2019 South Kesteven District Council election

The 2019 South Kesteven District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of South Kesteven District Council. This was on the same day as other local elections. The entire council (56 seats) was up for election. The incumbent Conservatives lost 5 seats and UKIP lost 1, while independents gained 5 and the Liberal Democrats gained 2.^[1] Two wards (Aveland and Dole Wood) did not hold a vote, as an equal number of candidates ran as seats available.

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	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	40	1	6	-5	71.4	53.3	27,924	+1.9
Independent	11	5	0	+5	19.6	19.2	10,053	+6.8
Labour	3	1	1	-	5.6	18.5	9,691	+3.3
Liberal Democrats	2	2	0	+2	3.6	3.3	1,749	+1.7
Green	0	0	0	-	0.0	3.8	2,014	+1.9
UKIP	0	0	1	-1	0.0	1.8	928	-8.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Peter Moseley	N/A	N/A
Turnout			N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	George Chivers	475	51.19
	Conservative	Linda Wootten	457	49.25
	Labour	Phil Gadd	298	32.11
	Labour	Janie Lee	239	25.75
	UKIP	Joshua Scarborough	193	20.80
Turnout			956	27.35
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Pam Bosworth	867	65.24
	Conservative	Hannah Westropp	825	62.08
	Labour	Andrew Blackwell	348	26.19
	Labour	Veronica Townsend	337	25.36
Turnout			1,389	35.16
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Paul Fellows	678	53.39
	Conservative	Robert Reid	507	39.92
	Conservative	Jane Kingman	500	39.37
	Green	Simon Whitmore	390	30.71
	Conservative	Brian Sumner	265	20.87
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Smith	232	18.27
	Labour	Bob Mumby	231	18.19
Turnout			1,280	23.75
	Independent gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Philip Knowles	558	55.80
	Conservative	Judith Smith	459	45.90
	Conservative	Julia Reid	369	36.90
	Labour	James Marsden	193	19.30
Turnout			1,012	28.43
	Independent gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Anna Kelly	740	59.20
	Conservative	Helen Crawford	638	51.04
	Conservative	Penny Johnson	393	31.44
	Labour	Steve Gabbutt	251	20.08
Turnout			1,258	31.53
	Independent gain from Lincolnshire Independent
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Kelham Cooke	1,039	75.13
	Conservative	Rosemary Trollope-Bellew	969	70.07
	Labour	Barry Hare	301	21.76
Turnout			1,433	32.52
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Nicholas Robins	365	47.77
	Independent	David Fowler	327	42.80
	Labour	Harry Podro	72	9.42
Turnout			774	39.98
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Philip Dilks	1,291	69.30
	Conservative	Judy Stevens	945	50.72
	Conservative	Jill Thomas	714	38.33
	Labour	Hilary Hosking	461	24.75
	Conservative	Andy Halfhide	349	18.73
Turnout			1,879	33.61
	Independent hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative gain from Labour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Barry Dobson	N/A	N/A
Turnout			N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Chris Benn	493	75.04
	UKIP	Patrick Beese	164	24.96
Turnout			723	38.27
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Helen Goral	655	68.44
	Conservative	Dean Ward	612	63.95
	Labour	Peter Davies	232	24.24
	Labour	Arron Hogg	225	23.51
Turnout			1,006	26.28
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Mark Whittington	607	66.27
	Conservative	John Cottier	571	62.34
	Labour	Jonathan Wacey	285	31.11
	Labour	Stephen Backhouse	255	27.84
Turnout			970	24.71
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Louise Clack	367	48.74
	Labour	Lee Steptoe	298	39.58
	UKIP	Bruce Wells	257	34.13
	Conservative	Gareth Knight	188	24.97
	Conservative	Katy Williams	164	21.78
Turnout			758	18.90
	Labour gain from UKIP
	Labour hold

Grantham Harrowby^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Ian Selby	632	68.40
	Conservative	Hilary Westropp	198	21.43
	Conservative	Peter Stephens	187	20.24
	Labour	Jessie Shorrock	177	19.16
	Labour	Christopher Dennett	165	17.86
Turnout			943	25.56
	Independent hold
	Conservative hold

