Reform UK take half the West Lindsey seats on Lincolnshire County Council but mayor hopeful Trevor Young retains his Liberal Democrat position

Published: 15:31, 02 May 2025

Reform UK managed to take half of the county council seats in West Lindsey, but popular incumbents have clung on.

Trevor Young, Matt Boles and Stephen Bunney will continue to serve on Lincolnshire County Council as Liberal Democrats.

Jackie Brockaway has become the area’s only Conservative, winning the Nettleham and Saxilby seats for the fifth time.

Four new Reform councillors successfully defeated Conservatives, in a pattern seen across Lincolnshire.

Hugo Marfleet, longtime councillor who’d sought to become Conservative candidate for mayor, lost the seat he’d occupied since 2008.

Turnout for the county council elections was 34.48 per cent, with 26,339 people voting.

The results were:

Gainsborough Trent – Trevor Young (Liberal Democrat) – 709 votes

Gainsborough Hill – Matt Boles (Liberal Democrat) – 632 votes

Gainsborough Rural South – Paul Wimhurst (Reform) – 1288 votes

Market Rasen Wolds – Stephen Bunney (Liberal Democrat) – 1626 votes

Nettleham & Saxilby – Jackie Brockway (Conservative) – 1566

North Wolds – James Bean (Reform) – 1207 votes

Scotter Rural – Christopher Reeve (Reform) – 1308 votes

Welton Rural – Nicola Smith (Reform) – 1165 votes

Mayoral count in West Lindsey:

Sally Anne Horscroft, The Green Party – 1,603 votes

Andrea Marie Jenkyns, Reform UK: 10,260 votes

Marianne Jane Overton, Lincolnshire Independents: 1,549 votes

Jason Stockwood, Labour and Co-operative Party: 2,902 votes

Rob Waltham, Local Conservatives: 6,238 votes

Trevor Young, Liberal Democrats: 3,446 votes