Abbey (Lincoln ward)

Lincoln Abbey Ward is one of eleven electoral districts within the city of Lincoln, England. As of 2023, the Liberal Democrats control all three seats in the ward having first taken a seat in the 2021 local elections being the first time a non-Labour Party candidate had won a seat in the ward since 1979.

The wards boundaries are divided between two Lincolnshire County Council wards, St. Giles in the north and Park in the south who respectively have elected a Conservative and Labour County Councillor.

Geography
The ward encompasses a large part of the east of Lincoln, stretching from Danesgate near the centre of town, up part of Lindum Hill, along Monks, Greetwell and Wragby Road, ending at the Carlton Centre bordering West Lindsay. It contains the County Hospital, Lincoln Prison, Greetwell Hollow Nature Reserve, The Usher Art Gallery and the Museum as well as the City of Lincoln Arboretum and the old ruins of an abbey located on Monks Road. Furthermore, there are two schools for Primary and Secondary education in the ward; Monks Abbey School and Lincoln Carlton Academy as well as Lincoln College on the west end of Monks Road.

Abbey ward contains several areas of high deprivation, with an area in the south of the ward covering Cannon and Croft Street ranking in the top 5% in the UK for economic deprivation with 25.7% of children in poverty.

Approximately 9.4% of 16-18 year olds not in education, employment or training, the second highest in the city and the ward has the highest unemployment rate of all electoral wards in the city, at 10.8%.

Councillors
Abbey is represented in Westminster by Karl McCartney MP for Lincoln.

The ward is represented on the City of Lincoln Council by three councillors: Clare Smalley, Martin Christopher and Natasha Chapman. Each of the three were elected in the 2021, 2022 and 2023 local elections respectively, with the latter two defeating incumbent Labour Councillors.