2023 Hull City Council election

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2023 Hull City Council election
  2022 4 May 2023 (2023-05-04) 2024  

20 of 57 seats to Hull City Council
29 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
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LeaderMike RossDaren Hale
Party Liberal Democrats Labour Non-aligned
Seats before29271
Seats after32250
Seat changeIncrease2.svg3Decrease2.svg2Decrease2.svg1
Popular vote17,85514,880N/A
Percentage49.2%41.0%N/A

2023 Hull City Council Election Map.svg
2023 Hull City Council Election Map

Leader before election

Mike Ross
Liberal Democrats

Leader after election

Mike Ross
Liberal Democrats

Map of the results of the 2023 Hull council election. Labour in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Uncontested in cream.
Note that 2 seats were contested in Central Ward. Kingston upon Hull UK 2023 Local Election map.svg
Map of the results of the 2023 Hull council election. Labour in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Uncontested in cream.
Note that 2 seats were contested in Central Ward.

The 2023 Hull City Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Hull City Council. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] This was on the same day as other local elections in England.

Contents

Hull has a mixture of two and three member wards and elections take place by thirds. This year 19 of the 21 wards held elections.

The Liberal Democrats retained control of the council with an increased majority after gaining two seats from the opposition Labour Party. [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

Results summary

2023 Hull City Council election
PartyThis electionFull councilThis election
SeatsNetSeats %OtherTotalTotal %VotesVotes %+/−
  Liberal Democrats 11Increase2.svg255.0213256.117,85549.2+4.9
  Labour 9Decrease2.svg245.0162543.914,88041.0+0.5
  Conservative 0Steady2.svg0.0000.02,1565.9-5.7
  Green 0Steady2.svg0.0000.08442.3+0.1
  TUSC 0Steady2.svg0.0000.03681.0-0.1
  Reform UK 0Steady2.svg0.0000.01570.4+0.4

Ward results

Hull City Council election results. [11]

An asterisk * indicates an incumbent who stood for re-election.

Turnout figures where stated are the number of ballot papers handed out in a ward including any rejected ballot papers.

No elections took place in the Bricknell and University wards.

Avenue

Avenue
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Abhimanyu Singh* 1,662 51.0 +3.0
Liberal Democrats Scott Preston1,17436.0−5.4
Green James Russell33010.1+2.5
Conservative Alex Hayward942.90.0
Majority 48815.0+8.4
Turnout 3,28737.1−4.0
Labour hold Swing +4.2

Beverley and Newland

Beverley and Newland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Paul Drake-Davis* 1,979 67.3 −1.7
Labour Co-op Sian Alexander75525.7+6.9
Conservative Archie Bartlett1164.0−2.1
TUSC Phil Culshaw903.1New
Majority 1,22441.6−8.6
Turnout 2,95431.0+0.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -4.3

Boothferry

Boothferry
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jack Haines* 1,324 58.5 −0.9
Labour James Ireland74933.1+3.4
Conservative John Sharp1908.4−2.5
Majority 57525.4−4.3
Turnout 2,28225.8−0.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -2.1

Central

On 23 March 2023, Labour councillor Aneesa Akbar resigned as a councillor for the Central Ward, triggering a by-election that took place on the same day as the UK local elections. [12]

Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Shane McMurray* 714 61.1 −2.5
Labour Sharon Qassim 620 53.0 −10.6
Liberal Democrats Motokin Ali31026.5+4.8
Liberal Democrats Lilyth Coglan25822.1+0.4
Conservative John Rymer887.5−7.3
Conservative James Sargeant877.4−7.4
TUSC Paul Spooner796.7NEW
Majority N/AN/AN/A
Turnout 1,18318.9+1.6
Labour hold
Labour hold

Derringham

Derringham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Sarita Robinson 1,147 54.4 −3.1
Labour Co-op George Grozav81638.7+4.8
Conservative Michael Whitehead1446.8−1.8
Majority 33115.7−7.9
Turnout 2,12723.9+0.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -3.9

Drypool

Drypool
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Diana Hatcher* 1,545 67.5 +1.2
Labour Musa Dogan47020.5−2.0
Conservative Stephen Hackett1165.1−0.5
Green John Allison-Walsh1094.8+1.00
TUSC Matthew Whale492.1+0.3
Majority 1,07547.0+3.2
Turnout 2,29526.3−2.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +1.6

Holderness

Holderness
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Kalvin Neal* 1,519 65.8 −0.9
Labour Katherine Thompson68029.4+2.3
Conservative Stephen Brown1114.8−1.4
Majority 83936.4−3.2
Turnout 2,32126.6−1.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -1.6

Ings

Ings
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Denise Thompson* 740 46.9 −0.1
Liberal Democrats Mark Collinson64240.7+28.2
Conservative Simon Trow925.8−20.4
Green Gordon Bradshaw835.3−8.9
TUSC Mike Hirst221.4New
Majority 986.2−14.6
Turnout 1,58322.5−1.5
Labour hold Swing -14.1

Kingswood

Kingswood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Charles Quinn* 939 74.1 +3.1
Labour Nigel Filer26120.6+7.6
Conservative Corey Rigby675.3−9.9
Majority 67853.5−4.5
Turnout 1,27219.2−1.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -2.2

