | Con | 618 |
| Spalding East and Weston | Eric Davies | Lab | 1,146 |
| Spalding East and Weston | Gwendoline Moore | Con | 985 |
| Spalding North West | Colin Fisher | Con | 999 |
| Spalding North West | Robert West | Lab | 839 |
| Stamford North | Colin Helstrip | Con | 913 |
| Stamford North | Philip Keddell | Lab | 1,214 |
| Stamford South | Marguerite Belton | Lib Dem | 1,457 |
| Stamford South | Lionel Cunningham | Con | 943 |
| Stamford South | Bernard Frisby | Ind | 677 |
| Tattershall Castle | Betty Harvey | Con | 1,225 |
| Tattershall Castle | Taidhgh Daniel O'Regan | Lib Dem | 786 |
| Wainfleet and Burgh | James Dodsworth | Lib Dem | 1,374 |
| Wainfleet and Burgh | Shirley Pascoe | Con | 408 |
| West Elloe | Peter Bray | Con | 833 |
| West Elloe | Brian Davies | Lab | 444 |
| Woodhall Span and Wragby | Denis Hoyes | Con | - |