| Election Name: | 2023 Cherwell District Council election |
| Country: | Oxfordshire |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Previous Election: | 2022 Cherwell District Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2022 |
| Next Election: | 2024 Cherwell District Council election |
| Next Year: | 2024 |
| Seats For Election: | 16 out of 48 seats to Cherwell District Council |
| Majority Seats: | 25 |
| Leader1: | Barry Wood |
| Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Last Election1: | 25 seats, 38.4% |
| Seats Before1: | 25 |
| Seats1: | 3 |
| Seats After1: | 20 |
| Seat Change1: | 5 |
| Popular Vote1: | 12,735 |
| Percentage1: | 34.0% |
| Swing1: | 4.8% |
| Leader2: | Sean Woodcock |
| Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Last Election2: | 10 seats, 24.8% |
| Seats Before2: | 9 |
| Seats2: | 5 |
| Seats After2: | 12 |
| Seat Change2: | 3 |
| Popular Vote2: | 9,641 |
| Percentage2: | 25.7% |
| Swing2: | 0.9% |
| Leader3: | David Hingley |
| Party3: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Last Election3: | 7 seats, 26.4% |
| Seats Before3: | 7 |
| Seats3: | 5 |
| Seats After3: | 10 |
| Seat Change3: | 3 |
| Popular Vote3: | 9,461 |
| Percentage3: | 25.2% |
| Swing3: | 1.2% |
| Leader4: | Ian Middleton |
| Party4: | Green Party of England and Wales |
| Last Election4: | 2 seats, 7.7% |
| Seats Before4: | 2 |
| Seats4: | 2 |
| Seats After4: | 3 |
| Seat Change4: | 1 |
| Popular Vote4: | 4,160 |
| Percentage4: | 11.1% |
| Swing4: | 3.4% |
| Party5: | Independent politician |
| Last Election5: | 4 seats, 2.6% |
| Seats Before5: | 5 |
| Seats5: | 1 |
| Seats After5: | 3 |
| Seat Change5: | 2 |
| Popular Vote5: | 1,486 |
| Percentage5: | 4.0% |
| Swing5: | 1.4% |
| Leader | |
| Posttitle: | Leader after election |
| Before Election: | Barry Wood |
| Before Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| After Election: | Barry Wood Conservative |
| After Party: | No overall control |
The 2023 Cherwell District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Cherwell District Council in Oxfordshire, England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections in England.
The Conservatives lost control of the council to no overall control.[2] Attempts to form a coalition of the other parties failed to produce an alternative administration. The Conservative leader of the council, Barry Wood, was removed from office at the council's annual meeting on 17 May 2023, but as the council could not agree on a replacement leader the meeting was then adjourned until 23 May 2023. No alternative leader who could command a majority had emerged by then either, and so Barry Wood was reinstated as leader, in charge of a Conservative minority administration.[3]
Green party leader Ian Middleton said this was because the Labour Party National Executive Committee had told the local Labour Party that they could not have any Green or Independent councillors in roles in the Executive.[4]
The overall results were as follows:[5]
The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Cherwell District Council following the close of nominations on 4 April 2023.[6] The results for each ward were:[7]