Rutland Council - Wards and Councillors

Unitary authority · East Midlands · 27 seats in 15 wards · All seats elected every four years · Next election 6 May 2027

Liberal Democrats run Rutland Council as a minority administration. The council has 27 councillors in 15 wards. Seats by party: Lib Dem 10, Other 8, Conservative 7, Labour 2. The next election is on 6 May 2027.

A government plan to replace the councils in this area with two 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

Liberal Democrats (Minority)

27 seats - 14 for a majority

Labour 2Conservative 7Lib Dem 10Other 8

Seat changes since the 4 May 2023 election Conservative +1 Other +1 Lib Dem −1 Green −1

Vote share at the 4 May 2023 election (27 seats, all wards)

ShareSeats won

Lib Dem40.6%11

Conservative32.2%6

Other22.1%7

Green2.6%1

Labour2.5%2

Next election

6 May 2027

all 27 seats up, then every four years

Largest party

Lib Dem 10

4 short of the 14 needed for a majority

Closest result

Exton

Conservative won by 16 votes over Independent, 4 May 2023

Latest by-election

Barleythorpe

Conservative gain from Green, 24 July 2025 (3 since 2021)

Constituencies

1 overlap

2024Now

Voted Leave in 2016

51%

GB 52%

Wards

Who holds each ward

LabourConservativeLib DemIndependent

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
Barleythorpe Tracy Carr, Andrew Dinsmore	4 May 2023 Independent 47.3% lead 11.0 pts
Braunston & Martinsthorpe Giles Clifton, Andrew Johnson	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 56.1% lead 12.2 pts
Cottesmore Abigail West, Samantha Harvey	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 40.0% lead 3.5 pts
Exton Kiloran Heckels	4 May 2023 Conservative 51.8% lead 3.6 pts
Greetham Nick Begy	4 May 2023 Independent 79.3% lead 58.6 pts
Ketton Matthew Farina, Karen Payne	4 May 2023 Conservative 53.1% lead 6.2 pts
Langham Oliver Hemsley	4 May 2023 Independent 47.2% lead 11.9 pts
Lyddington Andrew Brown	4 May 2023 Uncontested
Normanton Gale Waller, Tim Smith	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 71.3% lead 42.6 pts
Oakham North East Linda Chatfield, Mark Chatfield	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 71.6% lead 43.2 pts
Oakham North West Steve McRobb, Ramsay Ross	4 May 2023 Labour 33.5% lead 13.3 pts
Oakham South Raymond Payne, Paul Browne, Diane Ellison	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 60.1% lead 36.4 pts
Ryhall & Casterton Kevin Corby, David Wilby	4 May 2023 Conservative 39.2% lead 1.3 pts
Uppingham Christine Wise, Stephen Lambert, Lucy Stephenson	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 61.0% lead 22.0 pts
Whissendine Rosemary Powell	4 May 2023 Uncontested

Barleythorpe

Andrew Dinsmore ConservativeTracy Carr Independent

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Independent47.3%

Green36.3%

Conservative16.3%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Tracy Margaret Carr Elected	Independent	365
Hans Zollinger-Ball Elected	Green	280
Susan Mary Coleman	Conservative	126

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Last by-election, 24 July 2025

Conservative35.9%

Lib Dem23.4%

Reform21.1%

Independent19.6%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Andrew William Nixon Dinsmore Elected	Conservative	209	35.9%
Jonathan David Nichols	Lib Dem	136	23.4%
Declan McCarthy	Reform	123	21.1%
Andy Burton	Independent	114	19.6%

Braunston & Martinsthorpe

Andrew Johnson Lib DemGiles Clifton Conservative

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Lib Dem56.1%

Conservative43.9%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Andrew Bainbridge Johnson Elected	Lib Dem	522
Giles Clifton Elected	Conservative	408
Edward Baines	Conservative	377

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Cottesmore

Abigail West Lib DemSamantha Harvey Independent

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Lib Dem40.0%

Independent36.5%

Conservative23.6%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Abigail Grace MacCartney Elected	Lib Dem	331
Samantha Jane Harvey Elected	Independent	302
Graeme Richard Douglas	Conservative	195

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Exton

Kiloran Heckels Conservative

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023

Conservative51.8%

Independent48.2%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Kiloran Frances Heckels Elected	Conservative	225	51.8%
June Patricia Fox	Independent	209	48.2%

