South Kesteven District: Grantham St Wulfram's ward

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Before anyone asks for your vote: what the official record says about the ground around this area — housing sites, schools, protected areas, air quality — and who represents you now.

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Boundary: ONS Open Geography Portal (Open Government Licence). Map tiles: OpenStreetMap.

Who represents you now

Councillors for Grantham St Wulfram's, as recorded after the May 2026 elections:

Tim Harrison, Independent / Other
Matthew Bailey, Conservative and Unionist

This by-election fills a seat that has fallen vacant since then, so one of those listed may no longer hold it.

Across the whole of South Kesteven council (56 seats in 2026): Conservative 17, Labour 2, Liberal Democrat 3, Green 2, Reform UK 5, Other 27. Run by: a coalition or arrangement of independents, Greens and Liberal Democrats.

Councillors and council make-up from Open Council Data (public domain). The council's own website lists current councillors and how to contact them.

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South Kesteven District: Grantham St Wulfram's ward in numbers

Official open data about the area. It describes the place, not you, and it favours no candidate.

People claiming unemployment-related benefits

175 people in Grantham St Wulfram's ward, 5.5% of residents aged 16–64, against 4% across England (August 2026).

Claimant count, Office for National Statistics via Nomis (Open Government Licence). It counts people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance or Universal Credit while required to seek work; it is not the same as the unemployment rate.

House prices in South Kesteven

Average price £260,359, up 3.1% on a year earlier (July 2026).

Flats and maisonettes: £112,964
Detached houses: £374,325

Source: HM Land Registry UK House Price Index for the local authority (Open Government Licence). A local-authority average; prices within it vary widely.

Recorded crime nearby, July 2026

307 street-level crimes recorded within about a mile of the area's centre.

violent crime: 112
anti social behaviour: 63
shoplifting: 44
public order: 26
criminal damage arson: 19
other theft: 10

Source: data.police.uk (Open Government Licence). Centroid of the ONS 2024 boundary. Statistics near this point describe the area, not any household. Recorded crime reflects reporting and policing as well as offending; see the ONS guidance in further reading.

Past elections in this ward

Every recorded council election here since 2006, most recent first. Elected candidates in bold. Past results describe the past; each election is a new contest.

2023 — Independent Berwick Hills Resident , Conservative and Unionist Party, Conservative and Unionist Party elected · turnout 35%

Tim Harrison	Independent Berwick Hills Resident	588
Ray Wootten	Conservative and Unionist Party	523
Susan Elizabeth Swinburn	Independent Berwick Hills Resident	471
Mary June Whittington	Conservative and Unionist Party	390
Matt Bailey	Conservative and Unionist Party	361
Beverley Jones	Labour Party	321
Susan Elizabeth Swinburn	Independent Berwick Hills Resident	233
Jonathan Michael Cook	Labour Party	173
Anne Elizabeth Gayfer	Green Party	145
James Antony Osborn	Liberal Democrats	135
Dean Anthony William Ward	Independent Berwick Hills Resident	24

2022 — Conservative and Unionist Party elected · turnout 22%

Mary June Whittington	Conservative and Unionist Party	359
Tim Harrison	Independent Berwick Hills Resident	307
Archie George Hine	Labour Party	174
Ian Paul Simmons	Green Party	75

2019 — Conservative and Unionist Party, Conservative and Unionist Party elected · turnout 29%

Ray Wootten	Conservative and Unionist Party	720
Jacky Smith	Conservative and Unionist Party	628
Ian Paul Simmons	Green Party	280
Anne Elizabeth Gayfer	Green Party	266
Carole Anne Thomson	Labour Party	204
Wayne Andrew Hasnip	Labour Party	198

2015 — Conservative and Unionist Party, Conservative and Unionist Party elected

Raymond Wootten	Conservative and Unionist Party	1,409
Jacqueline Smith	Conservative and Unionist Party	1,296
Paul Martin	UK Independence Party (UKIP)	685
Yvonne Gibbins	Labour Party	639
Stephen Diggines	Labour Party	620

Source: DCLEAPIL v1.0 British local election results 2006–2024, by Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's Local Elections Archive Project and Democracy Club (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0). Where a ward's boundaries changed, earlier results were for a somewhat different area.

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