| Election Name: | 2023 East Lindsey District Council election |
| Country: | Lincolnshire |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2019 East Lindsey District Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2019 |
| Election Date: | 4 May 2023 |
| Next Election: | 2027 East Lindsey District Council election |
| Next Year: | 2027 |
| Seats For Election: | All 55 seats on East Lindsey District Council |
| Majority Seats: | 28 |
| Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Leader1: | Craig Leyland |
| Last Election1: | 29 seats, 49.7% |
| Seats Before1: | 31 |
| Seats After1: | 26 |
| Seat Change1: | 3 |
| Popular Vote1: | 13,270 |
| Percentage1: | 38.4% |
| Swing1: | 11.3% |
| Party2: | Independent politician |
| Last Election2: | 12 seats, 15.0% |
| Seats Before2: | 11 |
| Seats After2: | 16 |
| Seat Change2: | 4 |
| Popular Vote2: | 9,043 |
| Percentage2: | 26.2% |
| Swing2: | 11.2% |
| Party3: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Leader3: | Ros Jackson |
| Last Election3: | 7 seats, 23.1% |
| Seats Before3: | 6 |
| Seats After3: | 6 |
| Seat Change3: | 1 |
| Popular Vote3: | 7,950 |
| Percentage3: | 23.0% |
| Swing3: | 0.1% |
| Party4: | Skegness Urban District Society |
| Leader4: | Danny Brookes |
| Last Election4: | 6 seats, 9.4% |
| Seats Before4: | 6 |
| Seats After4: | 5 |
| Seat Change4: | 1 |
| Popular Vote4: | 2,872 |
| Percentage4: | 8.3% |
| Swing4: | 1.1% |
| Party5: | Green Party of England and Wales |
| Last Election5: | n/a |
| Seats Before5: | 0 |
| Seats After5: | 1 |
| Seat Change5: | 1 |
| Popular Vote5: | 1,369 |
| Percentage5: | 4.0% |
| Swing5: | 4.0% |
| Party6: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Leader6: | Fiona Martin |
| Last Election6: | 1 seats, 2.2% |
| Seats Before6: | 1 |
| Seats After6: | 1 |
| Popular Vote6: | n/a |
| Percentage6: | n/a |
| Swing6: | n/a |
| Leader | |
| Before Election: | Craig Leyland |
| Before Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Posttitle: | Leader after election |
| After Election: | Craig Leyland Conservative |
| After Party: | No overall control |
The 2023 East Lindsey District Council election took place on 4 May 2023, to elect all 55 members of East Lindsey District Council in Lincolnshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England.
Prior to the election the Conservatives held a majority of the seats on the council. There were thirteen seats (24%) that were elected unopposed in 2023, of which ten were taken by the Conservatives, two by independents and one by the Liberal Democrats.[1]
The council went under no overall control following the election. The Conservatives remained the largest party but lost their majority. They managed to form a minority administration and their leader, Craig Leyland, kept his position as leader of the council.[2] [3]
The overall results were as follows:[4]
The results for each ward were as follows, with an asterisk (*) indicating an incumbent councillor standing for re-election.[5]
Terry Taylor had won the seat in a by-election in 2022; in 2019 the seat had been won by independent councillor Jim Swanson. Seat shown as Conservative gain from independent to allow comparison with 2019 results.
The other previous incumbent, Sarah Parkin, had been elected as a Labour councillor in 2019 but left the party later that year and sat as an independent for the rest of her term of office. Seat shown as independent gain from Labour to allow comparison with 2019 results.[6]
David Mangion had been elected in 2019 as an independent, but joined the Conservatives in 2020. Seat shown as an independent hold to allow comparison with 2019 results.[7]