Election Name: | 2023 Fylde Borough Council election |
Country: | Lancashire |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 2019 Fylde Borough Council election |
Previous Year: | 2019 |
Next Election: | 2027 Fylde Borough Council election |
Next Year: | 2027 |
Seats For Election: | All 37 seats to Fylde Borough Council |
Majority Seats: | 19 |
Leader1: | Karen Buckley |
Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Seats Before1: | 31 |
Seats After1: | 19 |
Party2: | Independent politician |
Seats Before2: | 18 |
Seats After2: | 14 |
Leader3: | n/a |
Party3: | Labour Party (UK) |
Seats Before3: | 0 |
Seats After3: | 2 |
Leader4: | n/a |
Party4: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
Seats Before4: | 1 |
Seats After4: | 2 |
Leader5: | n/a |
Party5: | Lytham St. Anne's Independent |
Seats Before5: | 1 |
Seats After5: | 0 |
Leader | |
Posttitle: | Leader after election |
Before Election: | Karen Buckley |
Before Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
After Election: | Karen Buckley |
After Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
The 2023 Fylde Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect councillors to Fylde Borough Council in Lancashire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England.
New ward boundaries took effect for this election, reducing the number of seats from 51 to 37.[1]
Following the results, the council remained under Conservative control.[2] [3]
Results[4] | |||
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Party | Seats | Change | |
Conservative Party | 19 | 1 | |
Independents and Others | 14 | 2 | |
Labour Party | 2 | 2 | |
Liberal Democrats | 2 | 1 |
The results for each ward were as follows, with an asterisk indicating a sitting councillor standing for re-election:[6]
Ed Nash had been a Conservative councillor prior to this election, but stood for re-election as an independent.