Election Name: | 2023 South Gloucestershire Council election |
Country: | Gloucestershire |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 2019 South Gloucestershire Council election |
Previous Year: | 2019 |
Next Election: | 2027 South Gloucestershie Council election |
Next Year: | 2027 |
Seats For Election: | All 61 seats to South Gloucestershire Council |
Majority Seats: | 31 |
Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Leader1: | Toby Savage |
Last Election1: | 33 seats, 42.4% |
Seats1: | 23 |
Seat Change1: | 10 |
Popular Vote1: | 58,239 |
Percentage1: | 35.9% |
Swing1: | 6.5% |
Leader2: | Claire Young |
Party2: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
Last Election2: | 17 seats, 33.2% |
Seats2: | 20 |
Seat Change2: | 3 |
Popular Vote2: | 55,012 |
Percentage2: | 33.9% |
Swing2: | 0.7% |
Leader4: | Pat Rooney |
Party4: | Labour Party (UK) |
Last Election4: | 11 seats, 19.1% |
Seats4: | 17 |
Seat Change4: | 6 |
Popular Vote4: | 39,257 |
Percentage4: | 24.2% |
Swing4: | 5.1% |
Party5: | Independent politician |
Last Election5: | 0 seats, 0% |
Seats5: | 1 |
Seat Change5: | 1 |
Popular Vote5: | 2,346 |
Percentage5: | 1.4% |
Swing5: | 0.0% |
Leader | |
Posttitle: | Leader after election |
Before Election: | Toby Savage |
Before Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
After Election: | Claire Young Liberal Democrats |
After Party: | No overall control |
Map2 Caption: | Diagram to show the councillor distribution by party after the 2023 election |
Map2 Image: | 2023 South Gloucestershire Council seats by party arc diagram.svg |
The 2023 South Gloucestershire Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of South Gloucestershire Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England.[1] [2] [3] [4]
The Conservatives lost control of the council to no overall control.[5] A Liberal Democrat and Labour coalition subsequently formed to take control of the council.
Prior to the election the Conservatives had a majority on the council, holding 33 of the 61 seats. Their group leader Toby Savage, who had been leader of the council since 2018, chose not to stand for re-election.[6] The Labour group leader Pat Rooney also chose not to stand for re-election.
Following the election the Conservatives remained the largest party but made a net loss of ten seats, putting the council under no overall control. The Liberal Democrats and Labour agreed to form a coalition to run the council.[7] At the subsequent annual council meeting on 24 May 2023 the Liberal Democrat group leader Claire Young was appointed leader of the council, and the new Labour group leader Ian Boulton was appointed co-leader of the council. The Conservatives chose Sam Bromiley to be their new leader in opposition.[8]
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Sitting councillors are marked with an asterisk (*).
The New Cheltenham by-election was triggered by the resignation of Labour councillor Sandie Davis.[9]