Grantham Springfield^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Nikki Manterfield	384	50.93
	Conservative	Adam Stokes	382	50.66
	Labour	Bernice Cullimore	314	41.64
	Labour	Rob Shorrock	314	41.64
Turnout			798	21.31
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Grantham St Vincent's^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Charmaine Morgan	610	44.69
	Conservative	Graham Jeal	522	38.24
	Conservative	Annie Mason	483	35.38
	Conservative	Owen Pugh	481	35.24
	Labour	Edward Clarke	478	35.02
	Labour	John Morgan	422	30.92
	Green	Helen Andrews	405	29.67
	Green	Ian Andrews	316	23.15
Turnout			1,407	26.66
	Labour hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Grantham St Wulfram's^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ray Wootten	720	57.74
	Conservative	Jacky Smith	628	50.36
	Green	Ian Simmons	280	22.45
	Green	Anne Gayfer	266	21.33
	Labour	Carole Thomson	204	16.36
	Labour	Wayne Hasnip	198	15.88
Turnout			1,272	31.07
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Bob Adams	627	69.82
	Conservative	David Bellamy	576	64.14
	Labour	Paula Tangney	206	22.94
	Labour	Vincent Tangney	165	18.37
Turnout			944	25.58
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sarah Trotter	564	73.82
	Labour	Steve Welton	200	26.18
Turnout			822	41.47
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Penny Milnes	442	51.58
	Independent	Peter Sandy	193	22.52
	Conservative	Mary Whittington	169	19.72
	Labour	Paul Jacklin	53	6.18
Turnout			865	41.63
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Ashley Baxter	1,126	62.83
	Conservative	Bob Broughton	774	43.19
	Independent	Virginia Moran	766	42.75
	Independent	Wayne Lester	588	32.81
	Liberal Democrats	Adam Brookes	493	27.51
	Conservative	Nick Neilson	448	25.00
	Conservative	Josh Yarham	375	20.93
Turnout			1,796	33.90
	Independent hold
	Conservative hold
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sue Woolley	416	73.89
	Labour	Edward Mumby	147	26.11
Turnout			588	30.28
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Rosemary Kaberry-Brown	657	56.44
	Conservative	Ian Stokes	626	53.78
	Green	John Andrews	357	30.67
	Labour	Tracey Forman	171	14.69
	Labour	Tatenda Chipunza	122	10.48
Turnout			1,209	30.83
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Breda-Rae Griffin	562	60.11
	Conservative	Mike Exton	533	57.01
	Labour	Nicolette Morphy	343	36.68
Turnout			972	25.51
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Gloria Johnson	398	39.10
	Liberal Democrats	Amanda Wheeler	398	39.10
	Conservative	Maxine Couch	342	33.60
	Labour	Claire Campbell	287	28.19
	UKIP	David Taylor	190	18.66
Turnout			1,030	26.92
	Conservative hold
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Dawson	531	50.19
	Conservative	Susan Sandall	531	50.19
	Independent	Steve Carroll	507	47.92
	Labour	Brenda Smith	193	18.24
Turnout			1,071	26.26
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Harrish Bisnauthsing	626	50.73
	Conservative	Matthew Lee	617	50.00
	Conservative	David Taylor	610	49.43
	Labour	Deborah Hughes	283	22.93
Turnout			1,287	35.05
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold

Aveland

Belmont

Belvoir

Bourne Austerby

Bourne East

Bourne West

Casewick

Castle

Deeping St James

Dole Wood

Glen

Grantham Arnoldfield

Grantham Barrrowby Gate

Grantham Earlesfield

Grantham Harrowby

Grantham Springfield

Grantham St Vincent's

Grantham St Wulfram's

Isaac Newton

Lincrest

Loveden Heath

Market and West Deeping

Morton

Peascliffe and Ridgeway

Stamford All Saints

Stamford St George's

Stamford St John's

Stamford St Mary's

Toller

Viking

Glen by-election

Grantham Arnoldfield by-election

Stamford All Saints by-election

Aveland by-election

Isaac Newton by-election

Bourne East by-election

Grantham St Wulfram's by-election

Toller by-election

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Jan Hansen	388	51.46
	Conservative	Mike King	366	48.54
Turnout			764	37.27
	Independent gain from Conservative

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Paul Wood	988	63.78
	Independent	Jane Wood	829	53.52
	Conservative	Claire Storer	423	27.31
	Conservative	Sarah Stokes	368	23.76
	Labour	Graham Louth	128	8.26
	UKIP	Xandra Arundel	124	8.01
	Labour	Sven Tasker	118	7.62
Turnout			1,556	38.79
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Conservative

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Penny Robins	585	77.8	+2.8
	Labour	Paul Richardson	167	22.2	+22.2
Majority			418	55.6
Turnout			752
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kaffy Rice-Oxley	460	65.0	−8.8
	Labour	Stuart Fawcett	136	19.2	−7.0
	Green	Mike Turner	112	15.8	+15.8
Majority			324	45.8
Turnout			708
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Richard Cleaver	496	57.0	+57.0
	Conservative	Amanda Schonhut	214	24.6	−37.5
	Independent	Tony Story	114	13.1	+13.1
	Independent	Maxwell Sawyer	46	5.3	+5.3
Majority			282	32.4
Turnout			870
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Dixon-Warren	373	72.4	N/A
	Labour	Barry Hare	142	27.6	N/A
Majority			231	44.9
Turnout			515
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ben Green	412	51.8	−23.5
	Independent	Andrew Skelton	165	20.7	+20.7
	Labour	Stuart Fawcett	147	18.5	−6.2
	Green	Mike Turner	72	9.0	+9.0
Majority			247	31.0
Turnout			796
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julia Reid	310	43.5
	Labour	Alex Molyneux	154	21.6
	Independent	Brenda Johnson	120	16.9
	Liberal Democrats	John Ireland	78	10.9	N/A
	Green	Rhys Baker	50	7.0	N/A
Majority			156	21.9
Turnout			714	20.3	−8.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mary Whittington	359	39.2
	Independent	Tim Harrison	307	33.6	N/A
	Labour	Archie Hine	174	19.0
	Green	Ian Simmons	75	8.2
Majority			52	5.6
Turnout			916	22.4	−8.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Murray Turner	256	60.1	N/A
	Conservative	Tony Vaughan	170	39.9	−8.6
Majority			86	20.2
Turnout			432	20.8	−16.5
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing