Who won the most seats in the Local Elections 2023?

The Labour Party won the most seats in the Local Elections 2023, with 2,696 of 8,114 seats filled.

When was the Local Elections 2023?

The Local Elections 2023 was held on 4 May 2023.

Local Elections 2023

Name: Local Elections 2023 results
Creator: Psephology.AI

Local Elections 2023 was held on 4 May 2023. 8,114 seats were filled across 4,855 wards and divisions in 249 councils, from 25,838 candidates. The Labour Party won 2,696, Conservative Party won 2,310 and Liberal Democrats won 1,639.

Date: 4 May 2023
Seats filled: 8,114
Candidates: 25,838
Councils: 249

Local Elections 2023: seats and votes by party
Party	Candidates	Seats won	Votes	Vote share
The Labour Party	6,255	2,696	4,582,775	31.2%
Conservative Party	7,547	2,310	4,539,320	30.9%
Liberal Democrats	4,822	1,639	2,703,104	18.4%
Independent	1,881	567	835,012	5.7%
Green Party	3,348	485	1,324,050	9.0%
Ashfield Independents	36	33	27,092	0.2%
Residents for Uttlesford	30	22	16,529	0.1%
Residents Associations of Epsom and Ewell	26	17	14,243	0.1%
Boston Independent	23	17	10,174	0.1%
South Holland Independents	17	14	9,436	0.1%
Lincolnshire Independents Lincolnshire First	24	13	13,251	0.1%
Farnham Residents	14	13	10,469	0.1%
Swale Independents	16	11	11,707	0.1%
South Devon Alliance	26	9	13,176	0.1%
Ashford Independent	18	9	5,919	0.0%
West Suffolk Independents	12	9	4,307	0.0%
Christchurch Independents	10	8	15,231	0.1%
Residents for Guildford and Villages	37	7	21,456	0.1%
Stafford Borough Independents	14	7	10,094	0.1%
the Borough first Independents	10	7	8,832	0.1%
The People's Independent Party	8	7	6,840	0.0%
Rother Association of Independent Councillors	9	7	5,968	0.0%
The Maldon District Independent Group	13	7	5,239	0.0%
Ashtead Independents	6	6	8,075	0.1%
Whitehill & Bordon Community Party	6	6	4,044	0.0%
Canvey Island Independent Party	6	6	3,900	0.0%
Independent Network	19	5	12,133	0.1%
The Party for Poole People Ltd.	8	5	5,995	0.0%
Residents of Wilmslow	5	5	5,143	0.0%
Tunbridge Wells Alliance	9	5	4,594	0.0%
Skegness urban district society	9	5	2,872	0.0%
Mansfield Independents	35	4	10,523	0.1%
The Liberal Party	16	4	4,751	0.0%
Community Campaign (Hart)	4	4	4,595	0.0%
Thornaby Independent Association	6	4	4,418	0.0%
Stoneleigh and Auriol Residents' Association	4	4	3,035	0.0%
Local Alliance	4	4	2,603	0.0%
Nottingham Independents	28	3	14,790	0.1%
Reform Derby and Reform UK	41	3	11,268	0.1%
Yorkshire Party	33	3	10,279	0.1%

