Rutland local election results

Local Elections for Rutland County Council took place on Thursday 4 May 2023, with 13 of the county’s 15 electoral wards contested.

The results of the election are as follows:

Barleythorpe – Contested

The following candidates were elected:

• Tracy CARR (Independent)
• Hans ZOLLINGER-BALL (Green Party)

Braunston & Martinsthorpe – Contested

The following candidates were elected:

• Giles CLIFTON (Conservative)
• Andrew Johnson (Liberal Democrat)

Cottesmore - Contested

The following candidates were elected:

• Samantha HARVEY
• Abigail MACCARTNEY (Liberal Democrat)

Exton - Contested

The following candidate was elected:

• Kiloran HECKELS (Conservative)

Greetham - Contested

The following candidate was elected:

• Nicholas BEGY

Ketton - Contested

The following candidates were elected:

• Mathew FARINA (Conservative)
• Karen PAYNE (Conservative)

Langham - Contested

The following candidate was elected:

• Oliver HEMSLEY

Lyddington - Uncontested

The following candidate was elected:

• Andrew BROWN (Independent)

Normanton - Contested

The following candidates were elected:

• Tim SMITH (Liberal Democrat)
• Gale WALLER (Liberal Democrat)

Oakham North East - Contested

The following candidates were elected:

• Mark CHATFIELD (Liberal Democrat)
• Hannah EDWARDS (Liberal Democrat)

Oakham North West - Contested

The following candidates were elected:

• Steve MCROBB (Labour)
• Ramsay ROSS (Labour)

Oakham South – Contested

The following candidates were elected:

• Paul BROWNE (Liberal Democrat)
• Diane ELLISON (Liberal Democrat)
• Ray PAYNE (Liberal Democrat)

Ryhall and Casterton - Contested

The following candidates were elected:

• Kevin CORBY
• David WILBY (Conservative)

Uppingham - Contested

The following candidates were elected:

• Stephen LAMBERT (Liberal Democrat)
• Lucy STEPHENSON (Conservative)
• Christine WISE (Liberal Democrat)

Whissendine - Uncontested

The following candidate was elected:

• Rosemary POWELL (Independent)

Full details for each County Ward can be found on our Election Results page.

The Count for Rutland’s 2023 Local Elections took place at Catmose House, in Oakham on Friday 5 May and was completed at 5.05pm.

Overall turnout for the election was 34.21% The ward with the highest overall turnout was Braunston and Martinsthorpe (45.6%).

Rutland County Council issued 4,081 Postal Votes in the run-up to the election, of which 2,724 (66.7%) were returned.

Rutland County Council has 27 seats and, following the election, now comprises:

• 11 Liberal Democrat councillors
• 6 Conservative councillors
• 7 Independent and others
• 2 Labour
• 1 Green councillor