| Election Name: | 2023 Arun District Council election |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2019 Arun District Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2019 |
| Next Election: | 2027 Arun District Council election |
| Next Year: | 2027 |
| Seats For Election: | All 54 council seats on Arun District Council |
| Majority Seats: | 28 |
| Election Date: | 4 May 2023 |
| Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Last Election1: | 21 seats, 42.3% |
| Seats1: | 20 |
| Seat Change1: | 1 |
| Popular Vote1: | 34,319 |
| Percentage1: | 40.7% |
| Swing1: | 1.6% |
| Party2: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Last Election2: | 22 seats, 31.0% |
| Seats2: | 14 |
| Seat Change2: | 8 |
| Popular Vote2: | 17,846 |
| Percentage2: | 21.1% |
| Swing2: | 9.9% |
| Party3: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Last Election3: | 1 seats, 11.6% |
| Seats3: | 8 |
| Seat Change3: | 7 |
| Popular Vote3: | 12,604 |
| Percentage3: | 14.9% |
| Swing3: | 3.3% |
| Party4: | Green Party of England and Wales |
| Last Election4: | 2 seats, 3.0% |
| Seats4: | 6 |
| Seat Change4: | 4 |
| Popular Vote4: | 12,270 |
| Percentage4: | 14.5% |
| Swing4: | 11.5% |
| Party5: | Independent |
| Last Election5: | 8 seats, 9.3% |
| Seats5: | 6 |
| Seat Change5: | 2 |
| Popular Vote5: | 7,035 |
| Percentage5: | 8.3% |
| Swing5: | 1.0% |
| Leader | |
| Posttitle: | Leader after election |
| Before Party: | No overall control |
| After Election: | No overall control |
The 2023 Arun District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Arun District Council in West Sussex, England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections in England.
The council was under no overall control prior to the election, being led by a Conservative minority administration. Following the election the council remained under no overall control, but a Liberal Democrat, Labour, Green and Independent alliance formed to take over the leadership of the council.[2] The Liberal Democrats appointed Matt Stanley as their new group leader after the election, and as the Liberal Democrats are the largest group in the alliance, he was appointed leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 31 May 2023.[3] [4]
The result at the last election and the current composition of the council is given below:
| Affiliation | Members | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| data-sort-type=number style="width: 80px;" | Elected | Current | Change | ||
| 21 | 23 | 2 | |||
| 22 | 17 | 5 | |||
| 8 | 10 | 2 | |||
| 2 | 3 | 1 | |||
| 1 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 54 | 54 | |||
The results were:[5] |-
The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Arun District Council following the close of nominations on 5 April 2023.[6] The results for each ward were as follows, with an asterisk (*) indicating an incumbent councillor standing for re-election.[7]
Steve McAuliffe was previously elected at a by-election, retaining one of the Green seats.
Sue Wallsgrove was previously elected at a by-election, gaining one of the Conservative seats.
David Chace was previously elected at a by-election, gaining one of the Liberal Democrat seats.