| Election Name: | 2023 Uttlesford District Council election |
| Country: | Essex |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Previous Election: | 2019 Uttlesford District Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2019 |
| Next Election: | 2027 Uttlesford District Council election |
| Next Year: | 2027 |
| Seats For Election: | All 39 seats to Uttlesford District Council[1] |
| Majority Seats: | 20 |
| Leader1: | Petrina Lees |
| Party1: | Residents for Uttlesford |
| Last Election1: | 26 seats, 38.3% |
| Seats Before1: | 23 |
| Seats1: | 22 |
| Seat Change1: | 4 |
| Popular Vote1: | 17,098 |
| Percentage1: | 36.3% |
| Swing1: | 2.0% |
| Leader2: | George Smith |
| Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Last Election2: | 4 seats, 28.2% |
| Seats Before2: | 6 |
| Seats2: | 11 |
| Seat Change2: | 7 |
| Popular Vote2: | 14,447 |
| Percentage2: | 30.7% |
| Swing2: | 2.5% |
| Leader3: | Melvin Caton |
| Party3: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Last Election3: | 7 seats, 22.5% |
| Seats Before3: | 5 |
| Seats3: | 4 |
| Seat Change3: | 3 |
| Popular Vote3: | 6,910 |
| Percentage3: | 14.7% |
| Swing3: | 7.8% |
| Leader4: | Richard Pavitt |
| Party4: | Independent politician |
| Last Election4: | 2 seats, 4.4% |
| Seats Before4: | 2 |
| Seats4: | 2 |
| Popular Vote4: | 2,119 |
| Percentage4: | 4.5% |
| Swing4: | 0.6% |
| Leader5: | Paul Fairhurst |
| Party5: | Green Party of England and Wales |
| Last Election5: | 0 seats, 2.7% |
| Seats Before5: | 3 |
| Seats5: | 0 |
| Popular Vote5: | 2,211 |
| Percentage5: | 4.7% |
| Swing5: | 2.0% |
| Leader | |
| Posttitle: | Leader after election |
| Before Election: | Petrina Lees |
| Before Party: | Residents for Uttlesford |
| After Election: | Petrina Lees |
| After Party: | Residents for Uttlesford |
| Map Size: | 300px |
The 2023 Uttlesford District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Uttlesford District Council in Essex, England.[2] [3] [4] This was on the same day as other local elections across England.
Prior to the election the residents' association 'Residents for Uttlesford' held a majority.[5] [6]
The election saw Residents for Uttlesford retain their majority. The Conservative and Liberal Democrat group leaders both lost their seats. The Greens lost all their seats on the council (the three seats it held prior to the election having all been councillors elected for Residents for Uttlesford but who later defected).[7] [8]
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The results for each ward were as follows, with sitting councillors marked with an asterisk(*).[9]
Garry LeCount was a Residents for Uttlesford councillor until the election but was deselected as a candidate for re-election and stood as an independent instead.[10]
Seat recorded as three Conservative gains from Residents for Uttlesford to allow for comparison with the 2019 results. One of the seats had been won by Conservative Tom Loveday in a by-election in January 2023.
Arthur Coote represented Saffron Walden Shire ward before the election. Seats recorded as two Residents for Uttlesford holds to allow for comparison with 2019 results. One of the incumbent councillors, Barbara Light, had been elected as Residents for Uttlesford in 2019 but later that year joined the Greens instead.[11]
Seats recorded as three Residents for Uttlesford holds to allow for comparison with 2019 results. One of the incumbent councillors, Paul Fairhurst, had been elected as Residents for Uttlesford in 2019 but later that year joined the Greens instead.[11]
Seats both recorded as Residents for Uttlesford gains from the Liberal Democrats to allow comparison with 2019 election. The two Liberal Democrats elected in 2019, Mike Tayler and Martin Foley, had both left the party in May 2020 and joined Residents for Uttlesford in March 2021.[12] [13]
Mike Tayler had been the incumbent for Thaxted & The Eastons ward before the election. Seat recorded as a Residents for Uttlesford hold to allow for comparison with the 2019 election, but George Smith had won the seat for the Conservatives in a by-election in 2021.