2023 South Kesteven District Council election

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2023 South Kesteven District Council election
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  2019 4 May 2023 (2023-05-04)2027 

All 56 seats on South Kesteven District Council
29 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
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LeaderKelham Cooke
Party Conservative Independent Green
Last election40 seats, 53.3%11 seats, 19.2%0 seats, 3.8%
Seats before38 [lower-alpha 1] 13 [lower-alpha 2] 0
Seats after24224
Seat changeDecrease2.svg16Increase2.svg11Increase2.svg4
Popular vote10,45012,5273,906
Percentage30.0%36.0%11.2%
SwingDecrease2.svg23.3%Increase2.svg16.8%Increase2.svg7.4%

 Fourth partyFifth party
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Party Liberal Democrats Labour
Last election2 seats, 3.3%3 seats, 5.6%
Seats before32
Seats after42
Seat changeIncrease2.svg2Decrease2.svg1
Popular vote2,8444,528
Percentage8.2%13.0%
SwingIncrease2.svg4.9%Increase2.svg7.4%

South Kesteven UK local election 2023 map.png
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.

Leader before election

Kelham Cooke
Conservative

Leader after election

Richard Cleaver
Independent
No overall control

The 2023 South Kesteven District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect all 56 members of South Kesteven District Council in Lincolnshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England.

Contents

The council was under Conservative majority control prior to the election. The Conservatives remained the largest party after the election but lost their majority. Both the Conservative leader, Kelham Cooke, and deputy leader, Adam Stokes, lost their seats. [3]

A coalition of some of the independent councillors and the Greens, Liberal Democrats and Labour formed to take control of the council, narrowly beating a rival coalition of the Conservatives and some of the other independents to form an administration by one vote at the council's subsequent annual meeting on 18 May 2023. Independent councillor Richard Cleaver therefore became leader of the council, defeating the new Conservative leader, Graham Jeal. [4]

Results

The overall results were as follows: [5]

South Kesteven District Council election result 2023
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Independent 22121+1139.336.012,527+10.4
  Conservative 24016-1642.930.010,450-23.3
  Labour 212-13.613.04,528+7.4
  Green 440+47.111.23,906+7.4
  Liberal Democrats 420+27.18.22,844+4.9
  Reform UK 00000.01.1371n/a
  Lincolnshire Independent 00000.00.6192n/a
  SDP 00000.00.017n/a

Four seats were elected unopposed, all of which were taken by Conservatives.

Ward results

The results for each ward were as follows, with an asterisk (*) indicating an incumbent councillor standing for re-election. [6] [7]

Aveland

Aveland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Adrian Dixon-Warren* 457 58.6 +58.6
Liberal Democrats James Robert Brown21026.9N/A
Reform UK Michael George Rudkin
(Mike Rudkin)
11314.5N/A
Turnout 78039.02
Registered electors 2,009
Conservative hold

Belmont

Belmont (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Philip Alan Gadd
(Phil Gadd)
514 54.3 +22.2
Independent Elvis Stooke 446 47.1 N/A
Conservative Linda Wootten*33235.1-14.2
Conservative Dean Anthony William Ward*27529.1-22.1
Labour Myles Joseph Thomas Sadler20321.5-4.3
Turnout 94626.99
Registered electors 3,505
Independent gain from Conservative
Independent gain from Conservative

Dean Ward represented Grantham St Wulfram's ward prior to the election.

Belvoir

Belvoir (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Pamela Bosworth* 901 61.9 -3.3
Conservative Robert Ian Leadenham 791 54.4 -7.7
Labour David Julian Simpson
(Julian Simpson)
50534.7+8.5
Turnout 1,45535.75
Registered electors 4,123
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Bourne Austerby

Bourne Austerby (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Paul David Fellows* 664 47.6 -5.8
Green Emma Louise Baker 587 42.1 +11.4
Green Rhys Rhobat Baker 530 38.0 N/A
Conservative Robert Philip Harry Reid*50436.2-3.7
Conservative Christopher Neal
(Chris Neal)
45432.6-6.8
Green Ian Paul Simmons39428.3N/A
Turnout 1,39422.78
Registered electors 6,154
Independent hold
Green gain from Conservative
Green gain from Conservative

Bourne East

Bourne East (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Philip James Knowles* 417 42.9 -12.9
Conservative Zoe Emma Lane 355 36.5 -9.4
Conservative Julia Ray Reid*35336.3-0.6
Independent Brenda Maureen Johnson35236.2N/A
Labour Barnabas Baricz Hughes21422.0+2.7
Turnout 97328.07
Registered electors 3,470
Independent hold
Conservative hold

Bourne West

Bourne West (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Helen Joyce Crawford* 629 50.4 -0.6
Independent Anna Sylvia Kelly* 600 48.0 -11.2
Liberal Democrats John Bernard Ireland57946.4N/A
Labour John Stephen Francis Riley19415.5-4.6
Turnout 1,24932.21
Registered electors 3,903
Conservative hold
Independent hold

Casewick

Casewick (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Vanessa Mary Smith 1,057 62.8 N/A
Conservative Rosemary Helen Trollope-Bellew* 709 42.2 -27.9
Conservative Kelham Harry Cooke*68840.9-34.2
Turnout 1,68237.49
Registered electors 4,502
Green gain from Conservative
Conservative hold

Castle

Castle
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nick Robins* unopposed-47.8
Conservative hold

Deeping St James

Deeping St James (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Philip Maurice Dilks* 1,470 76.1 +6.8
Independent Bridget Ann Ley 1,224 63.4 N/A
Independent James Alexander Denniston 973 50.4 N/A
Independent Judy Deanne Stevens*73638.1-12.6
Labour Michael Kenton Horder
(Mike Horder)
37119.2-5.6
Turnout 1,93133.95
Registered electors 5,703
Independent hold
Independent gain from Conservative
Independent gain from Conservative

Judy Stevens was elected as a Conservative in 2019 but stood as an independent in 2023.

Dole Wood

Dole Wood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Barry Martin Dobson* 409 53.7 +53.7
Independent Nigel Gareth Eveleigh35246.3N/A
Turnout 76138.78
Registered electors 1,970
Conservative hold

Glen

Glen
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Penny Robins* unopposed-75.0
Conservative hold

Grantham Arnoldfield

Grantham Arnoldfield (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Paul David Alec Stokes 529 42.9 N/A
Conservative Paul Michael Martin 449 36.4 -32.0
Conservative Kathleen-Mary Rice-Oxley*
(Kaffy Rice-Oxley)
42034.1-29.9
Labour Thomas Vincent Greenwood
(Tom Greenwood)
41233.4+9.2
Independent Michael Detlef Beckett
(Mike Beckett)
35729.0N/A
Turnout 1,23329.25
Registered electors 4,232
Conservative hold
Independent gain from Conservative

Grantham Barrowby Gate

Grantham Barrowby Gate (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gareth Lewis Keith Knight 467 40.1 -22.2
Conservative Mark Anthony Whittington* 445 38.2 -28.1
Labour Jonathan Michael Cook43036.9+5.8
Independent Adrian Mark Smith34329.5N/A
Green Raymond David Shrouder
(Ray Shrouder)
25722.1N/A
Independent John Raymond Parkhill20617.7N/A
Turnout 1,16430.11
Registered electors 3,872
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Grantham Earlesfield

Grantham Earlesfield (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lee Andrew Steptoe* 305 51.9 +12.3
Independent Steven Cunnington 301 51.2 N/A
Labour Carole Anne Thomson
(Caz Thomson)
21837.1-11.6
Independent Bruce Wells21436.4+2.3
Turnout 58814.93
Registered electors 3,959
Labour hold
Independent gain from Labour

Grantham Harrowby

Grantham Harrowby (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Ian Edward Selby* 526 60.5 -7.9
Independent Christopher Thomas Noon
(Chris Noon)
468 53.8 N/A
Labour David Aaron Burling25929.8+10.6
Conservative Clio Lyndon Perraton-Williams18721.5+0.1
Turnout 87024.09
Registered electors 3,620
Independent hold
Independent gain from Conservative

Grantham Springfield

Grantham Springfield (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robert Murray Shorrock
(Rob Shorrock)
364 41.8 +0.2
Conservative Nicola Anne Manterfield*
(Nikki Manterfield)
301 34.6 -16.3
Conservative Adam Neil Stokes*29533.9-16.8
Independent Matthew William Ash27731.8N/A
Green John Chadwick21024.1N/A
Turnout 87123.01
Registered electors 3,799
Labour gain from Conservative
Conservative hold

Grantham St Vincent's

Grantham St Vincent's (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Patricia Ellis
(Patsy Ellis)
520 35.8 +6.1
Independent Charmaine Dawn Morgan* 517 35.6 -9.1
Conservative Graham Frank Jeal* 400 27.5 -10.7
Labour Tracey Ann Forman39327.0-8.0
Green Anne Elizabeth Gayfer37525.8+2.6
Green Alex James Ferguson37225.6N/A
Labour Janeile Eardley36525.1-5.8
Conservative Brian Rodney Monro34423.7-11.7
Independent John George Morgan32822.6-8.3
Independent Gary Wayne Rudd32422.3N/A
Turnout 1,45428.07
Registered electors 5,194
Green gain from Conservative
Independent gain from Labour
Conservative hold

Charmaine Morgan had been elected as a Labour councillor in 2019 but left the party to sit as an independent in 2022. [8] Seat shown as independent gain from Labour to allow comparison with 2019 result.

