2023 City of York Council election

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2023 City of York Council election

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All 47 seats to City of York Council 24 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	39.1%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Claire Douglas Nigel Ayre Paul Doughty Party Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative Leader's seat Heworth Heworth Without Strensall (defeated) Last election 17 21 2 Seats before 17 21 2 Seats won 24 19 3 Seat change 7 2 1 Popular vote 55,995 41,080 18,191 Percentage 42.4 40.2 13.8% Swing 14% 3.4% 1.7%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Andy D'Agorne Party Independent Green Leader's seat Fishergate (defeated) Last election 3 4 Seats before 4 3 Seats won 1 0 Seat change 2 4 Popular vote 1,898 14,665 Percentage 1.4% 11.1% Swing 2.3% 5.9%
Map of results of 2023 election
Leader before election Keith Aspden Liberal Democrats No overall control Leader Claire Douglas Labour

Elections to City of York Council took place on 4 May 2023, as part of the United Kingdom local elections.^[1][2][3] They were held on the same day as other local elections in England. The incumbent leader of the council and leader of the Liberal Democrats, Keith Aspden did not stand for re-election, with it being announced ahead of the elections that Nigel Ayre would be the Liberal Democrats' new leader.^[4]

At the election Labour took a majority of the seats on the council. While the Liberal Democrats had a net loss of only two seats, they were rendered unable to continue in power after their coalition partners, the Green Party, lost all their seats on the council. The Conservative Party, who had led the council in a coalition with the Liberal Democrats between 2015 and 2019, made only a minor recovery with a net gain of one seat. The Labour Party took seven seats, and was able to form an administration with a majority of one. At the subsequent annual council meeting on 25 May 2023 the Labour leader, Claire Douglas, was appointed the new leader of the council.^[5]