Boston Council - Wards and Councillors

District council · East Midlands · 30 seats in 15 wards · All seats elected every four years · Next election 6 May 2027

Boston Council is run by an Independent / Conservative coalition. The council has 30 councillors in 15 wards. Seats by party: Other 24, Conservative 4, Reform 1, Lib Dem 1. The next election is on 6 May 2027.

A government plan to replace the councils in this area with four unitary councils was paused for review on 7 September 2026. Elections due in May 2027 will go ahead on existing council boundaries. Source

Control

Seats by party

Independent / Conservative Coalition

30 seats - 16 for a majority

Reform 1Conservative 4Lib Dem 1Other 24

Seat changes since the 4 May 2023 election Reform +1 Conservative −1

Vote share at the 4 May 2023 election (30 seats, all wards)

ShareSeats won

Other64.3%24

Conservative27.1%5

Lib Dem4.1%1

Labour2.9%0

Green1.4%0

Reform0.3%0

Next election

6 May 2027

all 30 seats up, then every four years

Largest group

Independents and others 24

24 of 30 seats; 16 needed for a majority

Closest result

Trinity

Boston Independent won the last seat by 1 vote over Conservative, 4 May 2023

Latest by-election

Trinity

Reform gain from Other, 1 May 2025 (1 since 2021)

Constituencies

1 overlap

2024Now

Voted Leave in 2016

76%

GB 52%

Wards

Who holds each ward

ConservativeIndependentOtherSplit evenly

Coloured by the party holding most of the ward's seats today; where seats are split evenly, by the party with the higher share at the last election.

All 15 wards

Councillors and last results

Select a ward for its full results, candidates and last by-election.

Ward and councillors	Last election
Coastal Peter Bedford, Dale Broughton	4 May 2023 Boston Independent 38.4% lead 13.7 pts
Fenside Patricia Marson, Anton Dani	4 May 2023 Boston Independent 32.9% lead 10.6 pts
Fishtoft Sarah Sharpe, David Scoot, Helen Staples	4 May 2023 Boston Independent 58.0% lead 29.2 pts
Five Village James Cantwell, David Brown	4 May 2023 Conservative 42.5% lead 9.0 pts
Kirton and Frampton Claire Rylott, Ralph Pryke, David Middleton	4 May 2023 Conservative 37.2% lead 5.5 pts
Old Leake and Wrangle John Baxter, Callum Butler	4 May 2023 Boston Independent 49.5% lead 23.6 pts
Skirbeck Neil Drayton, Paul Gleeson, Anne Dorrian	4 May 2023 Boston Independent 42.6% lead 16.4 pts
St Thomas' Alison Austin	4 May 2023 Independent 52.9% lead 20.0 pts
Staniland Barrie Pierpoint, Mike Gilbert	4 May 2023 Boston Independent 41.7% lead 10.6 pts
Station Lina Savickiene	4 May 2023 Boston Independent 37.4% lead 3.4 pts
Swineshead and Holland Fen Suzanne Welberry, Stuart Evans	4 May 2023 Boston Independent 46.8% lead 16.1 pts
Trinity Emma Cresswell, Jonathan Noble	4 May 2023 Boston Independent 47.5% lead 8.3 pts
West Stephen Woodliffe	4 May 2023 Independent 72.1% lead 44.2 pts
Witham Andy Izard, Sandeep Ghosh	4 May 2023 Boston Independent 45.9% lead 18.2 pts
Wyberton Chris Mountain, Richard Austin	4 May 2023 Independent 32.1% lead 8.9 pts

Coastal

Dale Broughton IndependentPeter Bedford Independent

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Boston Independent38.4%

Independent24.7%

Independent20.7%

Conservative16.2%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Dale Broughton Elected	Boston Independent	605
Peter Bedford Elected	Independent	388
Judy Welbourn	Independent	326
Sue Blackburn	Conservative	255

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Fenside

Anton Dani IndependentPatricia Marson Independent

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Boston Independent32.9%

Conservative22.3%

Labour20.9%

Independent12.3%

Blue Revolution11.6%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Patsie Marson Elected	Boston Independent	308
Anton Dani Elected	Conservative	209
Ben Cook	Labour	196
Tiggs Keywood-Wainwright	Independent	115
Carol Julie Broomfield-Douglas	Blue Revolution	109

