2023 South Kesteven District Council election information
2023 English local election
2023 South Kesteven District Council election
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All 56 seats on South Kesteven District Council 29 seats needed for a majority
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Kelham Cooke
Party
Conservative
Independent
Green
Last election
40 seats, 53.3%
11 seats, 19.2%
0 seats, 3.8%
Seats before
38[a]
13[b]
0
Seats after
24
22
4
Seat change
16
11
4
Popular vote
10,450
12,527
3,906
Percentage
30.0%
36.0%
11.2%
Swing
23.3%
16.8%
7.4%
Fourth party
Fifth party
Party
Liberal Democrats
Labour
Last election
2 seats, 3.3%
3 seats, 5.6%
Seats before
3
2
Seats after
4
2
Seat change
2
1
Popular vote
2,844
4,528
Percentage
8.2%
13.0%
Swing
4.9%
7.4%
Map of the results of the 2023 South Kesteven District Council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in orange, Labour in red, Green Party in green, and independents in grey.
Leader before election
Kelham Cooke
Conservative
Leader after election
Richard Cleaver Independent
No overall control
The 2023 South Kesteven District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect all 56 members of South Kesteven District Council in Lincolnshire, 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.[3]
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.[4]
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^Waller, Jamie (6 January 2023). "New political group is largest opposition party on South Kesteven District Council". Grantham Journal. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
^Bond, Marie (18 January 2023). "Rift between Independents on South Kesteven District Council led to split". Grantham Journal. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
^"South Kesteven eyes regime change as council leader and deputy out". The Lincolnite. 2023-05-05. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
^Jaines, Daniel; Baynes, Chris (18 May 2023). "South Kesteven: Independent-led coalition takes control of council". BBC News. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
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