| Election Name: | 2023 South Ribble Borough Council election |
| Country: | Lancashire |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Previous Election: | 2019 South Ribble Borough Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2019 |
| Next Election: | 2027 South Ribble Borough Council election |
| Next Year: | 2027 |
| Seats For Election: | All 50 seats on South Ribble Borough Council |
| Majority Seats: | 26 |
| Leader1: | Paul Foster[1] |
| Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Last Election1: | 22 seats, 30.8% |
| Seats Before1: | 24 |
| Seats After1: | 29 |
| Seat Change1: | 7 |
| Percentage1: | 42.6% |
| Leader2: | Karen Walton |
| Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Last Election2: | 23 seats, 42.8% |
| Seats Before2: | 21 |
| Seats After2: | 16 |
| Seat Change2: | 7 |
| Percentage2: | 36.9% |
| Leader3: | Angela Turner |
| Party3: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Last Election3: | 5 seats, 14.6% |
| Seats Before3: | 5 |
| Seats After3: | 5 |
| Percentage3: | 19.0% |
| Leader | |
| Posttitle: | Leader after election |
| Before Election: | Paul Foster Labour |
| Before Party: | No overall control |
| After Election: | Paul Foster |
| After Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
Local elections were held for South Ribble Borough Council on 4 May 2023.[2] These took place on the same day as the wider local elections across England.
Every multi-member ward was up for election.
| Party | Seats | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Conservatives | 21 | ||
| Labour | 24 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | 5 | ||
The election saw Labour take a majority of the seats on the council, giving it overall control.[4] [5]
No candidates from the UK Independence Party stood in this election, unlike previous years.