Greetham

Nick Begy Independent

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023

Independent79.3%

Conservative20.7%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Nick Begy Elected	Independent	333	79.3%
Jonathan Richard Collins	Conservative	87	20.7%

Ketton

Karen Payne ConservativeMatthew Farina Conservative

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Conservative53.1%

Lib Dem46.9%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Karen Payne Elected	Conservative	391
Matthew James Farina Elected	Conservative	387
Mary Agnes Fiona Canham	Lib Dem	346

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Langham

Oliver Hemsley Independent

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023

Independent47.2%

Conservative35.3%

Lib Dem17.5%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Oliver Charles Hemsley Elected	Independent	218	47.2%
Edward Graham Heckels	Conservative	163	35.3%
Andrew John Campbell Davies	Lib Dem	81	17.5%

Lyddington

Andrew Brown Independent

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023

Uncontested. Elected: Andrew Jonathan Brown (Independent).

Normanton

Gale Waller Lib DemTim Smith Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Lib Dem71.3%

Conservative28.7%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Gale Frances Waller Elected	Lib Dem	603
Tim Smith Elected	Lib Dem	582
Jonathan Gibbs	Conservative	243
Ian Coleman	Conservative	235

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Oakham North East

Linda Chatfield Lib DemMark Chatfield Independent

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Lib Dem71.6%

Conservative28.4%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Hannah Sian Edwards Elected	Lib Dem	497
Mark William Chatfield Elected	Lib Dem	427
Chris Booth	Conservative	197

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Last by-election, 21 November 2024

Lib Dem40.9%

Conservative39.7%

Reform15.6%

Labour3.9%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Linda Louise Chatfield Elected	Lib Dem	244	40.9%
Christopher St John Eric Clark	Conservative	237	39.7%
Ben Callaghan	Reform	93	15.6%
Katie Ross	Labour	23	3.9%

Oakham North West

Ramsay Ross LabourSteve McRobb Labour

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Labour33.5%

Conservative20.2%

Independent18.3%

Independent16.9%

Independent11.1%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Steve McRobb Elected	Labour	276
Ramsay Ross Elected	Labour	217
Christopher St John Eric Clark	Conservative	166
Paul Ainsley	Independent	151
Christopher Philip Nix	Independent	139
David John Romney	Independent	91

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Oakham South

Diane Ellison Lib DemPaul Browne Lib DemRaymond Payne Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Lib Dem60.1%

Conservative23.7%

Independent16.3%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Diane Elizabeth Ellison Elected	Lib Dem	920
Paul Morley Browne Elected	Lib Dem	909
Ray Payne Elected	Lib Dem	811
Michael John Rook	Conservative	363
Martin John Brookes	Independent	249

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Ryhall & Casterton

David Wilby ConservativeKevin Corby Independent

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Conservative39.2%

Independent37.9%

Lib Dem22.9%

Candidate	Party	Votes
David Wilby Elected	Conservative	345
Kevin Gerald Corby Elected	Independent	334
Darnley Michael Rayside	Lib Dem	202
Lee Raymond Bushby	Conservative	200

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Uppingham

Christine Wise Lib DemLucy Stephenson ConservativeStephen Lambert Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Lib Dem61.0%

Conservative39.0%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Stephen Lambert Elected	Lib Dem	904
Christine Susan Wise Elected	Lib Dem	780
Lucy Stephenson Elected	Conservative	579
Mo Cerrone	Conservative	236

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Whissendine

Rosemary Powell Independent

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023

Uncontested. Elected: Rosemary Margaret Powell (Independent).

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
Oakham North East	Mark Chatfield	Lib Dem 2023	Independent

By-elections

Every council by-election since 2021

3 by-elections since July 2021, 2 of them gains.

Date	Ward	Result	Winner's share
24 July 2025	Barleythorpe	Conservative gain from Green	36.0%
21 November 2024	Oakham North East	Lib Dem hold	40.9%
22 June 2022	Oakham South	Lib Dem gain from Conservative

Parliament

Parliamentary constituencies

Constituency	Share of council	2024 winner	Projected now
Rutland and Stamford	100%	Conservative	Conservative 39%

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 Rutland

41,053 residents in 16,715 households

Voted Leave in 2016

51% 1 below GB

Degree or higher

38% 4 above GB

No qualifications

13% 5 below GB

Own their home

71% 10 above GB

Rent from a council or housing association

11% 6 below GB

Rent privately

17% 3 below GB

Aged 15 to 34

26% 5 below GB

Aged 65 and over

30% 8 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

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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.