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Fishtoft

David Scoot IndependentHelen Staples IndependentSarah Sharpe Independent

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Boston Independent58.0%

Conservative28.8%

Green13.2%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Helen Staples Elected	Boston Independent	952
Sarah Louise Sharpe Elected	Boston Independent	900
David Charles Scoot Elected	Boston Independent	800
Jonathan Howard Noble	Conservative	473
Judith Skinner	Conservative	453
Paul Anthony Skinner	Conservative	397
Chris Moore	Green	217

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Five Village

David Brown ConservativeJames Cantwell Conservative

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Conservative42.5%

Boston Independent33.5%

Independent24.1%

Candidate	Party	Votes
James William Stephen Geoff Cantwell Elected	Conservative	453
David Brown Elected	Conservative	446
George Raoul Joseph Reid	Boston Independent	357
Aaron Spencer	Independent	257

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Kirton and Frampton

Claire Rylott ConservativeDavid Middleton IndependentRalph Pryke Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Conservative37.2%

Lib Dem31.7%

Boston Independent31.0%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Claire Rebecca Rylott Elected	Conservative	511
Ralph Pryke Elected	Lib Dem	435
David Arthur Middleton Elected	Boston Independent	426
Munish Kumar	Boston Independent	420
Peter Watson	Lib Dem	420
Tracey Abbott	Conservative	410
Deepa Agarwal	Boston Independent	407
Lorraine O'Connor	Lib Dem	356
Lana MacLennan-James	Conservative	352

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Old Leake and Wrangle

Callum Butler IndependentJohn Baxter Independent

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Boston Independent49.5%

Conservative25.9%

Independent7.4%

Independent6.9%

English Democrats6.6%

Reform3.8%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Callum Jake Butler Elected	Boston Independent	566
John Robert Baxter Elected	Boston Independent	471
Tom Ashton	Conservative	296
Frank Pickett	Conservative	127
Russell Hill	Independent	85
Michael James Litchfield	Independent	79
David Dickason	English Democrats	75
Maria Hume	Reform	43

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Skirbeck

Anne Dorrian IndependentNeil Drayton IndependentPaul Gleeson Independent

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Boston Independent42.6%

Independent26.2%

Conservative22.1%

Lib Dem9.1%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Anne Monica Dorrian Elected	Boston Independent	562
Neil John Drayton Elected	Boston Independent	501
Paul Michael Gleeson Elected	Independent	345
Katie Chalmers	Conservative	292
Dmitrij Kondratcik	Boston Independent	264
Charles Stasiukenas	Lib Dem	120

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

St Thomas'

Alison Austin Independent

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023

Independent52.9%

Boston Independent32.9%

Independent8.6%

Labour5.6%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Alison Mary Austin Elected	Independent	235	52.9%
Shafqat Bashir	Boston Independent	146	32.9%
Darron Richard Abbott	Independent	38	8.6%
Andy Cook	Labour	25	5.6%

Staniland

Barrie Pierpoint IndependentMike Gilbert Blue Revolution

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Boston Independent41.7%

Blue Revolution31.1%

Conservative27.2%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Barrie James Pierpoint Elected	Boston Independent	352
Mike Gilbert Elected	Blue Revolution	263
Matt Barnes	Conservative	230
Deborah Evans	Conservative	229

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Station

Lina Savickiene Independent

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023

Boston Independent37.4%

Blue Revolution34.0%

Conservative28.6%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Lina Savickiene Elected	Boston Independent	98	37.4%
Gavin Steward Lee	Blue Revolution	89	34.0%
Adriaan Vickery	Conservative	75	28.6%

Swineshead and Holland Fen

Stuart Evans ConservativeSuzanne Welberry Independent

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Boston Independent46.8%

Conservative30.7%

Labour15.2%

Blue Revolution7.4%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Suzanne Welberry Elected	Boston Independent	722
Stuart Russell Evans Elected	Conservative	474
Tracy Ann Pomfret	Labour	234
Tristan Gilbert	Blue Revolution	114