Longhill and Bilton Grange

Longhill and Bilton Grange
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Sherilee Jepmond 840 49.8 −6.6
Labour Dean Kirk*67239.8+5.6
Conservative Les Fisher995.9−3.5
TUSC Tony Smith774.6New
Majority 16810.0−12.2
Turnout 1,69119.4−2.9
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing -6.1

Marfleet

Marfleet
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rosemary Pantelakis* 714 69.0 +14.5
Liberal Democrats Karen Woods22521.8+6.4
Conservative Geoff Horton959.2−4.5
Majority 48947.2+8.1
Turnout 1,04711.7−1.8
Labour hold Swing +4.0

Newington and Gipsyville

Newington and Gipsyville
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gill Kennett* 885 58.7 +1.9
Liberal Democrats Keith Smith35023.2+3.1
Conservative Daniel Bond15610.3−4.1
Green Andy Donegan1177.7−1.0
Majority 53535.5−1.2
Turnout 1,52515.0−0.8
Labour hold Swing -0.6

North Carr

North Carr
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Garreth Byrne 825 54.6 +13.2
Labour Jan Hornby60339.9−9.3
Conservative Graeme Wightman835.5−1.6
Majority 22214.7N/A
Turnout 1,51815.4−1.3
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing +11.2

Orchard Park

Orchard Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gary Wareing* 883 48.6 −13.2
Liberal Democrats Michael Gibbons80744.4+20.7
Green Kevin Paulson673.7New
Conservative Farhana Khan603.3−11.2
Majority 764.2−33.9
Turnout 1,83318.4+2.8
Labour hold Swing -16.9

Pickering

Pickering
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Mark Ieronimo* 1,102 57.8 +9.7
Labour Terry Sullivan73138.4−6.5
Conservative Charles Dinsdale733.8−3.2
Majority 37119.4+16.2
Turnout 1,91230.9+1.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +8.1

Southcoates

Southcoates
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jessica Raspin 1,081 65.3 +4.3
Liberal Democrats Lucy Thomas27816.8−4.6
Reform UK Ian Broadbent1579.5New
Conservative Catherine MacIntyre1408.4−9.2
Majority 80348.5+8.9
Turnout 1,66516.8−0.9
Labour hold Swing +4.4

St Andrew's and Docklands

St Andrew's and Docklands
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Haroldo Herrera-Richmond* 988 61.1 −2.9
Liberal Democrats Callum Best31419.4−2.9
Green Raymond Barry1388.5New
Conservative Jack Devlin1277.8−2.1
TUSC James Bentley513.2New
Majority 67441.70.0
Turnout 1,63116.5−0.1
Labour hold Swing 0.00

Sutton

Sutton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Allen Healand* 1,595 60.9 +3.6
Labour Paul Harper87533.4+1.1
Conservative Frankie Williams1505.7−2.2
Majority 72027.5+2.5
Turnout 2,62726.6−2.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +1.2

West Carr

West Carr
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Christine Randall* 940 53.1 −2.5
Labour Karen Wood60133.9+6.2
Conservative Colin Baxter1558.7−2.4
TUSC Joyce Marshall794.3−1.3
Majority 33919.2−8.7
Turnout 1,77720.0−1.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -4.3

By-elections

Bricknell

Bricknell by-election 21 September 2023 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sharon Hofman 919 43.7 −9.1
Liberal Democrats Lucy Lennon64730.8+25.3
Conservative John Fareham41819.9−15.9
Green Kevin Paulson984.7−1.2
Yorkshire James Steel190.9New
Majority 27212.8N/A
Turnout 2,10935.0−1.7
Rejected ballots8
Registered electors 6,052
Labour hold Swing Decrease2.svg17.2

Avenue

The by-election was called following the resignation of Marjorie Brabazon who held one of the seats for Labour. [14]

Avenue by-election 15 February 2024 [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Rhiannon Beeson 1,186 45.7 +9.7
Labour Karen Wood1,02939.7−11.3
Green James Russell1987.6−2.5
Independent Michael Whale1395.3New
Conservative Alex Hayward431.7−1.2
Majority 1576.0N/A
Turnout 2,60729.0−8.1
Rejected ballots12
Registered electors 9,111
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing Increase2.svg10.5

References

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  2. "Election timetable in England". UK Government . Retrieved 10 April 2023.
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  7. "Local election results 2023: Lib Dems see off Labour to keep control of Hull". BBC News . Retrieved 17 May 2023.
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  11. "2023 Local Elections". Hull City Council . Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  12. "Aneesa Akbar has resigned as a member of Hull City Council, triggering a by-election". The Hull Story. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  13. "Declaration Of Result Of Poll" (PDF). Hull City Council. 21 September 2023. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  14. "The candidates standing in the council by-election for Hull's Avenue ward". Hull Daily Mail. 1 February 2024. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  15. "Rhiannon Beeson, Liberal Democrats wins Avenue ward by-election". Hull CC News. Hull City Council. 16 February 2024. Retrieved 16 February 2024.