South Kesteven District Council in Lincolnshire, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2015, 56 councillors have been elected from 30 wards.[1]
Summary of the results of recent council elections, click on the year for full details of each election. Boundary changes took place for the 1999 and 2015 elections, with the number of councillors being reduced from 58 to 56 in 2015.[2] [3]
| Year | Conservative | Independent | Labour | Lincolnshire Independents | UK Independence Party | Liberal Democrats | Others | Liberal (post 1989) | Liberal (pre 1989) | Vacant | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987[5] | 27 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | ||
| 1991[6] | 22 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same[7] [8] | |
| 1995[9] | 13 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1999 | 29 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New ward boundaries[10] | |
| 2003[11] | 31 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2007[12] | 35 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2011[13] [14] [15] | 38 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2015[16] [17] | 45 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New ward boundaries | |
| 2019 | 40 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2023 | 24 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Others = Green Party | |
By-elections occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of recent by-elections;[18] full by-election results can be found by clicking on the by-election name.
| By-election | Date | Incumbent party | Winning party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deeping St James | 5 December 1996 | ||||
| Heath | 22 May 1997 | ||||
| Barrowby | 17 July 1997 | ||||
| Harrowby | 17 July 1997 | ||||
| Ringstone | 17 July 1997 | ||||
| Harrowby | 11 December 1997 | ||||
| Stamford St Johns | 14 May 1998 | ||||
| Greyfriars | 16 July 1998 | ||||
| Harrowby | 24 August 2000 | ||||
| All Saints | 7 June 2001 | ||||
| St Mary's | 7 June 2001 | ||||
| Greyfriars | 21 October 2004 | ||||
| All Saints | 1 September 2005 | ||||
| Earlesfield | 1 September 2005 | ||||
| St Anne's | 1 September 2005 | ||||
| Market and West Deeping | 9 March 2006 | ||||
| Truesdale | 18 May 2006 | ||||
| Aveland | 13 March 2014 | ||||
| Belvoir | 3 December 2015 | ||||
| Deeping St James | 5 May 2016 | ||||
| Stamford St George's | 15 March 2018 | ||||
| Stamford St John's | 15 March 2018 | ||||
| Glen | 6 May 2021 | ||||
| Grantham Arnoldfield | 28 October 2021 | ||||
| Stamford All Saints | 28 October 2021 | ||||
| Aveland | 24 February 2022 | ||||
| Isaac Newton | 24 February 2022 | ||||
| Bourne East | 10 November 2022 | ||||
| Grantham St Wulfram's | 10 November 2022 | ||||
| Toller | 15 December 2022 | ||||
| Grantham St Wulfram's | 9 November 2023 | ||||