South Kesteven District Council elections

South Kesteven District Council is elected every four years.

Political control

No overall control 1973–1979
Conservative 1979–1991
No overall control 1991–2003
Conservative 2003–present

Council elections

South Kesteven District Council election, 1983
South Kesteven District Council election, 1987
South Kesteven District Council election, 1991
South Kesteven District Council election, 1995
South Kesteven District Council election, 1999
South Kesteven District Council election, 2003
South Kesteven District Council election, 2007
South Kesteven District Council election, 2011
South Kesteven District Council election, 2015

By-election results

Deeping St James By-Election 5 December 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		417	43.3
	Labour		303	31.5
	Liberal Democrat		243	25.2
Majority			114	11.8
Turnout			963	19.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Heath By-Election 22 May 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Conservative		226	67.9
	Liberal Democrat		55	16.5
	Labour		52	15.6
Majority			171	51.4
Turnout			333
	Independent Conservative gain from Conservative		Swing

Barrowby By-Election 17 July 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		291	67.4	+67.4
	Labour		141	32.6	-5.4
Majority			150	34.8
Turnout			432
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Harrowby By-Election 17 July 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Labour		277	40.9	+12.4
	Labour		256	37.8	-8.8
	Conservative		144	21.3	+21.3
Majority			21	3.1
Turnout			677	17.0
	Independent Labour gain from Labour		Swing

Ringstone By-Election 17 July 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent		374	80.4	+16.4
	Conservative		91	19.6	+19.6
Majority			283	60.8
Turnout			465	22.6
	Independent hold		Swing

Harrowby By-Election 11 December 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		219	52.3	+5.7
	Conservative		109	26.3	+26.3
	Independent Labour		89	21.4	-7.1
Majority			108	26.0
Turnout			417
	Labour hold		Swing

Stamford St Johns By-Election 14 May 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		622	56.0	+23.4
	Liberal Democrat		286	25.7	-41.7
	Labour		202	18.2	+18.2
Majority			336	30.3
Turnout			1,110	23.4
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Greyfriars By-Election 16 July 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		562	64.0	+10.8
	Labour		316	36.0	+5.0
Majority			246	28.0
Turnout			878	13.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Harrowby By-Election 24 August 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		222	24.7	+7.4
	Labour		221	24.6	-3.3
	Independent Labour		213	23.7	-1.5
	Liberal Democrat		181	20.1	+20.1
	Independent		62	6.9	-22.7
Majority			1	0.1
Turnout			899	19.7
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

All Saints By-Election 7 June 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		1,013	54.8	+5.8
	Conservative		837	45.2	-5.8
Majority			176	9.6
Turnout			1,850
	Labour hold		Swing

St Mary's By-Election 7 June 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		952	45.6	-21.7
	Labour		638	30.6	-2.2
	Liberal Democrat		498	23.9	+23.9
Majority			314	15.0
Turnout			2,088
	Conservative hold		Swing

Grantham Greyfriars By-Election 21 October 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		166	47.6	-18.1
	Labour		98	28.1	-6.2
	Liberal Democrat		85	24.4	+24.4
Majority			68	19.5
Turnout			349	12.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

All Saints Stamford By-Election 1 September 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Brailsford	271	40.8	-14.9
	Labour	Mark Ashberry	193	29.0	-15.3
	Liberal Democrat	Jane Peckett	186	28.0	+28.0
	Independent		14	2.1	+2.1
Majority			78	11.8
Turnout			664	19.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Earlesfield By-Election 1 September 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		219	62.2	+13.4
	Conservative		133	37.8	+6.2
Majority			86	24.4
Turnout			352	8.2
	Labour hold		Swing

St Anne's By-Election 27 October 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lee Steptoe	unopposed
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Market & West Deeping By-Election 9 March 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Exton	unopposed
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Truesdale By-Election 18 May 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		416	42.2
	Liberal Democrat	Kathleen Tanner	232	23.6
	Independent		171	17.4
	Independent		166	16.9
Majority			184	18.6
Turnout			985	27.7
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

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