Lincolnshire Independents is a British
political party
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based in the county of
Lincolnshire
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. They were founded in July 2008.
Local Government
At the
2009 election, Lincolnshire Independents stood 19 candidates for
Lincolnshire County Council
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of whom four were elected.
Four years later, they increased their representation to nine seats and polled 10.4% of the votes cast county-wide.
In the
2016 England and Wales police and crime commissioner elections the party stood a candidate for the Lincolnshire area, attaining 18,497 votes or approximately 16.52% of the vote.
At the
2017 county council election the party lost all but one of their seats on Lincolnshire County Council. Party leader Marianne Overton
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won the Bassingham & Welbourn division.
Marianne Overton has been the Independent Group leader and a vice-chair on the
Local Government Association
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since 2011.
Parliamentary elections
At the
2010 general election, party leader Marianne Overton stood for
Sleaford & North Hykeham. and retained her deposit by gaining more than 5% of the vote: She came fourth with 3,806 votes (6.4%). Campaign director Mark Horn, a Conservative Party member for 23 years who resigned as a county councillor in 2008, stood in
Grantham and Stamford, receiving 929 votes (1.8%). In
Louth and Horncastle, Daniel Simpson gained 576 votes (1.1%).
At the
2015 general election, Overton stood again in Sleaford & North Hykeham, coming fifth with 3,233 votes (5.2%). Jan Hansen stood in Grantham and Stamford, receiving 724 votes (1.3%) and Simpson stood again in Louth and Horncastle, polling 659 votes (1.3%). Additionally, Chris Darcel stood in
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, where he polled 505 votes (1%), and Helen Powell stood in
Lincoln
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, where she received 286 votes (0.6%).
Overton stood in Sleaford and North Hykeham for a third time in the
December 2016 by-election. She came fifth, with 2,892 votes (8.8%).
See also
*
Boston Bypass Independents
References
External links
Lincolnshire Independents homepageMark Horn's campaign siteElection leaflets
on The Straight Choice
{{British political parties
Political parties established in 2008
Locally based political parties in England
Politics of Lincolnshire
2008 establishments in England