2023 North Kesteven District Council election

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2023 North Kesteven District Council election
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All 43 seats on North Kesteven District Council
22 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
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LeaderRichard WrightMarianne Overton
Party Conservative Lincolnshire Independent
Last election2116
Seats before23 [a] 9
Seats after2511
 Third partyFourth party
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LeaderLinda Edwards-Shea
Party Independent Labour
Last election60
Seats before110
Seats after52
North Kesteven UK ward map 2023.svg
Results by ward
Leader before election

Richard Wright
Conservative
No overall control

Leader after election

Richard Wright
Conservative

The 2023 North Kesteven District Council election took place on 4 May 2023, to elect all 43 members of North Kesteven District Council in Lincolnshire, England.

Contents

The Conservatives won a majority of the seats on the council, which had previously been under no overall control being led by an administration of Conservatives and independent councillors.

Overview

Prior to the election there were two political groups on the council:

There were also three vacant seats on the council, all of which had previously been held by Conservative councillors who had resigned in late 2022 or early 2023.

New ward boundaries came into effect for this election, but the number of seats on the council remained the same at 43. [1]

At the election the Conservatives won a majority of the seats on the council. Of the five independent councillors elected, four chose to sit together as the "Group of Unaligned Members" led by Chris Goldson, and the other (Jim Clarke) did not belong to any group. [2] Labour won two seats, giving the party its first representation on the council in over twenty years. [3]

Results

The overall results were: [4]

Results
PartySeatsChange
Conservative Party 25Increase2.svg 2
Lincolnshire Independents11Increase2.svg 2
Independents5Decrease2.svg 6
Labour Party 2Increase2.svg 2

Ward results

The results for each ward were as follows, with an asterisk (*) indicating an incumbent councillor standing for re-election. [5]

Ashby de la Launde, Digby and Scopwick

Ashby de la Launde, Digby and Scopwick
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Lincolnshire Independent Amelia Anne Bailey* 307 50.6
Conservative John Frank Money30049.4
Turnout 28.44
Registered electors 2,166

Bassingham Rural

Bassingham Rural
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mary Louise Green* 470 63.5
Green Electra Pearce Roccio21629.2
Reform UK Nicola Jane Smith547.3
Turnout 35.64
Registered electors 2,085

Billinghay Rural

Billinghay Rural
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sarah Anne Lawrence unopposed
Conservative Gill Ogden* unopposed
Turnout
Registered electors

Bracebridge Heath

Bracebridge Heath
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Richard Burley* 649 56.2
Conservative Lindsey Ann Cawrey* 644 55.8
Labour Clive Maurice Allen47140.8
Labour Olufunmilayo Monisola Adeyemi
(Funmi Adeyemi)		40935.4
Turnout 1,15425.97
Registered electors 4,490

Branston

Branston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Lincolnshire Independent Peter Charles Lundgren* 942 73.6
Lincolnshire Independent Paul Turner 655 51.2
Conservative Richard Edward Gilding51340.1
Turnout 1,28028.72
Registered electors 4,484

Cranwell, Leasingham and Wilsford

Cranwell, Leasingham and Wilsford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Jim Clarke* unopposed
Conservative Andrew Gibson Hagues unopposed
Turnout
Registered electors

Heckington Rural

Heckington Rural
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stewart Duncan Ogden*
(Stew Ogden)		702 60.2
Conservative Sally Claire Tarry* 702 60.2
Labour Jennifer Helen Peacock
(Jennifer Helen Saxby)		45639.1
Turnout 1,16729.15
Registered electors 4,055

Heighington and Washingborough

Heighington and Washingborough
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ian David Carrington* 872 42.6
Conservative Carola Barbara Elisabeth Goodwin* 855 41.7
Conservative Reece James Harrington 829 40.5
Lincolnshire Independent Gareth Raymond Bailey80639.3
Lincolnshire Independent Karen Helene Kirk
(Karen Courtney)		79438.8
Lincolnshire Independent Lee Melody Clarke78538.3
Green Terence Graham Crawshaw61029.8
Turnout 2,04934.68
Registered electors 5,932

