Labour keep control of City of Lincoln Council

Labour retained control of the City of Lincoln Council following Thursday's local election results.

The authority is made up of of 33 councillors representing 11 wards. One seat from each ward was up for grabs this time around.

Labour has controlled the authority for the past 15 years. Despite losing three seats the party still got the 17 needed to keep overall control.

Reform UK made the biggest gain taking four seats, with the Liberal Democrats and Green Party winning one each. The Conservatives lost all three seats they contested.

Councillor Naomi Tweddle, Labour leader of City of Lincoln Council, said: "We're just delighted that Lincoln Labour have retained control of the council.

"We've been delivering, I think that shows through the vote and the support of people in Lincoln and I think that's fantastic."

Lincolnshire county councillor Liam Kelly, who represents Reform UK, was delighted with his party's progress since last year's local elections.

"Look where we started from. We had no seats at district level, we've now got four," he said.

"We are the winners out of tonight."

The Green Party gained its first ever seat on the council which was described by officials as "amazing" and "overwhelming".

The party chair Sally Horscroft put it down to attracting "a much younger membership".

"The students I've met in the past few weeks have all told me they would be voting for me," she said.

"It's just fantastic to have such a young, vibrant, excited membership and voter."

The Liberal Democrats held one seat and gained a seat from Labour.

The makeup of the City of Lincoln Council is now:

• Labour: 17 seats

• Liberal Democrats: seven seats

• Reform UK: four seats

• The Conservatives: two seats

• Independents: two seats

• The Green Party: one seat

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