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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 party Second party   Leader Richard Wright Marianne Overton Party Conservative Lincolnshire Independent Last election 21 16 Seats before 23 9 Seats after 25 11   Third party Fourth party   Leader Linda Edwards-Shea Party Independent Labour Last election 6 0 Seats before 11 0 Seats after 5 2
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.

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:

• The "Administration Group" led by Conservative councillor Richard Wright, comprising the 20 Conservatives and 7 independent councillors (5 of whom had been elected as Lincolnshire Independents).
• The "North Kesteven Independents" led by Lincolnshire Independent councillor Marianne Overton, comprising the 9 Lincolnshire Independents and 2 independent councillors.
• Two independent councillors were not aligned to any group.

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.

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. Labour won two seats, giving the party its first representation on the council in over twenty years.

Results

The overall results were:

Results
Party	Seats	Change
Conservative Party	25	2
Lincolnshire Independents	11	2
Independents	5	6
Labour Party	2	2

Ward results

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

Ashby de la Launde, Digby and Scopwick

Bassingham Rural

Billinghay Rural

Bracebridge Heath

Branston

Cranwell, Leasingham and Wilsford

Heckington Rural

Heighington and Washingborough

Helpringham and Osbournby

Hykeham Central

Hykeham Fosse

Hykeham Memorial

Kirkby la Thorpe and South Kyme

Metheringham Rural

Navenby and Brant Broughton

Ruskington

Skellingthorpe and Eagle

Sleaford Castle

Sleaford Holdingham

Sleaford Navigation

Sleaford Quarrington and Mareham

Sleaford Westholme

Waddington Rural

Witham St Hughs and Swinderby

Changes 2023–2027

By-election triggered by death of Conservative councillor Gill Ogden.

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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