The Conservative Party win 54 out of the 70 seats at the county council.
Five independent councillors were elected, four for Labour, three Liberal Democrats, three South Holland Independents, and one Lincolnshire Independent.
Across the county, 179,165 votes were cast, representing a turnout of 31% of 569,480 registered electors.
Votes were shared across the parties as follows:
Conservative: 98,570
Labour: 31,240
Independent candidates: 18,370
Lincolnshire Independents: 5,439
Liberal Democrats: 9,104
South Holland Independents: 4,937
Green: 3,942
Skegness Urban District Society: 2,383
For the People not the Party: 558
Other: 3,308
Spoilt ballots: 1,314
43 councillors are returning, and 27 councillors are new.
The first result – Stamford East – came in at 10.08am on Friday 7 May. The last result – Tattershall Castle – came in at 3.45pm.
View the full results, including detailed figures and swing for each division, on our website at www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/elections.
Cllr Martin Hill, the leader of the Conservative group and of Lincolnshire County Council, said:
“I’m very pleased with the result, which nearly matches the excellent result we had four years ago.
“We have an ambitious manifesto for the future. It’s all about continuing to provide good services, keeping council tax low, and an ambitious building programme for the future – not just new roads and bypasses, also new schools, better broadband across the county, and many other initiatives which we want to bring forward.
“We’re going to continue to ask for more powers from government and also for more money for things like road maintenance, which was probably the most dominant theme of this election. We’ve always prioritised road maintenance but I think we need more help from government to continue the good work.
“We’ll do our very best for you over the next four years.”
Full details of local results
South Kesteven wards
Bourne North & Morton – Conservative hold
- Hare, Barry (Labour) – 561
- Woolley, Sue (Conservative) – 1,962
Bourne South & Thurlby – Conservative hold
- Mumby, Bob (Labour and Cooperative) – 811
- Reid, Robert (Conservative) – 1,906
Colsterworth Rural – Conservative hold
- Adams, Bob (Conservative) – 1,984
- Shorrock, Rob (Labour) – 600
Deepings East – Independent Gain
- Dilks, Phil (Independent) – 1,763
- Dobson, Barry (Conservative) – 909
Deepings West & Rural – Independent Gain
- Baxter, Ashley (Independent) – 1,621
- Halfhide, Andrew (Conservative) – 1,259
Folkingham Rural – Conservative hold
- Hansen, The Chocolate Man (Jan, Independent) – 897
- Hill, Martin (Conservative) – 1,985
- Richardson, Paul (Labour and Co-operative) – 479
Grantham Barrowby – Conservative hold
- Forman, Tracey (Labour and Co-operative) – 682
- Turner, Michael (Green) – 210
- Whittington, Mark (Conservative) – 1,527
Grantham East – Conservative hold
- Fawcett, Stuart (Labour) – 381
- Hewerdine, Stephen (Independent) – 50
- Selby, Ian (Independent) – 544
- Stooke, Elvis (Independent) – 157
- Wootten, Linda (Conservative) – 941
Grantham North – Conservative hold
- Hasnip, Wayne (Labour) – 525
- Simmons, Ian (Green) – 353
- Wootten, Ray (Conservative) – 2,130
Grantham South – Conservative hold
- Gayfer, Anne (Green) – 346
- Stead, Louis (Independent) – 38
- Steptoe, Lee (Labour and Co-operative) – 712
- Stokes, Adam (Conservative) – 984
- Wells, Bruce (Independent) – 122
Grantham West – Conservative hold
- Davies, Richard (Conservative) – 1,153
- King, Vi (Labour and Co-operative) – 479
- Morgan, Christopher (Green) – 196
Hough – Conservative hold
- Blackwell, Andrew (Labour) – 395
- Maughan, Alexander (Conservative) – 2,074
- Wood, Paul (Independent) – 1,084
Stamford East – Conservative hold
- Bisnauthsing, Harrish (Liberal Democrats) – 894
- Burke, Chris (Labour) – 493
- Cooke, Kelham (Conservative) – 1,227
Stamford West – Independent Gain
- Carroll, Steve (Independent) – 258
- Carter-Begbie, Angela (Independent) – 49
- Cleaver, Richard (Independent) – 1,339
- Pugh, Owen (Conservative) – 865
- Winterbourne, Jo (Labour) – 276
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