Rutland County Council elections

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Rutland County Council is the local authority for the unitary authority of Rutland in England. Between 1 April 1974 and 31 March 1997 Rutland was a non-metropolitan district in Leicestershire.

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Summary of recent results

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Political groupCouncillors [1] [2]
2015 election2019 election2023 election
Conservative 16156
Independent 887
Liberal Democrats 2311
Green 11
Labour 2
Total262727

Council elections

Non-metropolitan district elections

Unitary authority elections

Results maps

By-election results

1996–1999

Oakham East By-Election 5 June 1997
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Peris Steen 477 50.0 +41.9
Independent Richard Gale30131.6−44.0
Labour David Neild17618.4+2.4
Majority 17618.4
Turnout 954
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent Swing
Barrowden By-Election 30 October 1997
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Ruth Archer 207 43.4
Independent Mike Fisher10021.0
Conservative Kenneth Bool9419.7
Independent Trevor Ellis7615.9
Majority 10722.4
Turnout 47743.7
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent Swing
Empingham By-Election 14 May 1998
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Eileen Ray 188 58.4 +41.2
Liberal Democrats Dennis Jeffery13441.6+41.6
Majority 5416.8
Turnout 32235.4
Green gain from Independent Swing

1999–2003

Oakham East By-Election 22 March 2001
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent 38334.4+3.3
Conservative 36933.1+33.1
Liberal Democrats 24321.8+6.5
Labour 11910.7−1.5
Majority 141.3
Turnout 1,11431.1
Casterton By-Election 25 April 2002
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Miles Williamson-Noble unopposed
Uppingham By-Election 25 April 2002
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Colin Forsyth 218 42.9 +42.9
Independent Peter Ind17534.4+34.4
Labour Carol Shelvey11522.6−22.5
Majority 438.5
Turnout 50819.0
Independent gain from Labour Swing
Whissendine By-Election 11 July 2002 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jonathan Baker 234 37.4 +37.4
Labour Linda Arnold14322.8+22.8
Independent Kate Tudno-Jones12319.6−34.7
Independent Brian Montgomery11117.7+17.7
Independent Peter Saunders152.4+2.4
Majority 9114.6
Turnout 62642.4

2003–2007

Cottesmore By-Election 3 July 2003 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jan Rodger 403 74.1
Independent Edward Baines14125.9
Majority 26248.2
Turnout 54425.6
Oakham South East By-Election 23 December 2004 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Linda Graves 339 64.4
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Smith18735.6
Majority 15228.8
Turnout 52627.1
Conservative hold Swing
Ryhall & Casterton By-Election 24 November 2005 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charlotte Jones unopposed
Conservative hold Swing

2007–2011

Whissendine By-Election 6 November 2008 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Brian Montgomery 154 41.3 +41.3
Conservative Jane Reynolds14839.7−60.3
Liberal Democrats Roy Robinson7119.0+19.0
Majority 61.6
Turnout 37335.2
Independent gain from Conservative Swing
Cottesmore By-Election 21 May 2009 [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Susie Iannantuoni 389 68.1 +1.1
Liberal Democrats Joanna Burrows18231.9+31.9
Majority 20736.2
Turnout 57126.4
Conservative hold Swing

2011-2015

Ketton by election 27 June 2013
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gary Conde 330 44.4 +44.4
Independent Andrew McGilvray26035.0+35.0
UKIP Liam Powell13017.5+17.5
Independent Martin Brookes243.2+3.2
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Oakham South West 16 October 2014
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Clifton 240 52.2 {{{change}}}
Independent Ben Callaghan17738.5
Liberal Democrats Richard Swift439.3
Majority 63
Turnout 24.82%
Conservative hold Swing
Whissendine 16 October 2014
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Sam Asplin 192 51.8 {{{change}}}
Conservative Jonathan Baker17948.2
Majority 13
Turnout 34.67%
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent Swing

2015-2019

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Oakham South West: 12 July 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Richard Alderman 178 [a]
Liberal Democrats Joanna Burrows177
Conservative Patsy Clifton163
Labour Chris Brookes80
Majority 1
Turnout 59933.5
Independent gain from Conservative Swing

2019-2023

Ryhall and Casterton: 12 September 2019
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Coleman 357 56.3
Liberal Democrats Beverley Wrigley-Pheasant15624.6
Green Steve Fay12119.1
Majority 20131.7
Turnout 634
Conservative hold Swing
Oakham South: 19 August 2021
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Paul Browne 886 67.8 +1.1
Conservative Edward Burton42032.2−1.7
Majority 46635.6
Turnout 1,306
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing Increase2.svg9.8
Oakham North West: 4 November 2021
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Leah Toseland 293 62.6 N/A
Conservative Daniel Bottomley17537.4+37.4
Majority 11825.2
Turnout 468
Labour gain from Independent Swing N/A
Ryhall and Casterton: 10 March 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Rick Wilson 281 51.2 +32.1
Conservative Richard Foster26848.8−7.5
Majority 132.4
Turnout 549
Green gain from Conservative Swing
Uppingham: 5 May 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Stephen Lambert 661 53.8 N/A
Independent Dave Ainslie32726.6N/A
Conservative Giles Clifton20516.6N/A
Reform UK Phil Bourqui362.9N/A
Majority 33427.2
Turnout 1,22939.4
Liberal Democrats gain from Green Swing Increase2.svg 53.8
Oakham South: 17 June 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Ray Payne UncontestedN/A N/A
Turnout N/AN/AN/A
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

2023-2027

Oakham North East: 21 November 2024 [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Linda Chatfield 244 40.9
Conservative Christopher Clark23739.7
Reform UK Ben Callaghan9315.6
Labour Katie Ross233.9
Majority 71.2
Turnout 597
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Barleythorpe: 24 July 2025 [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Dinsmore 209 35.9
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Nichols13623.4
Reform UK Declan McCarthy12321.1
Independent Andy Burton11419.6
Majority 7312.5
Turnout 582
Conservative gain from Green Swing

References

  1. ↑ "Local election results 2015 in full". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media Limited. 15 May 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  2. ↑ "Your Councillors by Party". Rutland County Council. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  3. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The District of Rutland (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977. Retrieved on 19 November 2015.
  4. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and Warwickshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
  5. ↑ "Rutland". BBC News Online . Retrieved 15 August 2009.
  6. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The District of Rutland (Electoral Changes) Order 2003. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
  7. ↑ "Tory triumphs in Rutland election". Leicester Mercury . 13 July 2002.
  8. ↑ "Cottesmore by-election results". Rutland on Line. 11 July 2003. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 15 August 2009.
  9. ↑ "Tories hold smallest county council". guardian.co.uk . 24 December 2004. Retrieved 15 August 2009.
  10. ↑ "Ryhall & Casterton By Election Deadline Passes". Rutland County Council. 28 October 2005. Retrieved 15 August 2009.
  11. ↑ "Whissendine Election Result". Rutland County Council. 7 November 2008. Retrieved 15 August 2009.
  12. ↑ "Cottesmore Ward" (PDF). Rutland County Council. Retrieved 15 August 2009.
  13. ↑ "Oakham South West By-Election Result". rutland.gov.uk. Rutland County Council. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  14. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Oakham North East Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
  15. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Barleythorpe Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 29 August 2025.

Notes

  1. ↑ Alderman was elected by the Returning Officer drawing lots after both he and Joanna Burrows received 177 votes.
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