Helpringham and Osbournby

Helpringham and Osbournby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Lincolnshire Independent Russell Michael Jackson* 616 69.5
Conservative Stephen John Shanahan-Kluth22024.8
Reform UK Angela Rose Jamison
(Angie Jamison)		505.6
Turnout 37.97
Registered electors 2,360

Hykeham Central

Hykeham Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stephen Peter Roe* 1,116 57.6
Conservative Michael Roger Clarke
(Mike Clarke)		871 44.9
Conservative Jonathan McKenzie Scott Pessol 801 41.3
Lincolnshire Independent Gary John Edwards79541.0
Liberal Democrats Nathan Joshua Sweet
(Nat Sweet)		63532.7
Liberal Democrats George Michael Tipler60030.9
Turnout 1,93929.7
Registered electors 6,589

Hykeham Fosse

Hykeham Fosse
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Matthew Harry Lofts 452 43.1
Conservative Ross Anthony Little* 387 36.9
Conservative Pamela Lillian Whittaker*34232.6
Liberal Democrats Corinne Nelly Antoine Byron-Danuser
(Corinne Nelly Antoine Byron)		22721.7
Green David Ventura22721.7
Liberal Democrats Jill Marie Wilson14013.4
Reform UK Mark Anthony Nind716.8
Turnout 1,04821.17
Registered electors 4,975

Hykeham Memorial

Hykeham Memorial
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Nicola Ann Dillon-Jones*
(Nikki Dillon)		252 49.9
Conservative Nicola Francesca Clarke16131.9
Liberal Democrats Diana Elizabeth Catton9218.2
Turnout 21.34
Registered electors 2,399

Kirkby la Thorpe and South Kyme

Kirkby la Thorpe and South Kyme
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Mervyn Paul Head* 497 70.2
Conservative Mark Guy Allan21129.8
Turnout 36.22
Registered electors 1,960

Metheringham Rural

Metheringham Rural
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Frances Mary Pembery*
(Fran Pembery)		670 52.6
Conservative David Parry
(Dave Parry)		643 50.5
Lincolnshire Independent Helen Iris Dodd63549.9
Lincolnshire Independent Gary Roy Blackman51240.2
Turnout 1,27329.43
Registered electors 4,346
Navenby and Brant Broughton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lucille Hagues* unopposed
Lincolnshire Independent Marianne Jane Overton* unopposed
Turnout
Registered electors

Ruskington

Ruskington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Matthew Frederick Waldeck 820 65.7
Conservative Richard Andrew Wright* 819 65.6
Lincolnshire Independent Kenneth Joaquim Paul Fernandes
(Ken Fernandes)		41733.4
Turnout 1,24927.48
Registered electors 4,585

Skellingthorpe and Eagle

Skellingthorpe and Eagle
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Christopher William Goldson* 851 63.0
Independent Richard Albert Johnston* 584 43.2
Conservative Elizabeth Jane Kendrick35526.3
Labour Anita Mary Pritchard25518.9
Liberal Democrats George Anthony Richardson
(Tony Richardson)		18713.8
Reform UK Jamie-Lee McMillan654.8
Reform UK Nicholas John Smith
(Nick Smith)		564.1
Turnout 1,35131.2
Registered electors 4,346

Sleaford Castle

Sleaford Castle
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Linda Edwards-Shea 199 38.1
Conservative Malcolm John Offer*19437.2
Independent David John Darmon
(Dave Darmon)		12924.7
Turnout 23.69
Registered electors 2,208

Sleaford Holdingham

Sleaford Holdingham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Lincolnshire Independent Robert Arthur Oates* 280 62.6
Conservative Patricia Cockcroft
(Pat Cockcroft)		11425.5
Independent Robert Charles Greetham5311.9
Turnout 20.41
Registered electors 2,205

