Rutland County Council elections explained

Rutland County Council is the local authority for the unitary authority of Rutland in England. Between 1 April 1974 and 31 March 1997 Rutland was a non-metropolitan district in Leicestershire.

Summary of recent results


Political group	Councillors^[1] ^[2]
2015 election	2019 election	2023 election
	16	15	6
	8	8	7
	2	3	11
		1	1
			2
Total		26	27	27	-	Vacant	0 This row hidden as there are no current councillor vacancies -->

1973 Rutland District Council election
1976 Rutland District Council election
1979 Rutland District Council election (New ward boundaries)^[3]
1983 Rutland District Council election
1987 Rutland District Council election
1991 Rutland District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[4]
1995 Rutland District Council election

1996 Rutland County Council election
1999 Rutland County Council election
2003 Rutland County Council election (new ward boundaries increased the number of seats from 20 to 26)^[5] ^[6]
2007 Rutland County Council election
2011 Rutland County Council election
2015 Rutland County Council election
2019 Rutland County Council election (new ward boundaries increased the number of seats to 27)
2023 Rutland County Council election

Web site: Local election results 2015 in full . 15 May 2015 . The Guardian . Guardian News and Media Limited . 23 March 2018.
Web site: Your Councillors by Party . Rutland County Council . 23 March 2018.
legislation.gov.uk - The District of Rutland (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977. Retrieved on 19 November 2015.
legislation.gov.uk - The Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and Warwickshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
News: Rutland . 15 August 2009 . BBC News Online.
legislation.gov.uk - The District of Rutland (Electoral Changes) Order 2003. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
Web site: Oakham South West By-Election Result . rutland.gov.uk . Rutland County Council . 22 June 2022.