The 2023 South Kesteven District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect all 56 members of

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, 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

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