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Trinity

Emma Cresswell IndependentJonathan Noble Reform

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Boston Independent47.5%

Conservative39.2%

Blue Revolution13.3%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Emma Jayne Cresswell Elected	Boston Independent	460
Jyothi Arayambath Elected	Boston Independent	381
Yvonne Jennifer Stevens	Conservative	380
Martin Alexander Griggs	Conservative	343
Christopher Dorrington	Blue Revolution	129

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Last by-election, 1 May 2025

Reform39.2%

Boston Independent28.0%

Conservative24.0%

Green7.7%

Blue Revolution1.1%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Jonathan Howard Noble Elected	Reform	388	39.2%
Shafqat Bashir	Boston Independent	277	28.0%
Katherine Marie Chalmers	Conservative	237	24.0%
Jonathan Graeham Wolf	Green	76	7.7%
Richard Thornalley	Blue Revolution	11	1.1%

West

Stephen Woodliffe Independent

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023

Independent72.1%

Conservative27.9%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Stephen Victor Woodliffe Elected	Independent	380	72.1%
Paula Ashleigh-Morris	Conservative	147	27.9%

Witham

Andy Izard IndependentSandeep Ghosh Independent

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Boston Independent45.9%

Conservative27.7%

Blue Revolution15.0%

Independent11.4%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Andy Izard Elected	Boston Independent	349
Sandeep Ghosh Elected	Boston Independent	276
Maria Dani	Conservative	211
Andrea Keal	Blue Revolution	114
Neill John Hastie	Independent	87
Richard Thornalley	Blue Revolution	63

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Wyberton

Chris Mountain IndependentRichard Austin Independent

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Independent32.1%

Boston Independent23.2%

Conservative19.0%

Independent13.9%

Lib Dem6.3%

Blue Revolution5.5%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Richard William Austin Elected	Independent	423
Chris Mountain Elected	Boston Independent	305
Rachael Lynne Gibbons	Boston Independent	268
Andrew Elms	Conservative	250
Sue Ransome	Independent	183
Jason Stevenson	Lib Dem	83
Charlotte Louise Halderson	Blue Revolution	73
Sandra Janet Watson	Lib Dem	66

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Councillors

Changed party since the election

1 councillor now sit for a different party from the one they were elected for.

Ward	Councillor	Elected as	Now
Fenside	Anton Dani	Conservative 2023	Independent

By-elections

Every council by-election since 2021

1 by-election since July 2021, 1 of them gains.

Date	Ward	Result	Winner's share
1 May 2025	Trinity	Reform gain from Other	39.2%

Parliament

Parliamentary constituencies

Constituency	Share of council	2024 winner	Projected now
Boston and Skegness	100%	Reform	Reform 40%

Share of the council: the proportion of its census neighbourhoods (2021 LSOAs) in each seat. The projection is PollCheck's demographic model at current polling, not a forecast.

People

Who lives in Boston

70,504 residents in 29,411 households

Voted Leave in 2016

76% 24 above GB

Degree or higher

19% 15 below GB

No qualifications

28% 10 above GB

Own their home

59% 2 below GB

Rent from a council or housing association

20% 3 above GB

Rent privately

20% same as GB

Aged 15 to 34

28% 3 below GB

Aged 65 and over

25% 3 above GB

GB figure. 2021 Census (Scotland: 2022): age as a share of residents aged 15 and over, qualifications of residents aged 16 and over, housing as a share of households. Leave: 2016 EU referendum, Electoral Commission results by counting area.

Similar

Councils most like this one

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Closest on the measures above: the 2016 Leave vote, age, qualifications and housing. Maps show which party holds each ward.

Sources

Sources and method

Seat totals and control: PollCheck council control tracker. Councillors: Open Council Data (CC BY-SA 4.0). Election results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), with some vote counts from DCLEAPIL, Leman (2025) (CC BY-SA 4.0), and corrections checked against councils' official declarations. Ward boundaries: Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Census: Office for National Statistics and National Records of Scotland.

Councillor lists and DCLEAPIL-derived vote counts on this page are available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

In wards electing more than one councillor, a party's share counts only its leading candidate (the Rallings and Thrasher method). Independents count individually. The lead is the gap between the top two parties' shares.