| Election Name: | 2023 East Staffordshire Borough Council election |
| Country: | Staffordshire |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Previous Election: | 2019 East Staffordshire Borough Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2019 |
| Next Election: | 2027 East Staffordshire Borough Council election |
| Next Year: | 2027 |
| Seats For Election: | All 37 seats to East Staffordshire Borough Council |
| Majority Seats: | 19 |
| Leader1: | Mick Fitzpatrick |
| Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Last Election1: | 10 seats, 38.7% |
| Seats Before1: | 11 |
| Seats1: | 21 |
| Seat Change1: | 11 |
| Popular Vote1: | 25,377 |
| Percentage1: | 45.1% |
| Swing1: | 6.4% |
| Leader2: | George Allen |
| Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Last Election2: | 25 seats, 48.1% |
| Seats Before2: | 23 |
| Seats2: | 15 |
| Seat Change2: | 10 |
| Popular Vote2: | 24,248 |
| Percentage2: | 43.1% |
| Swing2: | 5.0% |
| Party4: | Independent politician |
| Last Election4: | 3 seats, 5.8% |
| Seats Before4: | 4 |
| Seats4: | 1 |
| Seat Change4: | 2 |
| Popular Vote4: | 4,378 |
| Percentage4: | 7.8% |
| Swing4: | 2.0% |
| Party5: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Last Election5: | 1 seat, 3.3% |
| Seats Before5: | 1 |
| Seats5: | 0 |
| Seat Change5: | 1 |
| Popular Vote5: | n/a |
| Percentage5: | n/a |
| Swing5: | n/a |
| Leader | |
| Posttitle: | Leader after election |
| Before Election: | George Allen |
| Before Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| After Election: | Mick Fitzpatrick |
| After Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
The 2023 East Staffordshire Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect all 37 members of East Staffordshire Borough Council in Staffordshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England. New ward boundaries took effect at this election, reducing the number of councillors from 39 to 37.[1]
The council was under Conservative majority control prior to the election. Following the results, the Conservatives lost control of the council to Labour for the first time in 20 years.[2] The Labour group leader, Mick Fitzpatrick, was appointed leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 26 May 2023.[3]
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The Liberal Democrats also lost one seat, but are not shown in the above table as they did not stand any candidates at this election.
The results for each ward were:[4] [5]