# 1989 Lincolnshire County Council election

The 1989 Lincolnshire County Council election was held on Thursday, 4 May 1989. The whole council of 76 members was up for election and the election resulted in the Conservative Party retaining control of the council and winning the same number of seats as the previous election in 1985, with 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. "Unopposed" indicates that the councillor was elected unopposed.
| Electoral Division | Party | Councillor | Votes |
| Alford & Spilsby | Conservative | M. Kennedy | 1,395 |
| Alford Coast | Conservative | G. Wilson | 1,179 |
| Bardney & Cherry Willingham | Independent | C. Greenaway | 1,575 |
| Bassingham Rural | Conservative | W. Wyrill | 1,584 |
| Billinghay & Cranwell | Conservative | Z. Scoley | 1,279 |
| Birchwood | Labour | B. Fippard | 1,611 |
| Bolingbroke Castle | Social and Liberal Democrats | J. Dyde | 1,585 |
| Boston Rural South | Conservative | J. Smith | 1,416 |
| Boston West | Social and Liberal Democrats | C. Tebbs | 1,505 |
| Boultham | Labour | L. Wells | 1,345 |
| Bourne Abbey | Independent | J. Kirkman | 1,224 |
| Bourne Castle | Conservative | I. Croft | 1,196 |
| Caenby | Conservative | R. Cracroft-Eley | 1,557 |
| Carholme | Labour | R. Parker | 1,393 |
| Cliff | Conservative | W. Rawson | 1,197 |
| Coastal | Independent | J. Hildred | 1,413 |
| Crowland Rural | Conservative | W. Speechley | 1,464 |
| Devon & St. Johns | Conservative | E. Chapman | 827 |
| Donington Rural | Conservative | S. Bingham | 978 |
| Earlesfield | Labour | J. Chadwick | 552 |
| East Elloe | Conservative | J. Fisher | 1,715 |
| Fenside | Labour | W. Ruck | 919 |
| Folkingham Rural | Conservative | B. Lee | 1,500 |
| Gainsborough East | Social and Liberal Democrats | R. Rainsforth | 1,251 |
| Gainsborough North | Independent | W. Craigs | Unopposed |
| Gainsborough South | Social and Liberal Democrats | D. Lomas | 825 |
| Gainsborough Rural North | Social and Liberal Democrats | M. French | 1,412 |
| Gainsborough Rural South | Independent | J. Westgarth | 1,827 |
| Grantham North | Conservative | H. Wheat | 1,530 |
| Grantham South | Labour | C. Burrows | 1,089 |
| Grantham West | Conservative | G. Foster | 1,595 |
| Grimsthorpe | Conservative | D. Fletcher | Unopposed |
| Harrowby | Labour | E. Davies | Unopposed |
| Holbeach | Conservative | J. Taylor | 1,014 |
| Holbeach Fen | Conservative | D. Mawby | 1,251 |
| Horncastle & Tetford | Conservative | F. Cupit | 1,234 |
| Hough | Conservative | P. Newton | 1,262 |
| Hykeham Forum | Conservative | P. Gaul | 1,022 |
| Lincoln Abbey | Labour | J. Robertson | 1,404 |
| Lincoln Bracebridge | Labour | T. Rook | 1,433 |
| Lincoln Castle | Labour | B. Taggart | 1,446 |
| Lincoln Moorland | Labour | N. Baldock | 1,243 |
| Lincoln Park | Labour | B. Robinson | 1,050 |
| Longdales | Labour | G. Burrell | 1,527 |
| Louth Marsh | Conservative | J. Libell | 1,202 |
| Louth North | Conservative | J. Barkworth | 918 |
| Louth Rural North | Conservative | J. Johnson | 1,223 |
| Louth South | Conservative | A. Morris | 1,058 |
| Louth Wolds | Conservative | C. Turner | 1,179 |
| Mablethorpe | Social and Liberal Democrats | W. Baker | 1,759 |
| Metheringham | Conservative | E. Powditch | 984 |
| Minster | Labour | P. Metcalfe | 1,902 |
| Nettleham & Saxilby | Social and Liberal Democrats | S. Turner | 1,761 |
| North East Kesteven | Conservative | S. Kenyon | 2,400 |
| North Wolds | Conservative | V. Hudson | 909 |
| Rasen Wolds | Conservative | L. Wilson | 1,306 |
| Skegness North | Conservative | K. Sadler | 852 |
| Skegness South | Conservative | D. Edginton | 1,012 |
| Skellingthorpe & Hykeham South | Conservative | T. Hargreaves | 1,083 |
| Skirbeck | Labour | B. Bisby | 984 |
| Sleaford | Labour | D. Romney | 1,815 |
| Sleaford Rural North | Conservative | D. Monk | Unopposed |
| Sleaford Rural South | Social and Liberal Democrats | L. Pinchbeck | 1,633 |
| Spalding Abbey | Labour | C. Evans | 1,097 |
| Spalding East & Weston | Conservative | G. Moore | 1,002 |
| Spalding North West | Social Democrat | A. Newton | 1,259 |
| Stamford North | Labour | J. Gaffigan | 1,050 |
| Stamford South | Social and Liberal Democrats | M. Belton | 1,626 |
| Tattershall Castle | Conservative | B. Harvey | Unopposed |
| The Deepings | Social and Liberal Democrats | J. Anderson | 1,631 |
| Tritton | Labour | C. Goldson | 1,418 |
| Wainfleet & Burgh | Social and Liberal Democrats | J. Dodsworth | 1,176 |
| West Elloe | Conservative | P. Bray | 1,043 |
| Witham | Conservative | M. Giles | 1,084 |
| Woodhall Spa & Wragby | Conservative | D. Hoyes | Unopposed |
| Wyberton | Social and Liberal Democrats | K. Ward | 1,170 |