| Election Name: | 2023 Forest of Dean District Council election |
| Country: | Gloucestershire |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Previous Election: | 2019 Forest of Dean District Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2019 |
| Next Election: | 2027 Forest of Dean District Council election |
| Next Year: | 2027 |
| Seats For Election: | All 38 seats to Forest of Dean District Council |
| Majority Seats: | 20 |
| Leader1: | Jackie Dale |
| Party1: | Green Party of England and Wales |
| Last Election1: | 6 seats, 21.6% |
| Seats Before1: | 7 |
| Seats1: | 15 |
| Seat Change1: | 9 |
| Popular Vote1: | 11,621 |
| Percentage1: | 28.8% |
| Swing1: | 7.2% |
| Party2: | Independent politician |
| Last Election2: | 15 seats, 25.8% |
| Seats Before2: | 20 |
| Seats2: | 11 |
| Seat Change2: | 4 |
| Popular Vote2: | 9,960 |
| Percentage2: | 24.7% |
| Swing2: | 0.9% |
| Leader3: | Matt Bishop |
| Party3: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Last Election3: | 5 seats, 16.4% |
| Seats Before3: | 3 |
| Seats3: | 5 |
| Popular Vote3: | 3,244 |
| Percentage3: | 8.0% |
| Swing3: | 8.4% |
| Leader4: | Harry Ives |
| Party4: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Last Election4: | 10 seats, 30.0% |
| Seats Before4: | 6 |
| Seats4: | 4 |
| Seat Change4: | 6 |
| Popular Vote4: | 11,258 |
| Percentage4: | 27.9% |
| Swing4: | 2.4% |
| Leader5: | Gill Moseley |
| Party5: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Last Election5: | 2 seats, 5.2% |
| Seats Before5: | 2 |
| Seats5: | 3 |
| Seat Change5: | 1 |
| Popular Vote5: | 4,242 |
| Percentage5: | 10.5% |
| Swing5: | 5.3% |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Leader | |
| Posttitle: | Leader after election |
| Before Election: | Tim Gwilliam Independent |
| Before Party: | No overall control |
| After Election: | Mark Topping Green |
| After Party: | No overall control |
The 2023 Forest of Dean District Council election was held on 4 May 2023 to elect members to the Forest of Dean District Council in Gloucestershire, England. This was part of the 2023 United Kingdom local elections.
Prior to the election the majority of the seats on the council were held by independent councillors, with 20 of the 38 councillors not representing a political party. The independents did not act as one political group, instead sitting as four different groups.[1] Since 2017 the council had been led by Tim Gwilliam of the "Progressive Independents" group.
Following the election, the council consisted of fifteen Green, eleven Independent, five Labour, four Conservative and three Liberal Democrat councillors. Of the wards where more than 3 candidates stood, Labour councillor Di Martin and newly elected Labour councillor Matt Bishop achieved the highest share individually where they received 34% and 32% of the vote respectively in Cinderford East.[2] [3] At the subsequent annual council meeting on 25 May 2023, Green councillor Mark Topping was appointed Leader of the Council with support from Labour on a confidence and supply basis. Former Labour group leader Di Martin was appointed as chair of the council at the same meeting.[4] [5] [6]
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The results for each ward were as follows, with an asterisk (*) indicating a sitting councillor standing for re-election.[7]