# South Kesteven District Council elections

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.

## Council elections

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.
* 1973 South Kesteven District Council election
* 1976 South Kesteven District Council election
* 1979 South Kesteven District Council election (New ward boundaries)
* 1983 South Kesteven District Council election
| Year | Conservative | Independent | Labour | Lincolnshire Independents | UK Independence Party | Liberal Democrats | Others | Liberal (post 1989) | Liberal (pre 1989) | Vacant | Notes |
| 1987 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | |
| 1991 | 22 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same |
| 1995 | 13 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1999 | 29 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New ward boundaries |
| 2003 | 31 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2007 | 35 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2011 | 38 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015 | 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 |

## District result maps

* 2003 results map
* 2007 results map
* 2011 results map
* 2015 results map
* 2019 results map
* 2023 results map

## By-election results

By-elections occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of recent by-elections; 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 | Labour | Conservative |
| Heath | 22 May 1997 | Conservative | Ind. Conservative |
| Barrowby | 17 July 1997 | Independent | Conservative |
| Harrowby | 17 July 1997 | Labour | Independent Labour |
| Ringstone | 17 July 1997 | Independent | Independent |
| Harrowby | 11 December 1997 | Labour | Labour |
| Stamford St Johns | 14 May 1998 | Liberal Democrats | Conservative |
| Greyfriars | 16 July 1998 | Conservative | Conservative |
| Harrowby | 24 August 2000 | Labour | Conservative |
| All Saints | 7 June 2001 | Labour | Labour |
| St Mary's | 7 June 2001 | Conservative | Conservative |
| Greyfriars | 21 October 2004 | Conservative | Conservative |
| All Saints | 1 September 2005 | Conservative | Conservative |
| Earlesfield | 1 September 2005 | Labour | Labour |
| St Anne's | 1 September 2005 | Independent | Labour |
| Market and West Deeping | 9 March 2006 | Labour | Conservative |
| Truesdale | 18 May 2006 | Independent | Conservative |
| Aveland | 13 March 2014 | Conservative | Conservative |
| Belvoir | 3 December 2015 | Conservative | Conservative |
| Deeping St James | 5 May 2016 | Conservative | Conservative |
| Stamford St George's | 15 March 2018 | Conservative | Conservative |
| Stamford St John's | 15 March 2018 | Conservative | Conservative |
| Glen | 6 May 2021 | Conservative | Conservative |
| Grantham Arnoldfield | 28 October 2021 | Conservative | Conservative |
| Stamford All Saints | 28 October 2021 | Conservative | Independent |
| Aveland | 24 February 2022 | Conservative | Conservative |
| Isaac Newton | 24 February 2022 | Conservative | Conservative |
| Bourne East | 10 November 2022 | Conservative | Conservative |
| Grantham St Wulfram's | 10 November 2022 | Conservative | Conservative |
| Toller | 15 December 2022 | Independent | Liberal Democrats |
| Grantham St Wulfram's | 9 November 2023 | Conservative | Conservative |