Rutland local elections

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Rutland County Council is elected every four years.

1 Political control
2 Council elections
3 By-election results
4 External links

[edit] Political control

The council is unusual in that formal political groups are not significant in the administration of the county. However at times, there has been a majority of councillors elected under one description or another.

Independent 1996 - 1999

No overall control 1999 - 2002

Independent 2002 - 2003

Conservative 2003 - present

[edit] Council elections

Rutland Council election 1999

Rutland Council election 2003

Rutland Council election 2007

[edit] By-election results

Oakham East By-Election 5 June 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat gain from Independent		Swing

Barrowden By-Election 30 October 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Ruth Archer	207	43.4
	Independent		100	21.0
	Conservative	Kenneth Bool	94	19.7
	Independent		76	15.9
Majority			107	22.4
Turnout			477	43.7
	Liberal Democrat gain from Independent		Swing

Empingham By-Election 14 May 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Eileen Ray	188	58.4	+41.2
	Liberal Democrat	Dennis Jeffery	134	41.6	+41.6
Majority			54	16.8
Turnout			322	35.4
	Green gain from Independent		Swing

Oakham East By-Election 22 March 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent		383	34.4	+3.3
	Conservative		369	33.1	+33.1
	Liberal Democrat		243	21.8	+6.5
	Labour		119	10.7	-1.5
Majority			14	1.3
Turnout			1,114	31.1
style="background-color: {{:Independent/meta/color}}" \|	Independent gain from Rutland Choice		Swing

Casterton By-Election 25 April 2002
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Miles Williamson-Noble	unopposed
style="background-color: {{:Independent/meta/color}}" \|	Independent gain from Independent Conservative		Swing

Uppingham By-Election 25 April 2002
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Colin Forsyth	218	42.9	+42.9
	Independent	Peter David 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

Whissendine By-Election 11 July 2002
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
style="background-color: {{:Conservative/meta/color}}" \|	Conservative gain from Rutland Choice		Swing

Cottesmore By-Election 3 July 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. Jan Rodger	403	74.1
	Independent	M. Edward Baines	141	25.9
Majority			262	48.2
Turnout			544	25.6

Oakham South East By-Election 23 December 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Linda Graves	339	64.4
	Liberal Democrat	Malcolm Smith	187	35.6
Majority			152	28.8
Turnout			526	27.1
	Conservative hold		Swing