Local Elections 2023: results by council
Council	Wards / divisions	Seats filled	Largest party	Its seats
Amber Valley	18	42	Labour	26
Arun	23	54	Conservative	20
Ashfield	23	35	Ashfield Independents	32
Ashford	39	47	Conservative	19
Babergh	24	32	Green	10
Barnsley	21	21	Labour	15
Basildon	14	14	Conservative	6
Basingstoke and Deane	18	18	Conservative	6
Bassetlaw	25	48	Labour	38
Bath	1	2	Liberal Democrats	2
Bath & North East Somerset	32	57	Liberal Democrats	39
Bedford	28	46	Labour	14
Blaby	17	36	Conservative	19
Blackburn with Darwen	17	17	Labour	14
Blackpool	21	42	Labour	28
Bolsover	17	37	Labour	31
Bolton	20	60	Labour	26
Boston	15	31	Boston Independent	17
Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole	33	76	Liberal Democrats	28
Bracknell Forest	15	41	Labour	22
Bradford	30	30	Labour	22
Braintree	26	49	Conservative	26
Breckland	27	49	Conservative	30
Brentwood	13	13	Liberal Democrats	8
Brighton & Hove	23	54	Labour	38
Broadland	27	47	Conservative	21
Bromsgrove	30	31	Conservative	11
Broxbourne	10	10	Conservative	9
Broxtowe	20	44	Labour	26
Burnley	15	15	Labour	8
Bury	17	17	Labour	11
Calderdale	17	17	Labour	10
Cambridge	14	16	Labour	10
Cambridgeshire	2	2	Conservative	1
Cannock Chase	15	17	Labour	9
Canterbury	21	39	Labour	18
Castle Point	14	14	The People's Independent Party	7
Central Bedfordshire	31	63	Independent	27
Charnwood	24	53	Conservative	24
Chelmsford	24	57	Liberal Democrats	33
Cherwell	16	16	Labour	5
Cheshire East	52	82	Conservative	33
Cheshire West & Chester	44	69	Labour	38
Chesterfield	16	40	Labour	28
Chichester	21	36	Liberal Democrats	25
Chorley	14	14	Labour	13
Colchester	17	17	Conservative	6
Cotswold	32	34	Liberal Democrats	22
County Durham	1	1	Labour	1
Coventry	18	18	Labour	13
Crawley	12	12	Labour	8
Dacorum	25	51	Liberal Democrats	28
Darlington	20	50	Labour	24
Dartford	20	42	Conservative	29
Derby	18	51	Labour	23
Derbyshire Dales	21	34	Liberal Democrats	12
Dover	17	32	Labour	17
Dudley	24	25	Labour	13
East Cambridgeshire	14	28	Conservative	15
East Devon	30	60	Independent	19
East Hampshire	31	43	Conservative	19
East Hertfordshire	26	50	Green	19
East Lindsey	37	54	Conservative	25
East of England	1	2	Labour	2
East Riding Of Yorkshire	26	67	Conservative	29
East Staffordshire	16	37	Labour	21
East Suffolk	29	55	Green	16
Eastbourne	9	27	Liberal Democrats	19
Eastleigh	13	13	Liberal Democrats	12
Elmbridge	16	16	Liberal Democrats	9
England	4	4	Labour	3
Epping Forest	19	19	Conservative	15
Epsom And Ewell	14	35	Residents Associations of Epsom and Ewell	17
Erewash	19	47	Labour	28
Essex	1	1	Labour	1
Exeter	13	13	Labour	7
Fenland	18	43	Conservative	35
Fermanagh and Omagh	2	1	Ulster Unionist Party	1
Folkestone And Hythe	13	30	Green	11
Forest Of Dean	21	38	Green	15
Fylde	17	37	Conservative	19
Gateshead	22	22	Labour	15
Gedling	19	41	Labour	28
Gloucestershire	1	1	Conservative	1
Gravesham	17	39	Labour	22
Great Yarmouth	17	41	Labour	20
Guildford	21	48	Liberal Democrats	25
Halton	18	18	Labour	17
Harborough	19	35	Conservative	15
Harlow	11	11	Labour	6
Hart	11	11	Liberal Democrats	4
Hartlepool	12	12	Labour	9
Havant	11	11	Conservative	6
Herefordshire	53	53	Conservative	21
Hertsmere	16	39	Conservative	16
High Peak	28	44	Labour	31
Hinckley And Bosworth	16	34	Liberal Democrats	22
Horsham	22	48	Liberal Democrats	28
Hyndburn	12	12	Labour	7
Ipswich	16	16	Labour	12
Kent	1	1	Conservative	1
King's Lynn And West Norfolk	35	55	Conservative	21
Kingston Upon Hull	19	20	Liberal Democrats	11
Kirklees	23	24	Labour	14
Knowsley	15	16	Labour	9
Lancaster	27	61	Labour	24
Leeds	33	33	Labour	22
Leicester	21	54	Labour	31
Lewes	21	41	Green	17
Lichfield	22	47	Conservative	23
Lincoln	10	10	Labour	8
Lincolnshire	1	1	Conservative	1
Liverpool	64	85	Labour	61
London	1	1	Labour	1
Luton	20	48	Labour	30
Maidstone	18	18	Liberal Democrats	5
Maldon	17	31	Conservative	10
Malvern Hills	18	31	Independent	11
Manchester	32	33	Labour	30
Mansfield	36	36	Labour	25
Medway	23	57	Labour	31
Melton	16	28	Conservative	11
Mid Devon	22	42	Liberal Democrats	33
Mid Suffolk	26	34	Green	24
Mid Sussex	27	48	Liberal Democrats	20
Middlesbrough	20	46	Labour	25
Milton Keynes	19	20	Labour	12
Mole Valley	13	39	Liberal Democrats	30
New Forest	26	48	Conservative	26
Newark And Sherwood	21	40	Conservative	15
Newcastle Upon Tyne	26	27	Labour	14
Norfolk	1	1	Conservative	1
North Devon	25	42	Liberal Democrats	22
North East Derbyshire	24	53	Labour	28
North East Lincolnshire	15	15	Conservative	7
North Hertfordshire	16	16	Liberal Democrats	8
North Kesteven	24	43	Conservative	25
North Lincolnshire	19	43	Conservative	27
North Norfolk	32	40	Liberal Democrats	25
North Somerset	35	50	Conservative	13
North Tyneside	20	21	Labour	18
North Warwickshire	17	36	Conservative	19
North West Leicestershire	38	38	Labour	17
Norwich	13	13	Labour	7
Nottingham	20	55	Labour	51
Nottinghamshire	1	1	Ashfield Independents	1
Oadby And Wigston	10	28	Liberal Democrats	21
Oldham	20	60	Labour	32
Pendle	11	12	Conservative	5
Peterborough	20	21	Conservative	8
Plymouth	19	19	Labour	15
Portsmouth	14	14	Liberal Democrats	7
Preston	16	17	Labour	11
Reading	16	18	Labour	11
Redcar & Cleveland	24	59	Labour	23
Redditch	10	10	Labour	6
Reigate & Banstead	15	15	Conservative	7
Ribble Valley	26	40	Conservative	18
Rochdale	20	20	Labour	16
Rochford	13	13	Conservative	5
Rossendale	12	12	Labour	8
Rother	21	38	Conservative	10
Rugby	14	14	Conservative	6
Runnymede	14	14	Conservative	5
Rushcliffe	24	44	Conservative	25
Rushmoor	13	14	Labour	9
Rutland	15	28	Liberal Democrats	11
Salford	20	21	Labour	18
Sandwell	24	24	Labour	22
Sefton	22	22	Labour	18
Sevenoaks	26	54	Conservative	33
Sheffield	28	29	Labour	14
Slough	21	42	Conservative	21
Solihull	17	17	Conservative	10
South Derbyshire	15	36	Labour	23
South Gloucestershire	28	61	Conservative	23
South Hams	20	31	Liberal Democrats	19
South Holland	18	37	Conservative	19
South Kesteven	30	56	Conservative	24
South Norfolk	26	46	Conservative	24
South Oxfordshire	21	36	Liberal Democrats	21
South Ribble	23	50	Labour	29
South Staffordshire	20	42	Conservative	29
South Tyneside	18	18	Labour	11
Southampton	17	50	Labour	37
Southend-On-Sea	17	17	Labour	7
Spelthorne	13	39	Conservative	12
St Albans	18	18	Liberal Democrats	15
Stafford	23	40	Conservative	14
Staffordshire Moorlands	27	57	Labour	25
Stevenage	13	13	Labour	9
Stockport	21	63	Liberal Democrats	30
Stockton-on-Tees	27	57	Conservative	26
Stoke On Trent	34	44	Labour	29
Stratford-On-Avon	39	41	Liberal Democrats	25
Suffolk	2	2	Labour	1
Sunderland	25	25	Labour	17
Surrey	1	1	Liberal Democrats	1
Surrey Heath	14	35	Liberal Democrats	24
Swale	24	47	Labour	15
Swindon	19	19	Labour	16
Tameside	19	57	Labour	52
Tamworth	10	10	Labour	8
Tandridge	14	14	Independent	6
Teignbridge	24	47	Liberal Democrats	26
Telford & Wrekin	31	53	Labour	38
Tendring	32	49	Conservative	19
Test Valley	20	43	Conservative	26
Tewkesbury	20	38	Liberal Democrats	16
Thanet	23	56	Labour	30
The Wrekin	1	1	Independent	1
Three Rivers	13	14	Liberal Democrats	8
Thurrock	16	16	Labour	9
Tonbridge And Malling	19	44	Conservative	20
Torbay	16	36	Conservative	19
Torridge	16	36	Independent	16
Trafford	21	63	Labour	41
Tunbridge Wells	16	16	Liberal Democrats	5
Uttlesford	22	39	Residents for Uttlesford	22
Vale Of White Horse	24	38	Liberal Democrats	34
Wakefield	21	21	Labour	20
Walsall	20	20	Conservative	13
Warwick	17	44	Green	14
Watford	12	12	Liberal Democrats	9
Waverley	24	50	Liberal Democrats	22
Wealden	41	45	Liberal Democrats	13
Welwyn Hatfield	16	16	Labour	6
West Berkshire	24	43	Liberal Democrats	29
West Devon	18	31	Conservative	11
West Lancashire	15	45	Labour	26
West Lindsey	20	36	Liberal Democrats	18
West Oxfordshire	17	17	Liberal Democrats	6
West Suffolk	43	64	Conservative	26
West Sussex	1	1	Conservative	1
Westmorland and Furness	1	1	Labour	1
Wigan	25	75	Labour	64
Winchester	16	16	Liberal Democrats	13
Windsor & Maidenhead	19	41	Liberal Democrats	22
Wirral	22	66	Labour	30
Woking	10	10	Liberal Democrats	8
Wokingham	18	18	Liberal Democrats	11
Wolverhampton	20	60	Labour	47
Worcester	11	11	Green	5
Worcestershire	1	1	Green	1
Worthing	11	12	Labour	9
Wychavon	27	43	Conservative	29
Wyre	24	50	Conservative	30
Wyre Forest	12	33	Conservative	20
York	21	47	Labour	24