| Election Name: | 2023 Ribble Valley Borough Council election |
| Country: | Lancashire |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Previous Election: | 2019 Ribble Valley Borough Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2019 |
| Next Election: | 2027 Ribble Valley Borough Council election |
| Next Year: | 2027 |
| Seats For Election: | All 40 seats to Ribble Valley Borough Council |
| Majority Seats: | 21 |
| Leader1: | Stephen Atkinson |
| Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Last Election1: | 28 |
| Seats Before1: | 26 |
| Seats After1: | 18 |
| Seat Change1: | 10 |
| Leader2: | Stewart Fletcher |
| Party2: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Last Election2: | 10 |
| Seats Before2: | 10 |
| Seats After2: | 8 |
| Seat Change2: | 2 |
| Party3: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Last Election3: | 0 |
| Seats Before3: | 0 |
| Seats After3: | 7 |
| Seat Change3: | 7 |
| Party4: | Independent politician |
| Last Election4: | 2 |
| Seats Before4: | 4 |
| Seats After4: | 5 |
| Seat Change4: | 3 |
| Party5: | Green Party of England and Wales |
| Last Election5: | 0 |
| Seats Before5: | 0 |
| Seats After5: | 2 |
| Seat Change5: | 2 |
| Leader | |
| Posttitle: | Leader after election |
| Before Election: | Stephen Atkinson |
| Before Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| After Election: | Stephen Atkinson Conservative |
| After Party: | No overall control |
The 2023 Ribble Valley Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect all 40 members of Ribble Valley Borough Council in Lancashire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England.
The council was under Conservative majority control prior to the election.[1] Following the results, the Conservatives remained the largest party but lost their majority, leaving the council under no overall control.[2] Efforts by the other parties to put together a coalition administration were unsuccessful, and the Conservative group leader Stephen Atkinson was re-appointed leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 23 May 2023, leading a minority administration.[3] [4]
| Party | Councillors | Votes | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Of Total | Of Total | ||||||||
| Conservative Party | 18 | data-sort-value="" | 9,647 | 41.9% | |||||
| Labour Party | 7 | data-sort-value="" | 6,354 | 27.6% | |||||
| Liberal Democrats | 8 | data-sort-value="" | 3,597 | 15.6% | |||||
| Independent | 5 | data-sort-value="" | 2,526 | 11.0% | |||||
| Green Party | 2 | data-sort-value="" | 875 | 3.8% | |||||
Incumbent candidates are denoted with an asterisk*.
Jim Rogerson had been elected in 2019 as a Conservative but had left the party to sit as an independent in April 2021.[1] Shown here as independent gain from Conservative to allow comparison with previous election.
Ian Brown had been elected in 2019 as a Conservative but had left the party to sit as an independent in April 2021.[1] Shown here as independent gain from Conservative to allow comparison with previous election.
By-election triggered by resignation of Stewart Fletcher, who had been elected as a Liberal Democrat but left the party in November 2023.[7]