Rutland County Council elections

Rutland County Council is the local authority for the unitary authority of Rutland in England. Between 1 April 1974 and 31 March 1997 Rutland was a non-metropolitan district in Leicestershire.

Summary of recent results

1 2 11 6 7
Political group		Councillors^[1]^[2]
Political group		2015 election	2019 election	2023 election
	Conservative	16	15	6
	Independent	8	8	7
	Liberal Democrats	2	3	11
	Green		1	1
	Labour			2
Total		26	27	27

Council elections

Non-metropolitan district elections

1973 Rutland District Council election
1976 Rutland District Council election
1979 Rutland District Council election (New ward boundaries)^[3]
1983 Rutland District Council election
1987 Rutland District Council election
1991 Rutland District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[4]
1995 Rutland District Council election

Unitary authority elections

1996 Rutland County Council election
1999 Rutland County Council election
2003 Rutland County Council election (new ward boundaries increased the number of seats from 20 to 26)^[5]^[6]
2007 Rutland County Council election
2011 Rutland County Council election
2015 Rutland County Council election
2019 Rutland County Council election (new ward boundaries increased the number of seats to 27)
2023 Rutland County Council election

By-election results

1996–1999

Oakham East By-Election 5 June 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peris Steen	477	50.0	+41.9
	Independent	Richard Gale	301	31.6	−44.0
	Labour	David Neild	176	18.4	+2.4
Majority			176	18.4
Turnout			954
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing

Barrowden By-Election 30 October 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Ruth Archer	207	43.4
	Independent	Mike Fisher	100	21.0
	Conservative	Kenneth Bool	94	19.7
	Independent	Trevor Ellis	76	15.9
Majority			107	22.4
Turnout			477	43.7
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing

Empingham By-Election 14 May 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Eileen Ray	188	58.4	+41.2
	Liberal Democrats	Dennis Jeffery	134	41.6	+41.6
Majority			54	16.8
Turnout			322	35.4
	Green gain from Independent		Swing

1999–2003

Oakham East By-Election 22 March 2001
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Independent	383	34.4	+3.3
	Conservative	369	33.1	+33.1
	Liberal Democrats	243	21.8	+6.5
	Labour	119	10.7	−1.5
Majority		14	1.3
Turnout		1,114	31.1

Casterton By-Election 25 April 2002
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Miles Williamson-Noble	unopposed

Uppingham By-Election 25 April 2002
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Colin Forsyth	218	42.9	+42.9
	Independent	Peter Ind	175	34.4	+34.4
	Labour	Carol Shelvey	115	22.6	−22.5
Majority			43	8.5
Turnout			508	19.0
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Whissendine By-Election 11 July 2002^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jonathan Baker	234	37.4	+37.4
	Labour	Linda Arnold	143	22.8	+22.8
	Independent	Kate Tudno-Jones	123	19.6	−34.7
	Independent	Brian Montgomery	111	17.7	+17.7
	Independent	Peter Saunders	15	2.4	+2.4
Majority			91	14.6
Turnout			626	42.4

2003–2007

Cottesmore By-Election 3 July 2003^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jan Rodger	403	74.1
	Independent	Edward Baines	141	25.9
Majority			262	48.2
Turnout			544	25.6

Oakham South East By-Election 23 December 2004^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Linda Graves	339	64.4
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Smith	187	35.6
Majority			152	28.8
Turnout			526	27.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ryhall & Casterton By-Election 24 November 2005^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charlotte Jones	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

2007–2011

Whissendine By-Election 6 November 2008^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Brian Montgomery	154	41.3	+41.3
	Conservative	Jane Reynolds	148	39.7	−60.3
	Liberal Democrats	Roy Robinson	71	19.0	+19.0
Majority			6	1.6
Turnout			373	35.2
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Cottesmore By-Election 21 May 2009^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Susie Iannantuoni	389	68.1	+1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Joanna Burrows	182	31.9	+31.9
Majority			207	36.2
Turnout			571	26.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

2011-2015

Ketton by election 27 June 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gary Conde	330	44.4	+44.4
	Independent	Andrew McGilvray	260	35.0	+35.0
	UKIP	Liam Powell	130	17.5	+17.5
	Independent	Martin Brookes	24	3.2	+3.2
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Oakham South West 16 October 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Clifton	240	52.2	{{{change}}}
	Independent	Ben Callaghan	177	38.5
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Swift	43	9.3
Majority			63
Turnout				24.82%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Whissendine 16 October 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sam Asplin	192	51.8	{{{change}}}
	Conservative	Jonathan Baker	179	48.2
Majority			13
Turnout				34.67%
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing

2015-2019

^[13]

Oakham South West: 12 July 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Richard Alderman	178^[a]
	Liberal Democrats	Joanna Burrows	177
	Conservative	Patsy Clifton	163
	Labour	Chris Brookes	80
Majority			1
Turnout			599	33.5
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

2019-2023

Ryhall and Casterton: 12 September 2019
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Richard Coleman	357	56.3
	Liberal Democrats	Beverley Wrigley-Pheasant	156	24.6
	Green	Steve Fay	121	19.1
Majority			201	31.7
Turnout			634
	Conservative hold		Swing

Oakham South: 19 August 2021
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Browne	886	67.8	+1.1
	Conservative	Edward Burton	420	32.2	−1.7
Majority			466	35.6
Turnout			1,306
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	9.8

Oakham North West: 4 November 2021
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leah Toseland	293	62.6	*N/A*
	Conservative	Daniel Bottomley	175	37.4	+37.4
Majority			118	25.2
Turnout			468
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing	N/A

Ryhall and Casterton: 10 March 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Rick Wilson	281	51.2	+32.1
	Conservative	Richard Foster	268	48.8	−7.5
Majority			13	2.4
Turnout			549
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing

Uppingham: 5 May 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Lambert	661	53.8	N/A
	Independent	Dave Ainslie	327	26.6	N/A
	Conservative	Giles Clifton	205	16.6	N/A
	Reform UK	Phil Bourqui	36	2.9	N/A
Majority			334	27.2
Turnout			1,229	39.4
	Liberal Democrats gain from Green		Swing	53.8

Oakham South: 17 June 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ray Payne	*Uncontested*	N/A	N/A
Turnout			N/A	N/A	N/A
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

References

^ "Local election results 2015 in full". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media Limited. 15 May 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
^ "Your Councillors by Party". Rutland County Council. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
^ legislation.gov.uk - The District of Rutland (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977. Retrieved on 19 November 2015.
^ legislation.gov.uk - The Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and Warwickshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
^ "Rutland". BBC News Online. Retrieved 15 August 2009.
^ legislation.gov.uk - The District of Rutland (Electoral Changes) Order 2003. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
^ "Tory triumphs in Rutland election". Leicester Mercury. 13 July 2002.
^ "Cottesmore by-election results". Rutland on Line. 11 July 2003. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 15 August 2009.
^ "Tories hold smallest county council". guardian.co.uk. 24 December 2004. Retrieved 15 August 2009.
^ "Ryhall & Casterton By Election Deadline Passes". Rutland County Council. 28 October 2005. Retrieved 15 August 2009.
^ "Whissendine Election Result". Rutland County Council. 7 November 2008. Retrieved 15 August 2009.
^ "Cottesmore Ward" (PDF). Rutland County Council. Retrieved 15 August 2009.
^ "Oakham South West By-Election Result". rutland.gov.uk. Rutland County Council. Retrieved 22 June 2022.

Notes

^ Alderman was elected by the Returning Officer drawing lots after both he and Joanna Burrows received 177 votes.

External links

[1] "Local election results 2015 in full". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media Limited. 15 May 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2018.

[2] "Your Councillors by Party". Rutland County Council. Retrieved 23 March 2018.

[3] slation.gov.uk - The District of Rutland (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977. Retrieved on 19 November 2015.

[4] slation.gov.uk - The Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and Warwickshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.

[gain-5] "Rutland". BBC News Online. Retrieved 15 August 2009.

[6] slation.gov.uk - The District of Rutland (Electoral Changes) Order 2003. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.

[triumphs-7] "Tory triumphs in Rutland election". Leicester Mercury. 13 July 2002.

[election-8] "Cottesmore by-election results". Rutland on Line. 11 July 2003. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 15 August 2009.

[smallest-9] "Tories hold smallest county council". guardian.co.uk. 24 December 2004. Retrieved 15 August 2009.

[deadline-10] "Ryhall & Casterton By Election Deadline Passes". Rutland County Council. 28 October 2005. Retrieved 15 August 2009.

[whissendine-11] "Whissendine Election Result". Rutland County Council. 7 November 2008. Retrieved 15 August 2009.

[cottesmore-12] "Cottesmore Ward" (PDF). Rutland County Council. Retrieved 15 August 2009.

[13] "Oakham South West By-Election Result". rutland.gov.uk. Rutland County Council. Retrieved 22 June 2022.

[14] Alderman was elected by the Returning Officer drawing lots after both he and Joanna Burrows received 177 votes.

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