Elections for Boston Borough Council, which governs as a second-tier authority for the Borough of Boston were held on Thursday 2 May 2019. The election was held on the same day as other local elections.
Results summary
Ward results
Coastal
Fenside
Fishtoft
Five Villages
Kirton and Frampton
Old Leake and Wrangle
Skirbeck
St. Thomas
Staniland
Station
Swineshead and Holland Fen
Trinity
West
Witham
Wyberton
Changes 2019–2023 In the Five Villages ward, Conservative councillor Aaron Spencer, the then Leader of the Council, resigned the leadership and left the Conservative group to sit as an independent at a Full Council meeting on 20 January 2020, following criticism from Conservative colleagues of his conduct as leader; as a result the Conservatives lost their majority on the council. Fellow Five Villages councillor Michael Cooper, himself a former council leader, had earlier had a spell sitting as an unaligned councillor before rejoining the Conservative group in January 2020 and being restored as chairman of the planning committee. He was recorded as an independent again by early 2023, and did not stand for re-election. In Skirbeck, Conservative councillor Martin Howard, who won the December 2019 by-election below, was likewise recorded as an independent by early 2023.
By-elections
Kirton and Frampton
This by-election filled the seat won by Conservative councillor Shaun Blackman at the 2019 election, following his resignation.
Skirbeck
This by-election filled the seat won by Conservative councillor Alistair Arundell at the 2019 election.
This by-election filled the seat won by independent councillor Colin Woodcock at the 2019 election.
Swineshead and Holland Fen
Conservative councillor Chelcei Sharman (later known as Chelcei Trafford) resigned in November 2022. As her term was due to end at the May 2023 election, no by-election was held and the seat remained vacant.
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