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]
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]
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 |
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.
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