Map of the results of the 2023 South Kesteven District Council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in orange, Labour in red, Green Party in green, and independents in grey.

South Kesteven District Council in Lincolnshire, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2015, 56 councillors have been elected from 30 wards.[1]

Council elections

Summary of the results of recent council elections, click on the year for full details of each election. Boundary changes took place for the 1999 and 2015 elections, with the number of councillors being reduced from 58 to 56 in 2015.[2][3]

Year Conservative Independent Labour Lincolnshire Independents UK Independence Party Liberal Democrats Others Liberal (post 1989) Liberal (pre 1989) Vacant Notes
1987[5] 27 11 8 0 0 0 0 0 8 3
1991[6] 22 14 12 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same[7][8]
1995[9] 13 18 17 0 0 6 0 3 0 0
1999[2] 29 13 12 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 New ward boundaries[10]
2003[11] 31 12 10 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
2007[12] 35 15 2 0 0 6 0 0 0 0
2011[13][14][15] 38 12 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
2015[16][17] 45 6 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 New ward boundaries
2019 40 11 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
2023 24 22 2 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 Others = Green Party

District result maps

By-election results

By-elections occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of recent by-elections;[18] full by-election results can be found by clicking on the by-election name.

By-electionDateIncumbent partyWinning party
Deeping St James 5 December 1996 Labour Conservative
Heath 22 May 1997 Conservative Ind. Conservative
Barrowby 17 July 1997 Independent Conservative
Harrowby 17 July 1997 Labour Independent Labour
Ringstone 17 July 1997 Independent Independent
Harrowby 11 December 1997 Labour Labour
Stamford St Johns 14 May 1998 Liberal Democrats Conservative
Greyfriars 16 July 1998 Conservative Conservative
Harrowby 24 August 2000 Labour Conservative
All Saints 7 June 2001 Labour Labour
St Mary's 7 June 2001 Conservative Conservative
Greyfriars 21 October 2004 Conservative Conservative
All Saints 1 September 2005 Conservative Conservative
Earlesfield 1 September 2005 Labour Labour
St Anne's 1 September 2005 Independent Labour
Market and West Deeping 9 March 2006 Labour Conservative
Truesdale 18 May 2006 Independent Conservative
Aveland 13 March 2014 Conservative Conservative
Belvoir 3 December 2015 Conservative Conservative
Deeping St James 5 May 2016 Conservative Conservative
Stamford St George's 15 March 2018 Conservative Conservative
Stamford St John's 15 March 2018 Conservative Conservative
Glen 6 May 2021 Conservative Conservative
Grantham Arnoldfield 28 October 2021 Conservative Conservative
Stamford All Saints 28 October 2021 Conservative Independent
Aveland 24 February 2022 Conservative Conservative
Isaac Newton 24 February 2022 Conservative Conservative
Bourne East 10 November 2022 Conservative Conservative
Grantham St Wulfram's 10 November 2022 Conservative Conservative
Toller 15 December 2022 Independent Liberal Democrats

References

  1. ↑ "District Council Elections - 7 May 2015". South Kesteven District Council. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  2. 1 2 "How the nations voted - Election". The Times. NewsBank. 8 May 1999. p. 48.
  3. ↑ Hawkins, Judith (11 April 2015). "New South Kesteven District Council boundaries come under fire". Grantham Journal. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  4. ↑ The District of South Kesteven (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978
  5. ↑ "Results in Thursday's local elections". The Times. NewsBank. 9 May 1987.
  6. ↑ "Complete round-up of results from Thursday's local council elections". The Times. NewsBank. 4 May 1991.
  7. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire and Lincolnshire (County Boundaries) Order 1989. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
  8. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and Warwickshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
  9. ↑ "Complete list of results from thursday's council elections". The Times. NewsBank. 6 May 1995.
  10. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The District of South Kesteven (Electoral Changes) Order 1998. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  11. ↑ "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  12. ↑ "South Kesteven". BBC News Online. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  13. ↑ "Local authority elections: England". The Guardian. NewsBank. 7 May 2011.
  14. ↑ "Declaration of result of poll". South Kesteven District Council. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  15. ↑ "Tories lose by-elections in nail-biting night". The Independent. NewsBank. 24 June 2011.
  16. ↑ "District Council Elections - 7 May 2015". South Kesteven District Council. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  17. ↑ "Declaration of result of poll". South Kesteven District Council. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
  18. ↑ "Local Authority Byelection Results". Retrieved 3 May 2015.
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