| Election Name: | 2023 Preston City Council election |
| Country: | Lancashire |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Previous Election: | 2022 Preston City Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2022 |
| Next Election: | 2024 Preston City Council election |
| Next Year: | 2024 |
| Seats For Election: | 17 of 48 seats on Preston City Council |
| Majority Seats: | 25 |
| Leader1: | Matthew Brown |
| Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats Before1: | 29 |
| Seats1: | 11 |
| Seats After1: | 31 |
| Leader2: | Susan Whittam |
| Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats Before2: | 11 |
| Seats2: | 3 |
| Seats After2: | 10 |
| Leader4: | John Potter |
| Party4: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Seats Before4: | 7 |
| Seats4: | 3 |
| Seats After4: | 7 |
| Party5: | Independent politician |
| Seats Before5: | 1 |
| Seats5: | 0 |
| Seats After5: | 0 |
| Leader | |
| Posttitle: | Leader after election |
| Before Election: | Matthew Brown |
| Before Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
| After Election: | Matthew Brown |
| After Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
The 2023 Preston City Council election took place on 4 May 2023, to elect 17 members of Preston City Council in Lancashire, England, being the usual third of the council plus a by-election in Preston Rural East ward.
Labour retained its majority on the council.[1]
The results for each ward were as follows:[2] [3]