The 2023 West Lindsey District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of West Lindsey District Council in Lincolnshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections in England.
Prior to the election the council was under no overall control; the Conservatives had won a majority at the previous election in 2019 but had lost their majority during 2021 as a result of changes of allegiance. The council was therefore being run by a administration comprising the Conservatives and three of the independent councillors.
Following the election the Liberal Democrats won exactly half the seats on the council. The Liberal Democrats formed an administration with the support of one of the independent councillors, with Liberal Democrat leader Trevor Young being appointed leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 22 May 2023.
Results summary
West Lindsey election result.
Ward results
West Lindsey District Council election results.
Incumbent councillors are denoted by an asterisk (*).
Bardney
Caistor and Yarborough
Cherry Willingham
Dunholme and Welton
Gainsborough East
Matthew Boles represented the Gainsborough North ward from 2015 to 2023.
Gainsborough North
Mandy Snee represented the Scotter and Blyton ward from 2019 to 2023.
Gainsborough South West
Hemswell
Kelsey Wold
Lea
Market Rasen
Nettleham
Saxilby
Scampton
Scotter and Blyton
Stow
Sudbrooke
Anne Welburn represented the Cherry Willingham ward from 2008 to 2023.
Torksey
Waddingham and Spital
Wold View
Changes 2023–2027 7 July 2025: Liberal Democrat councillors Trevor Young and Lesley Rollings were removed as leader and deputy leader of the council by 20 votes to 7, with 3 abstentions. 8 September 2025: Conservative councillor Jackie Brockway was elected leader of a cross-party administration of Liberal Democrats, Conservatives, Reform UK and independent councillors, which included 30 of the council's 36 members. May 2026: Trevor Bridgwood (Cherry Willingham), elected as a Conservative, left Reform UK to sit as an unaligned independent after the party told him to leave it or stand down from the council.
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