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Rutland County Council elections

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

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[4] Initially appointed as "co-ordinator", but title changed to "leader" later that year.

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

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Party in control		Years
	Independent	1973–1987
	No overall control	1987–1995
	Independent	1995–1997

Party in control		Years
	Independent	1997–1998
	No overall control	1998–2003
	Conservative	2003–2021
	No overall control	2021–present

Councillor		From	To
Eddie Martin^[3]^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Independent	15 May 1995	2 Apr 1997
Kim Lee^[4]	Liberal Democrats	12 May 1997	May 1999
Edward Baines^[5]	Independent	24 May 1999	2003
Roger Begy^[6]	Conservative	2003	1 Feb 2016
Terry King^[7]	Conservative	22 Feb 2016	Jan 2017
Tony Mathias^[8]	Conservative	26 Jan 2017	8 Jan 2018
Oliver Hemsley^[9]	Conservative	5 Feb 2018	9 May 2022
Lucy Stephenson	Conservative	9 May 2022	22 May 2023
Gale Waller^[10]	Liberal Democrats	22 May 2023	Incumbent

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

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

Rutland_local_elections

Rutland County Council elections

Political control

Leadership

Council elections

Non-metropolitan district elections

Unitary authority elections

By-election results

1996–1999

1999–2003

2003–2007

2007–2011

2011-2015

2015-2019

2019-2023

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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

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

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

Party		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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Richard Alderman	178^{[lower-alpha 2]}
	Liberal Democrats	Joanna Burrows	177
	Conservative	Patsy Clifton	163
	Labour	Chris Brookes	80
Majority			1
Turnout			599	33.5
	Independent gain from Conservative		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	%	±%
	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	Ray Payne	*Uncontested*	N/A	N/A
Turnout			N/A	N/A	N/A
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing