4 May 2023 (England) 18 May 2023 (Northern Ireland)
2024 →
230 unitary, metropolitan and district councils in England 4 directly elected mayors in England All 11 councils in Northern Ireland
Turnout
32.0% (England)[1]
54.7% (Northern Ireland)[2]
First party
Second party
Leader
Keir Starmer
Rishi Sunak
Party
Labour
Conservative
Leader since
4 April 2020
24 October 2022
Last election
2,131
3,365
Projected vote-share[n 1]
35%
26%
Swing[n 2]
4%
Councillors
2,675
2,296
Councillors ±
537
1,063
Councils
71
33
Councils ±
22
48
Third party
Fourth party
Leader
Ed Davey
Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay
Party
Liberal Democrats
Green
Leader since
27 August 2020[n 3]
1 October 2021
Last election
1,223
239
Projected vote-share[n 1]
20%
Swing[n 2]
1%
Councillors
1,628
481
Councillors ±
407
241
Councils
29
1
Councils ±
12
1
Map showing party control of councils following the elections.
No election
otherwise see analysis table
Local authorities with elections:
Metropolitan borough
Unitary authority
District councils in England
District councils in Northern Ireland
No election
The largest party in each council
The 2023 United Kingdom local elections were held on Thursday, 4 May 2023 in England and on Thursday 18 May 2023 in Northern Ireland.[4] These included district councils, unitary authorities, and directly elected mayors in England, and included all local councils in Northern Ireland.[5][6] Notably, these elections were the first to be held under the Elections Act 2022, a new voter identification law that required voters to show photo ID when attending a polling station,[7] and was a cause for controversy.[8]
The elections in England saw significant losses for the governing Conservative Party, which lost over 1,000 council seats. The Labour Party, the Liberal Democrats and the Green Party of England and Wales all made gains, with Labour becoming the party with most members elected to local government for the first time since 2002. The Greens won majority control of Mid Suffolk District Council, the party's first ever council majority.[9]
In Northern Ireland, Sinn Féin emerged as the largest party in local government for the first time. These elections were also the first since the creation of Northern Ireland in which nationalist candidates received more votes than unionists.
^"Report on the May 2023 local elections in England". www.electoralcommission.org.uk. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
^"Local Council Elections 18 May 2023". www.eoni.org.uk. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
^Stewart, Heather (27 August 2020). "'Wake up and smell the coffee': Ed Davey elected Lib Dem leader". The Guardian.
^Hughes, Brendan (21 December 2022). "NI council election date moved due to King Charles III coronation". BelfastLive. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
^"Election timetable". Her Majesty's Government. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
^"Local government elections". Local Government Association. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
^"Local elections 2023: Voters express anger at ID rule changes". BBC News. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
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^"Local elections 2023: Green Party makes record gains". BBC News. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
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