2023 North Kesteven District Council election

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.

2023 North Kesteven District Council election
4 May 2023 (2023-05-04)
All 43 seats on North Kesteven District Council
22 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
  Blank Blank
Leader Richard Wright Marianne Overton
Party Conservative Lincolnshire Independent
Last election 21 16
Seats before 23[lower-alpha 1] 9
Seats after 25 11
  Third party Fourth party
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Leader Linda Edwards-Shea
Party Independent Labour
Last election 6 0
Seats before 11 0
Seats after 5 2
Leader before election

Richard Wright
Conservative
No overall control

 Leader after election

Richard Wright
Conservative

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.

Overview

Prior to the election there were two political groups on the council:

  • The "Administration Group" led by Conservative councillor Richard Wright, comprising the 20 Conservatives and 7 independent councillors (5 of whom had been elected as Lincolnshire Independents).
  • The "North Kesteven Independents" led by Lincolnshire Independent councillor Marianne Overton, comprising the 9 Lincolnshire Independents and 2 independent councillors.
  • Two independent councillors were not aligned to any group.

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]

Results

The overall results were:[4]

Results
Party Seats Change
Conservative Party 25 Increase 2
Lincolnshire Independents 11 Increase 2
Independents 5 Decrease 6
Labour Party 2 Increase 2

References
  1. Including three vacant seats previously held by Conservative councillors Terry Boston, Russell Eckert and Amanda Sanderson prior to their respective resignations in late 2022 and early 2023.
  1. "The North Kesteven (Electoral Changes) Order 2021", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2021/1052, retrieved 29 June 2023
  2. "Political structure". North Kesteven District Council. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  3. "Conservatives increase control of North Kesteven despite Labour win". The Lincolnite. 2023-05-05. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
  4. "North Kesteven result - Local Elections 2023". BBC News. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
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