Your vote, your city: Lincoln council elections take place this Thursday

Meet the 2026 candidates: who is on your ballot in Lincoln's council elections

Forty-nine candidates are standing across Lincoln's 11 wards on 7 May, in a city where fewer than three in ten residents voted last time around.

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Fewer than three in ten Lincoln residents voted at the last city council elections. This Thursday, 11 seats are up for grabs again — and in some wards, the winner could be decided by just a few hundred votes.

City of Lincoln Council elections take place on Thursday 7 May 2026, with one seat contested in each of the city's 11 wards.

The council controls many of the services that affect daily life in Lincoln. These include:

• Rubbish and recycling collections
• Parks and green spaces
• Public housing
• Planning applications
• Libraries
• Care for elderly and disabled residents
• Some local road repairs

In May 2024, overall turnout across the city was just under 29%. Park Ward recorded the lowest figure at 23.35%. Carholme was highest at 34.31%. No ward saw more than four in ten residents cast a ballot.

Here are all the candidates standing this year, with last time's turnout for each ward:

Abbey (2024 turnout: 32.15%)

• Alex Sayer - Conservative
• Deborah Fisher - Labour
• Elicia Boni - Green Party
• Brian Haughton - Reform UK
• Martin Christopher - Liberal Democrats
• Roger Smith - Lincolnshire Independent

Birchwood (2024 turnout: 25.83%)

• Alan Briggs - Conservative
• Amanda Spalding - Labour and Co-operative Party
• Belle Raynolds - Green Party
• Jamie Cave - Reform UK
• Paul Akomeah-Osei - Liberal Democrats

Boultham (2024 turnout: 28.27%)

• Oliver Morgan - Conservative
• Andrew Currie - Labour
• Charles Rodgers - Green Party
• Stephen Ledgeway - Reform UK
• Debbie Grant - Liberal Democrats

Carholme (2024 turnout: 34.31%)

• Charlie Rogers - Conservative
• Lesley Allinson - Labour and Co-operative Party
• Josh Parkinson - Green Party
• Robert Cross - Reform UK
• Ross Pepper - Liberal Democrats
• Tinashe Chipawe - Liberal
• Nick Parker - Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition

Castle (2024 turnout: 28.01%)

• Mazyar Khidir - Conservative
• Helena Mair - Labour
• Katie Rudd - Green Party
• Mabon Melbourne - Reform UK
• Joshue Connor - Liberal Democrats

Glebe (2024 turnout: 29.08%)

• William Hunter - Conservative
• Debbie Armiger - Labour and Co-operative Party
• Matty Stevens - Green Party
• Gareth Shields - Reform UK
• Darrell Harding - Liberal Democrats

Hartsholme (2024 turnout: 31.50%)

• Victoria Brooks - Conservative
• Lisa Pocklington - Labour
• Adrian Barrett - Green Party
• Stuart Grantham - Reform UK
• Jim Charters - Liberal Democrats

Minster (2024 turnout: 31.45%)

• Vasco Pinto - Conservative
• Joshua Wells - Labour
• Emils Lacis - Green Party
• Elizabeth Hughes - Reform UK
• Aidan Turner - Liberal Democrats

Moorland (2024 turnout: 26.46%)

• Matthew Fido - Conservative
• Funmi Adeyemi - Labour and Co-operative Party
• Seamus Murray - Green Party
• Liam Kelly - Reform UK
• Joshua Spires - Liberal Democrats

Park (2024 turnout: 23.35%)

• Thomas Hulme - Conservative
• Harriet Conway - Labour
• Sally Horscroft - Green Party
• Craig Rhodes - Reform UK
• Ryan Campbell - Liberal Democrats
• Turon Miah - Lincolnshire Independent

Witham (2024 turnout: 28.31%)

• Josh Allen - Conservative
• Bill Bilton - Labour
• Lynda Skipper - Green Party
• James Bean - Reform UK
• Sharon Osborne - Liberal Democrats

Polls open at 7am on Thursday 7 May and close at 10pm. Find your nearest polling station at the City of Lincoln Council polling station finder.