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2023 Rutland County Council election

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All 27 seats on Rutland County Council 14 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Gale Waller N/A Lucy Stephenson Party Liberal Democrats Independent Conservative Last election 3 8 15 Seats before 6 13 6 Seats after 11 7 6   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader N/A N/A Party Labour Green Last election 0 1 Seats before 1 1 Seats after 2 1
Map of the results
Leader before election Lucy Stephenson Conservative No overall control Leader after election Gale Waller Liberal Democrat No overall control

The 2023 Rutland County Council election was held on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Rutland County Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England.

Prior to the election the council was under no overall control, being run by a coalition of the Conservatives and independents. After the election the council remained under no overall control, but the Liberal Democrats became the largest party. They subsequently formed a minority administration with the Green Party councillor.

Overview

There had been several by-elections and changes of allegiance between the last full council election in 2019 and 2023. Immediately before the 2023 election there were four political parties represented on the council and 13 independent councillors who did not belong to a registered political party. Some of the parties and independents formed political groups:

• The "Independent & Green Group", led by Rosemary Powell, comprised five of the independent councillors plus the one Green councillor.
• "Together4Rutland", led by Nick Begy, comprised four of the independent councillors, all of whom had originally been elected as Conservatives.

The other parties formed their own groups, and the remaining four independent councillors (three of whom had originally been elected as Conservatives) were not aligned to any group. The council was led by the Conservatives with support from the Independent & Green Group. The Conservative leader, Lucy Stephenson, was leader of the council, and Independent & Green Group leader, Rosemary Powell, was deputy leader of the council.

After the election the Liberal Democrats were the largest party with 11 seats and formed a new group with the one Green councillor which formed a minority administration. Liberal Democrat & Green group leader Gale Waller was elected leader of the council at the annual meeting on 22 May 2023 by 15 votes to 12 over Independent Rosemary Powell.

Results summary

Results by ward

Rutland County Council election result.

Sitting councillors are marked with an asterisk (*).

Barleythorpe

Braunston & Martinsthorpe

Cottesmore

Samantha Harvey had been elected as a Conservative in 2019 but left the party to sit as an independent in May 2022. She was re-elected as an independent in 2023, which is recorded here as an independent gain from the Conservatives to allow comparison with the previous election.

Exton

June Fox had been elected as a Conservative in 2019 but left the party to sit as an independent in the Together4Rutland group in April 2022. She stood as an independent in 2023 but was defeated. The seat is recorded here as Conservative hold to allow comparison with the previous election.

Greetham

Nick Begy had been elected as a Conservative in 2019 but left the party to sit as an independent in the Together4Rutland group in April 2022. He was re-elected as an independent, which is recorded here as an independent gain from the Conservatives to allow comparison with the previous election.

Ketton

The other previous incumbent for this seat, Gordon Brown, had been elected as a Conservative in 2019 but left the party in April 2022 to sit as an independent in the Together4Rutland group. He did not stand for re-election. The seat is recorded as a Conservative hold here to allow comparison with the previous election.

Langham

Oliver Hemsley had been elected as a Conservative in 2019 but left the party to sit as an independent in May 2022. He was re-elected as an independent, which is recorded here as an independent gain from the Conservatives to allow comparison with the previous election.

Lyddington

Normanton

Oakham North East

One of the previous incumbents, Alan Walters, had been elected as a Conservative in 2019 but left the party in November 2021 to sit as an independent. He did not stand for re-election in 2023. That seat is recorded here as a Liberal Democrat gain from Conservatives to allow for comparison with the previous election.

Oakham North West

Paul Ainsley had been elected as a Conservative in 2019 but left the party to sit as an independent in 2021, subsequently joining the Together4Rutland group. He stood for re-election as an independent in 2023 but was defeated. The seat is recorded here as a Labour gain from the Conservatives to allow comparison with the previous election. The other Oakham North West seat had been won by Labour in a by-election in 2021.

Oakham South

At the 2019 election, one of the three Oakham South seats had been won by the Liberal Democrats and two by Conservatives. The Liberal Democrats had gained the other two seats in by-elections in 2021 and 2022.

Ryhall & Casterton

The independent elected in May 2019 did not meet the deadline to formally accept his position as a councillor; a Conservative won the by-election in September 2019. A Green won a second by-election in March 2022 but did not contest the seat in 2023.

Uppingham

Stephen Lambert had won a by-election in May 2022.

Whissendine

References

1. "Upcoming Elections". Rutland County Council. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
2. "Election timetable in England". UK Government. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
3. "People standing for election as Rutland County Councillor". Rutland & Stamford Mercury. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
4. "Rutland election result". BBC News. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
5. "Rutland County Councillors reaction after elections leaves no party in overall control". Rutland and Stamford Mercury. 10 May 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
6. ^ Scholes, Andrea (23 May 2023). "Rutland County Council appoints new Lib Dem and Green leader Gale Waller". Rutland and Stamford Mercury. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
7. "Council minutes, 9 May 2022". Rutland County Council. 9 May 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
8. "Annual Council Meeting, 22 May 2023". Rutland County Council. 22 May 2023. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
9. "Rutland County Council elections 2023". Rutland County Council. Retrieved 12 May 2023.

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