North East Lincolnshire local elections results
Grimsby Auditorium witnessed a turquoise tidal wave of Reform gains
Reform UK are now the largest party on North East Lincolnshire Council.
Grimsby Auditorium witnessed a turquoise tidal wave of Reform gains as the party swept the board in 14 out of 15 wards.
The only ward not to fall to Reform was East Marsh, where long-standing Liberal Democrat Cllr Steve Beasant was re-elected.
The results mean the council remains in no overall control, with no one party with a majority of the 42 total councillors.
Compared to when the seats were up for election in 2022, the Conservatives lost nine councillors, Labour four, and the Independent Group one. On the night,
Reform gained 13 overall with the re-election of Cllr Oliver Freeston – who defected from the Conservatives two years ago – making 14 in total. The council’s political make-up is now 14 Reform UK, 11 Labour, 10 Conservatives, four Independents for North East Lincolnshire, and three Liberal Democrats.
Results of North East Lincolnshire Council local elections 2026 are listed below, with the candidates listed as they appeared on ballot papers. Overall turnout was 33.5 per cent.
Croft Baker
Julian Best – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition – 13
Leon Brown – Green Party – 414
Oliver Freeston – Reform UK – 1,539 – ELECTED
George Georgiou – Independent – 88
Andy Harrison – Liberal Democrats – 98
Janet Mager – Labour Party – 596
Robert Tutass – Conservative Party – 246
East Marsh
Steve Beasant – Liberal Democrats 675 – ELECTED
Idee Charles – Labour Party – 145
Lee Coulbeck – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition – 9
Megan Dennis – Reform UK – 515
Megan Hussey – Green Party – 110
Callum Procter – Conservative Party – 37
Freshney
Karen Batson – Reform UK – 939 – ELECTED
David Christie – Conservative Party- 200
Wendy Draper – Labour Party – 231
Scarlett Lockhart – Liberal Democrats – 44
Dawn Merryweather – Independent – 835
Simon Tatam – Green Party – 120
Haverstoe
Margaret Cracknell – Conservative Party – 1,020.
Joanna Craig – Green Party – 318
Samuel Grice – Reform UK – 1,756 – ELECTED
Ian Townsend – Labour Party – 425
Paul Wood – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition – 15
Heneage
Brian Barrett – Liberal Democrats – 565
Leila Gomez Fernandez – Green Party – 183
Ingrid Oliver – Reform UK – 1,064 – ELECTED
Kevin Shutt – Labour Party – 446
Mark Smith – Conservative Party – 109
Chris Stephenson – Social Democratic Party – 11
John Stiff – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition – 14.
Humberston and New Waltham
Stephen Harness – Conservative Party – 1,200
Steve Hocknell – Liberal Democrat – 180
Sylvia Moss – Labour Party – 396
Simon Taylor – Reform UK – 2,032 – ELECTED
Michael Tobin – Green Party – 314
Immingham
Jay Fraser – Green Party – 251
David Mitchell – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition – 26
Luiza-Elena Oancea – Liberal Democrats – 103
Blake Russell – Reform UK – 1,481 – ELECTED
Stewart Swinburn – Conservative Party – 640
David Watson – Labour Party – 374
Park
Amelia Bateman-Young – Labour Party – 773
Heather Davis – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition – 15
David De Freitas – Liberal Democrats – 208
James Gill – Green Party – 446
Nige Oliver – Reform UK – 1,214 – ELECTED
Paul Silvester – Conservative Party – 587
Scartho
Tony Charlesworth – Reform UK – 1,579 – ELECTED
Denis Doyle – Labour Party – 593
Gabrielle Oliver – Green Party – 330
Ron Shepherd – Conservative Party – 891
Rob Wressell – Liberal Democrats – 172
Sidney Sussex
Bob Callison – Reform UK – 1,161 – ELECTED
Joanne Christie – Conservative Party – 226
Mark Gee – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition – 37
Zach Kellerman – Liberal Democrats – 119
Leanne McConville – Green Party – 213
Lauren Smith – Labour Party – 365
South
Paul Batson – Reform UK – 1,081 – ELECTED
Lottie Croft – Conservative Party – 211
Carole Doherty – Labour Party – 420
Alastair Grigg – Liberal Democrats – 143.
William Ward – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition – 46
Waltham
Vicky Hartung – Labour Party – 202
Lorna Kirman – Green Party – 177
Gemma Marshall – Liberal Democrats – 98
Nick Pettigrew – Conservative Party – 956
James Sawkins – Reform UK – 1,037 – ELECTED
West Marsh
Tanya Brasted – Reform UK- 574 – ELECTED
David Dade – Green Party – 156
Angela Kingston – National Housing Party- 38
Daniel Westcott – Conservative Party- 74
Aharon Wharton – Liberal Democrats- 54
Kathryn Wheatley – Labour Party- 259
Wolds
Ryan Aisthorpe – Liberal Democrats – 85
Frances Bovill – Labour – 153
Jack Hilton – Independent – 914
Jonathan Kirman – Green – 171
Darren Mayne – Reform UK – 953 – ELECTED
Christine Vickers – Conservative – 547
Yarborough
James Cairns – Conservative Party 193
Angela Greenfield – 655
Darci Metcalf – Labour Party 247
John Mills – Reform UK 1,272 – ELECTED
Jason Neilson – Liberal Democrats 64
Ollie Sheldrake – Green Party 188