| Election Name: | 2023 South Hams District Council election |
| Country: | Devon |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 2019 South Hams District Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2019 |
| Next Election: | 2027 South Hams District Council election |
| Next Year: | 2027 |
| Seats For Election: | All 31 seats on South Hams District Council |
| Majority Seats: | 16 |
| Election Date: | 4 May 2023 |
| Party1: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Leader1: | Julian Brazil |
| Last Election1: | 10 seats, 30.6% |
| Seats Before1: | 10 |
| Seats After1: | 19 |
| Seat Change1: | 9 |
| Popular Vote1: | 19,931 |
| Percentage1: | 43.2 |
| Swing1: | 12.6 |
| Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Leader2: | Judy Pearce |
| Last Election2: | 16 seats, 38.1% |
| Seats Before2: | 16 |
| Seats After2: | 7 |
| Seat Change2: | 9 |
| Popular Vote2: | 14,359 |
| Percentage2: | 31.1 |
| Swing2: | 7.0 |
| Party3: | Green Party of England and Wales |
| Leader3: | Jacqi Hodgson |
| Last Election3: | 3 seats, 12.3% |
| Seats Before3: | 2 |
| Seats After3: | 3 |
| Popular Vote3: | 5,733 |
| Percentage3: | 12.4 |
| Swing3: | 0.1 |
| Party4: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Last Election4: | 0 seats, 13.9% |
| Seats Before4: | 0 |
| Seats After4: | 1 |
| Seat Change4: | 1 |
| Popular Vote4: | 3,521 |
| Percentage4: | 7.6 |
| Swing4: | 6.3 |
| Party5: | Independent politician |
| Leader5: | Mark Long |
| Last Election5: | 2 seats, 5.1% |
| Seats Before5: | 3 |
| Seats After5: | 1 |
| Seat Change5: | 1 |
| Popular Vote5: | 2,299 |
| Percentage5: | 5.0 |
| Swing5: | 0.1 |
| Map Size: | 255px |
| Leader | |
| Posttitle: | Leader after election |
| Before Election: | Judy Pearce |
| Before Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| After Election: | Julian Brazil |
| After Party: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
The 2023 South Hams District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect all 31 members of South Hams District Council in Devon, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England.[1] [2] [3] [4] All 20 wards were up for election, each with either one, two or three councillors to be elected.[5]
The council was under Conservative majority control prior to the election, with the leader of the council being Judy Pearce, who had led the council since 2019. She did not stand for re-election.[6] [7]
The election saw the Liberal Democrats win a majority of the seats on the council for the first time in its history. Liberal Democrat group leader Julian Brazil was appointed leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 25 May 2023.[8] [9]
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Sitting councillors are marked with an asterisk (*).
Jo Sweett had been elected as a Green councillor in 2019, but left the party in 2021 to sit as an independent councillor. Seat shown as a Green hold for comparison with the 2019 result.[11]