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2012 City of Lincoln Council election^[1]

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11 of the 33 seats to City of Lincoln Council 17 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Labour Conservative Seats before 17 15 Seats won 10 1 Seats after 24 8 Seat change 7 7 Popular vote 8,823 5,618 Percentage 50.5% 32.2%
Map showing the results of the 2012 Lincoln City Council elections by ward. Red shows Labour seats and blue shows the Conservatives.
Council control before election Labour Council control after election Labour

The 2012 City of Lincoln Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect one-third of the members of City of Lincoln Council in Lincolnshire, England, for a 4-year term of office.^[2] This was on the same day as other 2012 United Kingdom local elections.

All locally registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who were aged 18 or over on Thursday 2 May 2012 were entitled to vote in the local elections. Those who were temporarily away from their ordinary address (for example, away working, on holiday, in student accommodation or in hospital) were also entitled to vote in the local elections,^[3] although those who had moved abroad and registered as overseas electors cannot vote in the local elections. It is possible to register to vote at more than one address (such as a university student who had a term-time address and lives at home during holidays) at the discretion of the local Electoral Register Office, but it remains an offence to vote more than once in the same local government election.^[4]

Summary

The Labour Party retained overall control of the council with an increased majority, gaining 7 seats from the Conservatives who retained a single contested seat. No other party won any seats and the Liberal Democrats were out-polled by the UKIP and lost their sole councillor. After the election the party representation was Labour Party 24 and Conservative Party (UK) 8; Others 1.

From the comments of the party leaders, it appears that significant numbers of Conservative voters withheld their support and the Conservatives also blamed the intervention of UKIP candidates.

Candidates

Labour and Conservative candidates contested every ward.

Election results

Lincoln Council Election Results 2012

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	10	7	0	7	90.9	50.5	8,823	17.9
	Conservative	1	0	6	6	9.1	32.2	5,618	11.3
	UKIP	0	0	0		0.0	7.7	1,347	6.8
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	1	1	0.0	6.9	1,197	7.9
	TUSC	0	0	0		0.0	2.4	423	New
	BNP	0	0	0		0.0	0.3	49	5.3
Total		11						17,457

All comparisons in vote share are to the corresponding 2008 election.

Ward results

Abbey

Birchwood

Boultham

Bracebridge

Carholme

Castle

Glebe

Hartsholme

Minster

Moorland

Park

By-elections between 2012 and 2014

Bracebridge By-Election 22 August 2013^[6][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Katie Vause	577	38.7%	2.5
	Conservative	David Denman	480	32.2%	8.6
	UKIP	Elaine Elizabeth Warde	345	32.1%	12.7
	Liberal Democrats	Ross David Pepper	75	5.0%	0.3
	TUSC	Karen Elizabeth Williams	14	0.9%	0.9
Majority			97	6.5%
Turnout			1,491	26%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

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