| Election Name: | 2023 Wokingham Borough Council election |
| Country: | Berkshire |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Previous Election: | 2022 Wokingham Borough Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2022 |
| Next Election: | 2024 Wokingham Borough Council election |
| Next Year: | 2024 |
| Seats For Election: | 18 out of 54 seats to Wokingham Borough Council |
| Majority Seats: | 28 |
| Election Date: | 4 May 2023 |
| Leader1: | Clive Jones |
| Party1: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Leader Since1: | 2021 |
| Leaders Seat1: | Hawkedon |
| Seats Before1: | 23 |
| Seats1: | 11 |
| Seats After1: | 26 |
| Seat Change1: | 3 |
| Leader2: | Pauline Jorgensen |
| Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Leader Since2: | 2022 |
| Leaders Seat2: | Hillside |
| Seats Before2: | 26 |
| Seats2: | 4 |
| Seats After2: | 22 |
| Seat Change2: | 4 |
| Leader4: | Rachel Burgess |
| Party4: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Leaders Seat4: | Norreys |
| Seats Before4: | 3 |
| Seats4: | 3 |
| Seats After4: | 5 |
| Seat Change4: | 2 |
| Leader5: | N/A |
| Party5: | Independent (politician) |
| Leader Since5: | N/A |
| Leaders Seat5: | N/A |
| Seats Before5: | 2 |
| Seats5: | 0 |
| Seats After5: | 1 |
| Seat Change5: | 1 |
| Map Size: | 180px |
| Leader | |
| Posttitle: | Leader after election |
| Before Election: | Clive Jones Liberal Democrat |
| Before Party: | No overall control |
| After Election: | Stephen Conway Liberal Democrat |
| After Party: | No overall control |
The 2023 Wokingham Borough Council election took place on Thursday 4 May 2023, to elect members of Wokingham Borough Council in Berkshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England. One third of the council, 18 seats, was up for election.
Prior to the election the council was under no overall control. The Conservatives were the largest party but had lost control following the 2022 election to the "Wokingham Partnership" – a group comprising the Liberal Democrats, Labour and two independent councillors, led by Liberal Democrat leader, Clive Jones. At the 2023 election, the council remained under no overall control, but the Liberal Democrats overtook the Conservatives to become the largest party.[1] At the subsequent annual council meeting on 18 May 2023, Clive Jones stood down as leader of the council, being replaced by new Liberal Democrat leader Stephen Conway.[2] [3]
The composition of the council before the election was as follows:
| 23 | 3 | 2 | 26 | |
After the election, the composition of the council became:
| 26 | 5 | 1 | 22 | |
There were a total of 43,802 votes cast with a total of 216 spoiled ballots.
Sitting councillors are marked with an asterisk (*).
| Election results 2010–2023 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2018 | 2019 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
| 43 | 45 | 43 | 44 | 47 | 47 | 42 | 31 | 31 | 26 | 22 | ||
| 11 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 18 | 23 | 26 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Total Seats | 54 | 54 | 54 | 54 | 54 | 54 | 54 | 54 | 54 | 54 | 54 | |