| Election Name: | 2023 North Kesteven District Council election |
| Country: | Lincolnshire |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Previous Election: | 2019 North Kesteven District Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2019 |
| Next Election: | 2027 North Kesteven District Council election |
| Next Year: | 2027 |
| Seats For Election: | All 43 seats on North Kesteven District Council |
| Majority Seats: | 22 |
| Leader1: | Richard Wright |
| Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Last Election1: | 21 |
| Seats Before1: | 23 |
| Seats After1: | 25 |
| Leader2: | Marianne Overton |
| Party2: | Lincolnshire Independents |
| Last Election2: | 16 |
| Seats Before2: | 9 |
| Seats After2: | 11 |
| Party4: | Independent politician |
| Last Election4: | 6 |
| Seats Before4: | 11 |
| Seats After4: | 5 |
| Leader5: | Linda Edwards-Shea |
| Party5: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Last Election5: | 0 |
| Seats Before5: | 0 |
| Seats After5: | 2 |
| Leader | |
| Posttitle: | Leader after election |
| Before Election: | Richard Wright Conservative |
| Before Party: | No overall control |
| After Election: | Richard Wright |
| After Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
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.
Prior to the election there were two political groups on the council:
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.[1]
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.[2] Labour won two seats, giving the party its first representation on the council in over twenty years.[3]
The overall results were:[4]
| Results | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Change | |
| Conservative Party | 25 | 2 | |
| Lincolnshire Independents | 11 | 2 | |
| Independents | 5 | 6 | |
| Labour Party | 2 | 2 | |
The results for each ward were as follows, with an asterisk (*) indicating an incumbent councillor standing for re-election.[5]
By-election triggered by death of Conservative councillor Gill Ogden.[6] [7]