Grantham St Wulfram's

Grantham St Wulfram's (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Timothy James Harrison
(Tim Harrison)
588 44.9 N/A
Conservative Raymond Wootten*
(Ray Wootten)
523 39.9 -17.8
Independent Susan Elizabeth Swinburn47135.9N/A
Conservative Mary June Whittington*39029.7-20.7
Labour Beverley Sarah Jones32124.5+8.1
Turnout 1,31132.37
Registered electors 4,053
Independent gain from Conservative
Conservative hold

Isaac Newton

Isaac Newton (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Michael Bellamy* 576 59.5 -4.6
Conservative Benjamin Samuel Oliver Green*
(Ben Green)
512 52.9 -16.9
Labour Archie George Hine28129.0+6.1
Green Michael James Turner
(Mike Turner)
27728.6N/A
Turnout 96826.34
Registered electors 3,721
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Lincrest

Lincrest
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sarah Joan Trotter* unopposed-73.8
Conservative hold

Loveden Heath

Loveden Heath
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Penelope Milnes*
(Penny Milnes)
539 63.6 +12.0
Conservative Judith Rebecca Sharman30936.4+16.7
Turnout 84840.69
Registered electors 2,099
Independent hold

Market and West Deeping

Market and West Deeping (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Ashley John Baxter* 1,255 71.9 +9.1
Independent Virginia Elizabeth Moran* 934 53.5 +10.7
Independent Pamela Pauline Byrd
(Pam Byrd)
803 46.0 N/A
Independent Robert John Broughton*
(Bob Broughton)
75143.0-0.2
Independent Martin Reilly56332.2N/A
Independent Xanthe Judith Collins
(Xan Collins)
24414.0N/A
Turnout 1,74632.10
Registered electors 5,468
Independent hold
Independent hold
Independent gain from Conservative

Bob Broughton had been elected in 2019 as a Conservative but stood in 2023 as an independent.

Morton

Morton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sue Woolley* unopposed-73.9
Conservative hold

Peascliffe and Ridgeway

Peascliffe and Ridgeway (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ian Stokes* 561 46.4 -7.4
Conservative Peter Francis Howard Stephens 497 41.1 -15.3
Independent Nicholas Stewart Johnson
(Nick Johnson)
30625.3N/A
Labour Keith Richard White27622.8+8.1
Green John Hadden Millar25421.0-9.7
Independent Verena Ridgley
(Vee Ridgley)
17514.5N/A
Turnout 1,20930.25
Registered electors 4,010
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Stamford All Saints

Stamford All Saints (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Habibur Rahman
(Habib Rahman)
550 51.7 N/A
Independent Maxwell Graham Sawyer
(Max Sawyer)
467 43.9 N/A
Conservative Breda-Rae Griffin*37535.2-24.9
Conservative Nicola Sandall33531.5-25.5
Turnout 1,06428.08
Registered electors 3,814
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Independent gain from Conservative

Seat change compared to 2019 election; one of the seats had been won by an independent at a by-election in 2021.

Stamford St George's

Stamford St George's (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Rhea Natasha Rayside 548 56.6 +17.5
Conservative Gloria Johnson* 424 43.8 +4.7
Reform UK Angela Michelle Carter-Begbie20220.9N/A
Turnout 96826.60
Registered electors 3,729
Liberal Democrats hold
Conservative hold

Stamford St John's

Stamford St John's (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Richard James Cleaver* 1,041 79.7 N/A
Conservative Susan Jennifer Sandall* 375 28.7 -21.5
Conservative Percival William Robert Sandall
(Robert Sandall)
35327.0-23.2
Turnout 1,30630.72
Registered electors 4,287
Independent gain from Conservative
Conservative hold

Richard Cleaver represented Stamford All Saints prior to the election.

Stamford St Mary's

Stamford St Mary's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Doarkanathsing Harrish Bisnauthsing*
(Harrish Bisnauthsing)
701 59.0 +8.3
Conservative Jane Kingman* 441 37.1 -12.9
Independent Julie Clarke41434.8N/A
Green Judith Carol Clarke
(Judi Clarke)
35029.5N/A
Turnout 1,18832.64
Registered electors 3,679
Liberal Democrats hold
Conservative hold

Seat change compared to 2019 election; the Conservative elected in 2019, Matthew Lee, had left the party in 2022 and sat the remainder of his term as an independent. [9] He did not stand for re-election. Jane Kingman had represented Bourne Austerby prior to the election.

Toller

Toller
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Murray Frank Turner* 256 36.5 N/A
Lincolnshire Independent Christopher Clark
(Chris Clark)
19227.4N/A
Conservative Anthony Philip Vaughan
(Tony Vaughan)
18125.8-22.7
Reform UK Amanda Gackowska
(Amanda Gee)
568.0N/A
SDP Alexander Leslie Mitchell172.4N/A
Turnout 70233.91
Registered electors 2,082
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent

Seat change compared to 2019 election; Murray Turner had won the seat at a by-election in December 2022.

Viking

Viking (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Paul Wood* 1,055 70.5 +6.7
Independent Jane Wood* 937 62.6 +9.1
Conservative Claire Margaret Storer58539.1+11.8
Turnout 1,49737.00
Registered electors 4,073
Independent hold
Independent hold

Changes 2023–2027

Grantham St Wulfram's

Grantham St Wulfram's by-election, 9 November 2023
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Matthew Robert Bailey 361 33.7
Independent Susan Elizabeth Swinburn23321.8
Labour Jonathan Michael Cook17316.2
Green Anne Elizabeth Gayfer14513.5
Liberal Democrats James Antony Osborn13512.6
Independent Dean Anthony William Ward242.2
Turnout 1,07126.7
Registered electors 4,057
Conservative hold

This by-election was triggered by the death of Conservative councillor Ray Wootten. [10] [11]

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