South Kesteven council election, 2023
Most seats
22
Independent
Seats contested
52
across 26 wards
Turnout
29.8%
average of reporting wards
Summary
| Party | Seats | +/− | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | 22 | +11 | 22,681 | 42.8% | +23.6 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | 20 | -18 | 16,602 | 31.3% | -22.0 |
| Green Party | 4 | +4 | 5,183 | 9.8% | +5.9 |
| Liberal Democrats | 4 | +2 | 2,844 | 5.4% | +2.0 |
| Labour Party | 2 | -1 | 5,111 | 9.6% | -8.9 |
| Reform UK | 0 | +0 | 371 | 0.7% | — |
| Lincolnshire Independents Lincolnshire First | 0 | +0 | 192 | 0.4% | — |
| Social Democratic Party | 0 | +0 | 17 | 0.0% | — |
Changes are against the previous council election on 02/05/2019. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.
Candidates
| Party | Candidates | Of a possible 52 |
|---|---|---|
| Independent | 39 | |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | 37 | |
| Labour Party | 16 | |
| Green Party | 12 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 6 | |
| Reform UK | 3 | |
| Lincolnshire Independents Lincolnshire First | 1 | |
| Social Democratic Party | 1 |
A party standing a full slate could field 52 candidates, one per seat.
Results by ward
Share is each candidate's share of ballots cast in the ward. Change compares each party's lead candidate with the ward's previous contest. Bold rows are elected candidates.
Aveland
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Richard Dixon-Warren Elected | 457 | 58.6% | -13.8 |
| Liberal Democrats | James Brown | 210 | 26.9% | — |
| Reform UK | Mike Rudkin | 113 | 14.5% | — |
| Majority | 247 | |||
| Turnout | 39.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 2,009 | |||
| Ballots cast | 780 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Belmont 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Phil Gadd Elected | 514 | 54.3% | — |
| Independent | Elvis Ian Stooke Elected | 446 | 47.1% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Linda Wootten | 332 | 35.1% | -22.1 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Dean Anthony William Ward | 275 | 29.1% | — |
| Labour Party | Myles Sadler | 203 | 21.5% | -14.4 |
| Majority | 114 | |||
| Turnout | 27.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 3,505 | |||
| Ballots cast | 946 | |||
Independent gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Independent gain from Conservative and Unionist Party
Belvoir 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Pam Bosworth Elected | 901 | 62.4% | -10.6 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Robert Ian Leadenham Elected | 791 | 54.7% | — |
| Labour Party | Julian Simpson | 505 | 34.9% | +5.7 |
| Majority | 286 | |||
| Turnout | 36.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 4,123 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,445 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Bourne Austerby 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Paul David Fellows Elected | 664 | 47.6% | -25.0 |
| Green Party | Emma Louise Baker Elected | 587 | 42.1% | +0.4 |
| Green Party | Rhys Rhobat Baker Elected | 530 | 38.0% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Robert Reid | 504 | 36.2% | -18.1 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Chris Neal | 454 | 32.6% | — |
| Green Party | Ian Paul Simmons | 394 | 28.3% | — |
| Majority | 26 | |||
| Turnout | 23.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 6,154 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,394 | |||
Green Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Green Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Independent hold
Bourne East 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Philip James Knowles Elected | 417 | 42.9% | +26.0 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Zoe Emma Lane Elected | 355 | 36.5% | -7.1 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Julia Reid | 353 | 36.3% | — |
| Independent | Brenda Maureen Johnson | 352 | 36.2% | — |
| Labour Party | Barnabas Baricz Hughes | 214 | 22.0% | +0.4 |
| Majority | 2 | |||
| Turnout | 28.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 3,470 | |||
| Ballots cast | 973 | |||
Independent hold · Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Bourne West 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Helen Joyce Crawford Elected | 629 | 50.4% | -12.7 |
| Independent | Anna Sylvia Kelly Elected | 600 | 48.0% | -25.2 |
| Liberal Democrats | John Ireland | 579 | 46.4% | — |
| Labour Party | John Stephen Francis Riley | 194 | 15.5% | -9.3 |
| Majority | 21 | |||
| Turnout | 32.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 3,903 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,249 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold · Independent hold
Casewick 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Party | Vanessa Smith Elected | 1,057 | 62.8% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Rosemary Trollope-Bellew Elected | 709 | 42.2% | -47.9 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Kelham Harry Cooke | 688 | 40.9% | — |
| Majority | 21 | |||
| Turnout | 37.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 4,502 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,682 | |||
Green Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Deeping St James 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Philip Maurice Dilks Elected | 1,470 | 92.4% | -10.6 |
| Independent | Bridget Ann Ley Elected | 1,224 | 76.9% | — |
| Independent | James Alexander Denniston Elected | 973 | 61.2% | — |
| Independent | Judy Deanne Stevens | 736 | 46.3% | — |
| Labour Party | Mike Horder | 371 | 23.3% | -13.5 |
| Majority | 237 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | 5,703 | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,591 | |||
Independent gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Independent gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Independent hold
Dole Wood
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Barry Dobson Elected | 409 | 53.7% | — |
| Independent | Nigel Gareth Eveleigh | 352 | 46.3% | — |
| Majority | 57 | |||
| Turnout | 39.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 1,970 | |||
| Ballots cast | 761 | |||
Grantham Arnoldfield 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Paul David Alec Stokes Elected | 529 | 42.9% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Paul Michael Martin Elected | 449 | 36.4% | -28.6 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Kaffy Rice-Oxley | 420 | 34.1% | — |
| Labour Party | Tom Greenwood | 412 | 33.4% | +14.2 |
| Independent | Mike Beckett | 357 | 29.0% | — |
| Majority | 29 | |||
| Turnout | 29.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 4,232 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,233 | |||
Independent gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Grantham Barrowby Gate 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Gareth Knight Elected | 467 | 40.1% | -30.5 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Mark Anthony Whittington Elected | 445 | 38.2% | — |
| Labour and Co-operative Party | Jonathan Michael Cook | 430 | 36.9% | +3.8 |
| Independent | Adrian Mark Smith | 343 | 29.5% | — |
| Green Party | Ray Shrouder | 257 | 22.1% | — |
| Independent | John Raymond Parkhill | 206 | 17.7% | — |
| Majority | 15 | |||
| Turnout | 30.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 3,872 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,164 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Grantham Earlesfield 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour and Co-operative Party | Lee Andrew Steptoe Elected | 305 | 51.9% | -5.7 |
| Independent | Steven Cunnington Elected | 301 | 51.2% | — |
| Labour and Co-operative Party | Carole Anne Thomson | 218 | 37.1% | — |
| Independent | Bruce Victor Wells | 214 | 36.4% | — |
| Majority | 83 | |||
| Turnout | 15.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 3,959 | |||
| Ballots cast | 588 | |||
Labour and Co-operative Party hold · Independent gain from Labour and Co-operative Party
Grantham Harrowby 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Ian Edward Selby Elected | 526 | 60.5% | -32.5 |
| Independent | Chris Noon Elected | 468 | 53.8% | — |
| Labour Party | David Aaron Burling | 259 | 29.8% | +3.7 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Clio Perraton-Williams | 187 | 21.5% | -7.6 |
| Majority | 209 | |||
| Turnout | 24.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 3,620 | |||
| Ballots cast | 870 | |||
Independent gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Independent hold
Grantham Springfield 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour and Co-operative Party | Rob Shorrock Elected | 364 | 41.8% | -3.3 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Nikki Manterfield Elected | 301 | 34.6% | -20.5 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Adam Neil Stokes | 295 | 33.9% | — |
| Independent | Matthew William Ash | 277 | 31.8% | — |
| Green Party | John Chadwick | 210 | 24.1% | — |
| Majority | 6 | |||
| Turnout | 23.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 3,799 | |||
| Ballots cast | 871 | |||
Labour and Co-operative Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Grantham St Vincent's 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Party | Patsy Ellis Elected | 520 | 35.8% | +3.1 |
| Independent | Charmaine Dawn Morgan Elected | 517 | 35.6% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Graham Jeal Elected | 400 | 27.5% | -14.6 |
| Labour and Co-operative Party | Tracey Ann Forman | 393 | 27.0% | -22.2 |
| Green Party | Anne Elizabeth Gayfer | 375 | 25.8% | — |
| Green Party | Alex James Ferguson | 372 | 25.6% | — |
| Labour and Co-operative Party | Janeile Eardley | 365 | 25.1% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Brian Rodney Monro | 344 | 23.7% | — |
| Independent | John George Morgan | 328 | 22.6% | — |
| Independent | Gary Wayne Rudd | 324 | 22.3% | — |
| Majority | 7 | |||
| Turnout | 28.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 5,194 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,454 | |||
Green Party gain from Labour Party · Independent gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Grantham St Wulfram's 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Tim Harrison Elected | 588 | 44.9% | +11.3 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Ray Wootten Elected | 523 | 39.9% | +0.7 |
| Independent | Susan Elizabeth Swinburn | 471 | 35.9% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Mary June Whittington | 390 | 29.7% | — |
| Labour and Co-operative Party | Beverley Jones | 321 | 24.5% | +5.5 |
| Majority | 52 | |||
| Turnout | 32.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 4,053 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,311 | |||
Independent gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Isaac Newton 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | David Bellamy Elected | 576 | 59.5% | +7.7 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Ben Green Elected | 512 | 52.9% | — |
| Labour Party | Archie George Hine | 281 | 29.0% | +10.6 |
| Green Party | Mike Turner | 277 | 28.6% | +19.6 |
| Majority | 231 | |||
| Turnout | 26.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 3,721 | |||
| Ballots cast | 968 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Loveden Heath
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Penny Milnes Elected | 539 | 63.6% | +12.0 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Judith Rebecca Sharman | 309 | 36.4% | +16.7 |
| Majority | 230 | |||
| Turnout | 41.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 2,099 | |||
| Ballots cast | 848 | |||
Independent hold
Market & West Deeping 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Ashley John Baxter Elected | 1,255 | 71.9% | -2.1 |
| Independent | Virginia Elizabeth Moran Elected | 934 | 53.5% | — |
| Independent | Pam Byrd Elected | 803 | 46.0% | — |
| Independent | Bob Broughton | 751 | 43.0% | — |
| Independent | Martin Reilly | 563 | 32.2% | — |
| Independent | Xan Collins | 244 | 14.0% | — |
| Majority | 52 | |||
| Turnout | 32.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 5,468 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,746 | |||
Independent gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Independent hold
Peascliffe & Ridgeway 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Ian Stokes Elected | 561 | 46.4% | -21.6 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Peter Francis Howard Stephens Elected | 497 | 41.1% | — |
| Independent | Nick Johnson | 306 | 25.3% | — |
| Labour Party | Keith Richard White | 276 | 22.8% | +5.1 |
| Green Party | John Hadden Millar | 254 | 21.0% | -15.9 |
| Independent | Vee Ridgley | 175 | 14.5% | — |
| Majority | 191 | |||
| Turnout | 30.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 4,010 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,209 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Stamford All Saints 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Habib Rahman Elected | 550 | 51.7% | — |
| Independent | Max Sawyer Elected | 467 | 43.9% | -13.1 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Breda-Rae Griffin | 375 | 35.2% | +10.6 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Nicola Sandall | 335 | 31.5% | — |
| Majority | 92 | |||
| Turnout | 28.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 3,814 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,064 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Independent gain from Conservative and Unionist Party
Stamford St George's 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Rhea Rayside Elected | 548 | 56.6% | +7.4 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Gloria Johnson Elected | 424 | 43.8% | -5.5 |
| Reform UK | Angela Carter-Begbie | 202 | 20.9% | — |
| Majority | 222 | |||
| Turnout | 27.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 3,729 | |||
| Ballots cast | 968 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold · Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Stamford St John's 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Richard James Cleaver Elected | 1,041 | 79.7% | +22.2 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Susan Jennifer Sandall Elected | 375 | 28.7% | -31.6 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Robert Sandall | 353 | 27.0% | — |
| Majority | 22 | |||
| Turnout | 31.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 4,287 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,306 | |||
Independent gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Stamford St Mary's 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Harrish Bisnauthsing Elected | 701 | 59.0% | +0.4 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Jane Kingman Elected | 441 | 37.1% | -20.7 |
| Independent | Julie Clarke | 414 | 34.8% | — |
| Green Party | Judi Clarke | 350 | 29.5% | — |
| Majority | 27 | |||
| Turnout | 33.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 3,679 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,188 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold · Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Toller
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Murray Frank Turner Elected | 256 | 36.5% | -23.6 |
| Lincolnshire Independents Lincolnshire First | Chris Clark | 192 | 27.4% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Tony Vaughan | 181 | 25.8% | -14.1 |
| Reform UK | Amanda Gee | 56 | 8.0% | — |
| Social Democratic Party | Alexander Leslie Mitchell | 17 | 2.4% | — |
| Majority | 64 | |||
| Turnout | 34.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 2,082 | |||
| Ballots cast | 702 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
Viking 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Paul Wood Elected | 1,055 | 70.5% | +4.1 |
| Independent | Jane Wood Elected | 937 | 62.6% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Claire Margaret Storer | 585 | 39.1% | +10.7 |
| Majority | 352 | |||
| Turnout | 37.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 4,073 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,497 | |||
Independent hold