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South Kesteven

Every election cycle we have data for, most recent first.

Council composition (approx.)

66 councillors elected across cycles 2023, 2025, summed by party. One square per seat. Approximate: by-thirds councils mid-term, boundary reviews, and partial-cycle elections all mean this can be a few seats off the live council count. For the authoritative current composition, check the council's own members list. Hover any seat for the party.

Cycles

Party-control changes between cycles

Cases where the largest party (by seats won) changed from one cycle to the next. Each row shows the new party's vote share in both cycles and the seats they took. A small vote shift paired with a big seat shift is the First-Past-the-Post volatility story.

2023 2025

Independent Conservative and Unionist Party

Vote shift (incoming party) −0.8 pts 31.3% → 30.6%
Seat shift (incoming party) +4.4 pts 38.5% → 42.9%
Outgoing party (vote / seats 2023 → 2025) 42.8% → 18.4% seats: 42.3% → 21.4%

Vote share vs seat share

2023
Votes
Seats
2025
Votes
Seats

2021 2023

Conservative and Unionist Party Independent

Vote shift (incoming party) +21.5 pts 21.3% → 42.8%
Seat shift (incoming party) +20.9 pts 21.4% → 42.3%
Outgoing party (vote / seats 2021 → 2023) 56.2% → 31.3% seats: 78.6% → 38.5%

Vote share vs seat share

2021
Votes
Seats
2023
Votes
Seats

Caveat for by-thirds councils: only a third of the seats are elected in each cycle, so a flip in the "largest party this cycle" doesn't necessarily mean a flip in overall council control. The vote-vs-seat divergence still tells you something about how First-Past-the-Post allocates the seats that were contested.

Ward by ward

Each row is a ward, each column a cycle. Each cell shows the top-of-poll candidate's party (swatch) and their share of valid ballots. Wards are matched by name across cycles — boundary reviews can mean a ward of the same name is a slightly different area in a later cycle.

Ward202120232025
Aveland59%
Belmont29%
Belvoir41%
Bourne Austerby21%
Bourne East25%
Bourne North & Morton78%
Bourne North and Morton52%
Bourne South & Thurlby70%
Bourne South and Thurlby30%
Bourne West31%
Casewick43%
Colsterworth Rural77%42%
Deeping St. James31%
Deepings East66%41%
Deepings West & Rural56%
Deepings West and Rural35%
Dole Wood54%
Folkingham Rural59%41%
Grantham Arnoldfield24%
Grantham Barrowby63%40%
Grantham Barrowby Gate22%
Grantham Earlesfield29%
Grantham East45%35%
Grantham Harrowby37%
Grantham North71%36%
Grantham South45%30%
Grantham Springfield25%
Grantham St Vincent's13%
Grantham St Wulfram's26%
Grantham West63%43%
Hough58%33%
Isaac Newton35%
Loveden Heath64%
Market & West Deeping28%
Peascliffe & Ridgeway27%
Stamford All Saints32%
Stamford East47%29%
Stamford St George's47%
Stamford St John's59%
Stamford St. Marys37%
Stamford West48%51%
Toller36%
Viking41%