Cllr Melody Shanahan-Kluth was first elected to the Town Council in a by-election in June 2017 and was re-elected to it at the elections held on Thursday 4th May 2023.

Cllr Shanahan-Kluth is a member of the Human Resources Committee of the Council and its Vice-Chairman. She is also the Council's representative to meetings of Sleaford in Bloom and the Council's elected member representative to meetings of the North Kesteven District Council UK Shared Prosperity Fund Partnership Group.