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South Kesteven District
Shown within the non-metropolitan county of Lincolnshire
Geography
Status:	District
Region:	East Midlands
Admin. County:	Lincolnshire
Area: - Total	Ranked 31st 942.59 km²
Admin. HQ:	Grantham
ONS code:	32UG
Demographics
Population: - Total (2005 est.) - Density	Ranked 146th 128,500 136 / km²
Ethnicity:	98.4% White
Politics
South Kesteven District Council http://www.southkesteven.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	Conservative
MPs:	Quentin Davies, John Henry Hayes, Douglas Hogg

South Kesteven is a local government district in Lincolnshire, England, forming part of the traditional Kesteven division of the county. It covers Grantham, Stamford, Bourne and Market Deeping.

The district was formed on April 1, 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, from the municipal boroughs of Grantham and Stamford, along with Bourne urban district, and South Kesteven Rural District and West Kesteven Rural District.

South Kesteven borders North Kesteven to the north, South Holland to the east, the unitary authorities of Rutland and Peterborough to the south, and the county of Leicestershire to the west.

Contents 1 Electoral wards 2 Civil parishes in South Kesteven 2.1 Local Area Assemblies 3 Boundary recommendations

South Kesteven consists of 34 electoral wards:

• All Saints (Stamford)
• Aveland
• Barrowby
• Belmont
• Bourne East
• Bourne West
• Deeping St James
• Earlesfield (Grantham)
• Ermine
• Forest
• Glen Eden
• Grantham St Johns
• Green Hill
• Greyfriars
• Harrowby
• Heath
• Hillsides
• Isaac Newton
• Lincrest
• Loveden
• Market and West Deeping
• Morkery
• Peascliffe
• Ringstone
• Saxonwell
• St. Annes
• St. George's
• St. Mary's
• St. Wulfram's
• Stamford St John's
• Thurlby
• Toller
• Truesdale
• Witham Valley

Link to all 56 South Kesteven district councillors.

• Allington
• Ancaster
• Aslackby and Laughton (link)
• Barholm and Stowe (link)
• Barkston
• Barrowby
• Baston (link)
• Belton and Manthorpe
• Billingborough (link)
• Bitchfield and Bassingthorpe
• Boothby Pagnell
• Bourne (link)
• Braceborough and Wilsthorpe (link to Braceborough) (link to Wilsthorpe)
• Braceby and Sapperton (link)
• Burton Coggles
• Careby Aunby and Holywell (link to Careby) (link to Holywell)
• Carlby (link)
• Carlton Scroop
• Castle Bytham (link)
• Caythorpe
• Claypole
• Colsterworth
• Corby Glen (link)
• Counthorpe and Creeton (link)
• Deeping St James (link)
• Denton
• Dowsby (link)
• Dunsby (link)
• Easton
• Edenham (link to Edenham) link to Grimscastle)
• Fenton
• Folkingham (link)
• Foston
• Fulbeck
• Great Gonerby
• Great Ponton
• Greatford (link)
• Gunby and Stainby
• Haconby (link to Haconby) (link to Stainfield)
• Harlaxton
• Heydour
• Honington
• Horbling
• Hough-on-the-Hill
• Hougham
• Ingoldsby
• Irnham (link)
• Kirkby Underwood (link)
• Langtoft (link)
• Lenton Keisby and Osgodby (link to Lenton) (link to Keisby)
• Little Bytham (link)
• Little Ponton and Stroxton
• Londonthorpe and Harrowby Without
• Long Bennington
• Market Deeping (link)
• Marston
• Morton and Hanthorpe (link)
• Normanton
• North Witham
• Old Somerby
• Pickworth (link)
• Pointon and Sempringham (link to Pointon) (link to Sempringham)
• Rippingale (link)
• Ropsley and Humby
• Sedgebrook
• Skillington
• South Witham
• Stamford
• Stoke Rochford
• Stubton
• Swayfield (link)
• Swinstead (link)
• Syston
• Tallington (link)
• Thurlby Northorpe Kate's Bridge (link)
• Toft with Lound and Manthorpe (link to Manthorpe) (link to Toft)
• Twenty (link)
• Uffington
• Welby
• West Deeping (link)
• Westborough and Dry Doddington
• Witham on the Hill (link)
• Woolsthorpe By Belvoir
• Wyville cum Hungerton

The District Council organizes six Local Area Assemblies which are designed as a means by which councillors consult the public in the relevant parts of the District. This links to a page showing the distribution of parishes among the Local Area Assemblies

Local Government Commission for England report.