Sleaford Navigation

Sleaford Navigation
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Lincolnshire Independent David Suiter* 354 64.4
Conservative Nadim Aziz19635.6
Turnout 24.8
Registered electors 2,262

Sleaford Quarrington and Mareham

Sleaford Quarrington and Mareham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Lincolnshire Independent Robert Ernest Oldershaw*
(Bob Oldershaw)		660 40.3
Conservative Mark Anthony Smith 612 37.3
Conservative Bozena Allan* 574 35.0
Conservative Melody Susan Shanahan-Kluth*57234.9
Lincolnshire Independent Adrian Snookes52432.0
Independent Stephen James Mason
(Steve Mason)		47529.0
Labour Joanne Louise Thompson
(Jo Thompson)		39524.1
Labour Ian Dutton39023.8
Turnout 1,63927.13
Registered electors 6,108

Sleaford Westholme

Sleaford Westholme
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Lincolnshire Independent Ann Mear 151 29.5
Independent Anthony Righini-Brand*
(Anthony Brand)		15029.3
Labour Eileen Janet Randall11923.2
Independent Heather Katherine Lorimer9218.0
Turnout 51225.23
Registered electors 2,093

Waddington Rural

Waddington Rural
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Matthew Russell Cooper 756 46.2
Conservative Lancelot John Pennell*
(Lance Pennell)		734 44.8
Conservative Leigh Sanders 704 43.0
Lincolnshire Independent James Barry Earnshaw69542.4
Labour John Ewan Mitchell65540.0
Labour Nirmal Nina Chapman59336.2
Turnout 1,63826.86
Registered electors 6,128

Witham St Hughs and Swinderby

Witham St Hughs and Swinderby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Lincolnshire Independent Charles Peter Overton* 616 68.4
Lincolnshire Independent James Mitchell Elliott
(Mitch Elliott)		542 60.2
Conservative Susan Kathleen Howe
(Sue Howe)		28431.5
Conservative Stuart William Robinson25628.4
Turnout 90124.58
Registered electors 3,706

Changes 2023–2027

Affiliation changes

By-elections

Billinghay Rural

Billinghay Rural by-election 14 December 2023
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Adrian Michael Whittle 354 41.1 N/A
Conservative Joseph Andrew Wilkes
(Andy Wilkes)		25429.5+29.5
Lincolnshire Independent Wendy Anne Liles22526.1N/A
Independent Anthony Righini-Brand
(Anthony Brand)		293.4N/A
Turnout 86219.86N/A
Registered electors 4,345
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

By-election triggered by death of Conservative councillor Gill Ogden. [6] [7]

Bracebridge Heath

Bracebridge Heath by-election: 25 March 2025
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Nash 308 33.3 –24.6
Reform UK Mark Nind28630.9N/A
Independent Chris Barr15316.5N/A
Labour Fumni Adeyemi9910.7–31.4
Green Christopher Rattigan-Smith434.6N/A
Liberal Democrats Stephen Chapman363.9N/A
Majority222.4N/A
Turnout 92620.5–4.5
Registered electors 4,508
Conservative hold

References

  1. ↑ Including three vacant seats previously held by Conservative councillors Terry Boston, Russell Eckert and Amanda Sanderson prior to their respective resignations in late 2022 and early 2023.
  1. ↑ "The North Kesteven (Electoral Changes) Order 2021", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, SI 2021/1052, retrieved 29 June 2023
  2. ↑ "Political structure". North Kesteven District Council. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  3. ↑ "Conservatives increase control of North Kesteven despite Labour win". The Lincolnite. 2023-05-05. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
  4. ↑ "North Kesteven result - Local Elections 2023". BBC News. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
  5. ↑ "Election results". North Kesteven District Council. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  6. ↑ Jaines, Daniel (15 December 2023). "Lib Dems snatch seat from Conservatives in North Kesteven by-election". The Lincolnite. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  7. ↑ "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). North Kesteven District Council. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
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