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
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Political group | Councillors[1][2] | |||
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
editNon-metropolitan district elections
edit- 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
edit- 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
edit1996–1999
editParty | 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 |
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 |
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
editParty | Candidate | 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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Miles Williamson-Noble | unopposed |
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 |
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
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jan Rodger | 403 | 74.1 | ||
Independent | Edward Baines | 141 | 25.9 | ||
Majority | 262 | 48.2 | |||
Turnout | 544 | 25.6 |
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charlotte Jones | unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
2007–2011
editParty | 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 |
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
editParty | 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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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
edit- ^ "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
edit- ^ Alderman was elected by the Returning Officer drawing lots after both he and Joanna Burrows received 177 votes.