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2023 South Kesteven District Council election

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All 56 seats on South Kesteven District Council 29 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Kelham Cooke Party Conservative Independent Green Last election 40 seats, 53.3% 11 seats, 19.2% 0 seats, 3.8% Seats before 38 13 0 Seats after 24 22 4 Seat change 16 11 4 Popular vote 10,450 12,527 3,906 Percentage 30.0% 36.0% 11.2% Swing 23.3% 16.8% 7.4%   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Liberal Democrats Labour Last election 2 seats, 3.3% 3 seats, 5.6% Seats before 3 2 Seats after 4 2 Seat change 2 1 Popular vote 2,844 4,528 Percentage 8.2% 13.0% Swing 4.9% 7.4%
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.

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.

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.

Results

The overall results were as follows:

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.

Aveland

Belmont

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

Belvoir

Bourne Austerby

Bourne East

Bourne West

Casewick

Castle

Deeping St James

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

Dole Wood

Glen

Grantham Arnoldfield

Grantham Barrowby Gate

Grantham Earlesfield

Grantham Harrowby

Grantham Springfield

Grantham St Vincent's

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

Grantham St Wulfram's

Isaac Newton

Lincrest

Loveden Heath

Market and West Deeping

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

Morton

Peascliffe and Ridgeway

Stamford All Saints

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 John's

Richard Cleaver represented Stamford All Saints prior to the election.

Stamford St Mary's

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. He did not stand for re-election. Jane Kingman had represented Bourne Austerby prior to the election.

Toller

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

Viking

Changes 2023–2027

Grantham St Wulfram's

This by-election was triggered by the death of Conservative councillor Ray Wootten.

References

1. Including one vacant seat in Peascliffe and Ridgeway ward previously held by Conservative councillor Rosemary Kaberry-Brown until her resignation in November 2022.
2. Of the thirteen independent councillors before the election, four sat with the Liberal Democrats as the "Democratic Independents" group led by independent Philip Knowles, three formed the "Alliance South Kesteven" group led by Ashley Baxter, three formed the "Independent Group" led by Paul Wood and the other three did not form part of a group.

1. Waller, Jamie (6 January 2023). "New political group is largest opposition party on South Kesteven District Council". Grantham Journal. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
2. Bond, Marie (18 January 2023). "Rift between Independents on South Kesteven District Council led to split". Grantham Journal. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
3. "South Kesteven eyes regime change as council leader and deputy out". The Lincolnite. 2023-05-05. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
4. Jaines, Daniel; Baynes, Chris (18 May 2023). "South Kesteven: Independent-led coalition takes control of council". BBC News. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
5. "South Kesteven result - Local Elections 2023". BBC News. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
6. "South Kesteven District Council Election Results May 2023". South Kesteven District Council. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
7. "Your councillors". South Kesteven District Council. Archived from the original on 30 March 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
8. Taylor, Matthew (29 April 2022). "Grantham councillor Charmaine Morgan resigns from Labour Party". Grantham Journal. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
9. Waller, Jamie (22 December 2022). "Former Conservative council leader quits party after row". The Lincolnite. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
10. Jaines, Daniel (5 October 2023). "Honouring a "local titan": Grantham prepares for poignant by-election". The Lincolnite. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
11. Green, Katie (10 November 2023). "Results announced for Grantham by-elections". Grantham Journal. Retrieved 29 November 2023.

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