| Election Name: | 2023 Lancaster City Council election |
| Country: | Lancashire |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Previous Election: | 2019 Lancaster City Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2019 |
| Next Election: | 2027 Lancaster City Council election |
| Next Year: | 2027 |
| Seats For Election: | All 61 seats to Lancaster City Council |
| Majority Seats: | 31 |
| Leader1: | Erica Lewis |
| Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Last Election1: | 21 seats, 33.7% |
| Seats Before1: | 16 |
| Seats1: | 24 |
| Seat Change1: | 3 |
| Popular Vote1: | 24,280 |
| Percentage1: | 31.8% |
| Swing1: | 1.9% |
| Leader2: | Gina Dowding |
| Party2: | Green Party of England and Wales |
| Last Election2: | 10 seats, 21.8% |
| Seats Before2: | 15 |
| Seats2: | 21 |
| Seat Change2: | 11 |
| Popular Vote2: | 22,670 |
| Percentage2: | 29.7% |
| Swing2: | 7.9% |
| Leader3: | Joyce Pritchard |
| Party3: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Last Election3: | 3 seats, 6.0% |
| Seats Before3: | 4 |
| Seats3: | 7 |
| Seat Change3: | 4 |
| Popular Vote3: | 7,691 |
| Percentage3: | 10.1% |
| Swing3: | 4.1% |
| Leader4: | Andrew Gardiner |
| Party4: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Last Election4: | 12 seats, 24.4% |
| Seats Before4: | 9 |
| Seats4: | 5 |
| Seat Change4: | 7 |
| Popular Vote4: | 14,820 |
| Percentage4: | 19.4% |
| Swing4: | 5.0% |
| Leader5: | Geoff Knight |
| Party5: | Morecambe Bay Independents |
| Last Election5: | 14 seats, 12.9% |
| Seats Before5: | 6 |
| Seats5: | 3 |
| Seat Change5: | 11 |
| Popular Vote5: | 6,116 |
| Percentage5: | 8.0% |
| Swing5: | 4.9% |
| Leader6: | Roger Cleet |
| Party6: | Independent politician |
| Last Election6: | 0 seats, 1.0% |
| Seats Before6: | 8 |
| Seats6: | 1 |
| Seat Change6: | 1 |
| Popular Vote6: | 821 |
| Percentage6: | 1.1% |
| Swing6: | 0.1% |
| Leader | |
| Posttitle: | Leader after election |
| Before Election: | Caroline Jackson Green |
| Before Party: | No overall control |
| After Election: | Phillip Black Labour |
| After Party: | No overall control |
The 2023 Lancaster City Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Lancaster City Council in Lancashire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections in England. New ward boundaries took effect for this election, increasing the number of seats from 60 to 61.[1]
Before the election the council was under no overall control, being run by a coalition of Labour, the Greens and independent councillors, led by Green councillor Caroline Jackson. The council remained under no overall control after the election and the Labour group leader, Erica Lewis, lost her seat.[2] [3]
A new coalition of Labour, the Greens and Liberal Democrats formed an administration after the election, led by new Labour group leader Phillip Black, who was appointed leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 22 May 2023.[4]
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The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Lancaster City Council following the close of nominations on 4 April 2023.[5] The results for each ward were as follows:[6] [7]
Due to ward boundary changes, the number of seats in this ward was reduced from 3 to 2.
Due to ward boundary changes, the number of seats in this ward was increased from 2 to 3.
Due to ward boundary changes, the number of seats in this ward was reduced from 3 to 2.