2025 Greater Lincolnshire mayoral election
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The 2025 Greater Lincolnshire mayoral election was held on 1 May 2025 to elect the inaugural mayor of Greater Lincolnshire, on the same day as other local elections across the country.
Andrea Jenkyns of Reform UK won the election with 42% of the vote, from a turnout of 29.9%.[1][2]
Background
[edit]The election covers the entire historic and ceremonial county of Lincolnshire, which is governed by three councils: Lincolnshire County Council, North Lincolnshire Council, and North East Lincolnshire Council. Those councils will remain in place, with some powers being transferred to the new mayor.[3]
Electoral system
[edit]The election used the voting system of first past the post to elect the mayor. In this system the candidate with the most votes wins, even if they do not win an overall majority of the vote share. The Electoral Reform Society described the move towards first past the post as one lowering the bar for politicians and thus damaging British democracy.[4]
Candidates
[edit]Several individuals either publicly expressed interest or had media speculation about the possibility of them running:
Confirmed
[edit]- Sally Horscroft, Green Party, parliamentary candidate for Lincoln in 2019 and 2024[5]
- Dame Andrea Jenkyns, Reform UK, former Conservative MP for Morley and Outwood[6]
- Marianne Overton, Lincolnshire Independents, councillor on Lincolnshire County Council and Leader of the Opposition on North Kesteven District Council[7]
- Jason Stockwood, Labour Party, businessman[8]
- Rob Waltham, Conservative Party, leader of North Lincolnshire Council[9]
- Trevor Young, Liberal Democrats, leader of West Lindsey District Council[10]
Opinion polls
[edit]| Dates conducted |
Pollster | Client | Sample size |
Ref | Con | Lab | Grn | Ind | LD | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 mayoral election | 1 May 2025 | – | 42.0% | 26.1% | 12.3% | 6.1% | 8.0% | 5.5% | 15.9 | |
| 29–30 Apr | Find Out Now[11] | N/A | 1,312 | 41% | 26% | 12% | 9% | 7% | 4% | 15 |
| 15–23 Apr | More in Common[12] | The Observer | 1,001 | 33% | 30% | 17% | 7% | 8% | 6% | 3 |
| 9–23 Apr | YouGov[13] | N/A | 1,218 | 40% | 25% | 15% | 8% | 7% | 5% | 15 |
Results
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform UK | Andrea Jenkyns | 104,133 | 42.0 | ||
| Conservative | Rob Waltham | 64,585 | 26.1 | ||
| Labour Co-op | Jason Stockwood | 30,384 | 12.3 | ||
| Lincolnshire Independent | Marianne Overton | 19,911 | 8.0 | ||
| Green | Sally Horscroft | 15,040 | 6.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Trevor Young | 13,728 | 5.5 | ||
| Majority | 39,548 | 15.9 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 2,011 | 0.8 | |||
| Turnout | 249,792 | 30.15 | |||
| Reform UK win (new seat) | |||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Reform's Andrea Jenkyns elected Lincolnshire mayor". BBC News. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
- ^ "Reform UK's Andrea Jenkyns becomes Greater Lincolnshire's first-ever mayor". LBC. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
- ^ Waller, Jamie (5 November 2024). "Everything you need to know about the Greater Lincolnshire mayoral election". Grimsby Telegraph. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
- ^ Wright, Mike (8 May 2024). "Local elections: A third of the vote shouldn't make a mayor". Electoral Reform Society. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
- ^ Waller, Jamie (19 March 2025). "Green candidate's race to raise £5,000 to run in Lincs mayoral election". LincolnshireLive. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
- ^ Whannel, Kate (28 November 2024). "Former Conservative MP Andrea Jenkyns joins Reform UK". BBC News. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
- ^ Parkhill, Harry (4 April 2025). "Lincolnshire bus services criticised ahead of mayoral takeover". BBC News. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
- ^ Waller, Jamie (22 November 2024). "Grimsby Town vice-chairman bids to become Mayor of Greater Lincolnshire". Grimsby Live. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
- ^ Turner, James (11 December 2024). "Rob Waltham to represent Conservatives in Greater Lincolnshire mayoral election". Lincolnshire World. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
- ^ "'A fair deal for our community!' Lib Dem Greater Lincolnshire mayoral candidate announced". Lincs Online. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
- ^ "Lincolnshire mayoral poll". Find Out Now. 1 May 2025. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
- ^ "More in Common mayoral election pollig". More in Common. 27 April 2025. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
- ^ "Survey Report" (PDF). YouGov. 25 April 2025. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
- ^ "STATEMENT OF PERSONS NOMINATED – Election of Mayor to the Greater Lincolnshire Combined County Authority" (PDF). North East Lincolnshire Council. 3 April 2025. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
- ^ "Mayoral election results - 1 May 2025". NELC. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
