2023 Lancaster City Council election

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2023 Lancaster City Council election
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All 61 seats to Lancaster City Council
31 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
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LeaderErica LewisGina DowdingJoyce Pritchard
Party Labour Green Liberal Democrats
Last election21 seats, 33.7%10 seats, 21.8%3 seats, 6.0%
Seats before16154
Seats won24217
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 3Increase2.svg 11Increase2.svg 4
Popular vote24,28022,6707,691
Percentage31.8%29.7%10.1%
SwingDecrease2.svg 1.9%Increase2.svg 7.9%Increase2.svg 4.1%
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LeaderAndrew GardinerGeoff KnightRoger Cleet
Party Conservative MB Independent Independent
Last election12 seats, 24.4%14 seats, 12.9%0 seats, 1.0%
Seats before968
Seats won531
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 7Decrease2.svg 11Increase2.svg 1
Popular vote14,8206,116821
Percentage19.4%8.0%1.1%
SwingDecrease2.svg 5.0%Decrease2.svg 4.9%Increase2.svg 0.1%
2023 Lancaster City Council Election.svg
Winner of each seat at the 2023 Lancaster City Council election
Leader before election

Caroline Jackson
Green
No overall control

Leader after election

Phillip Black
Labour
No overall control

The 2023 Lancaster City Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Lancaster City Council in Lancashire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections in England. New ward boundaries took effect for this election, increasing the number of seats from 60 to 61. [1]

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Summary

Before the election the council was under no overall control, being run by a coalition of Labour, the Greens and independent councillors, led by Green councillor Caroline Jackson. The council remained under no overall control after the election and the Labour group leader, Erica Lewis, lost her seat. [2] [3]

A new coalition of Labour, the Greens and Liberal Democrats formed an administration after the election, led by new Labour group leader Phillip Black, who was appointed leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 22 May 2023. [4]

Election result

2023 Lancaster City Council
PartyCandidatesSeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 562492Increase2.svg 339.331.824,280–1.9
  Green 612150Increase2.svg 1134.429.722,670+7.9
  Liberal Democrats 36750Increase2.svg 411.510.17,691+4.1
  Conservative 51507Decrease2.svg 78.219.414,820–5.0
  MB Independent 213011Decrease2.svg 114.98.06,116–4.9
  Independent 5110Increase2.svg 11.61.1821+0.1

Ward results

The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Lancaster City Council following the close of nominations on 4 April 2023. [5] The results for each ward were as follows: [6] [7]

Bare

Bare (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Gerry Blaikie* 486 26.0
Conservative Kate Knight 466 24.9
MB Independent David Bottoms 459 24.5
Conservative Stuart Bateson44723.9
MB Independent Sarah Knight*44523.8
Conservative Matthew Jakeman43023.0
Labour Christian Ainscough39921.3
MB Independent Russell Walsh35819.1
Liberal Democrats Lynda Dagdeviren34918.7
Labour Faith Kendrick32817.5
Liberal Democrats Dan Balsamini30916.5
Independent Mark Dugan28815.4
Green Lucie Carrington19110.2
Green Sean Hughes1317.0
Green Andy Lee1136.0
Turnout 1,87133.8–5.2
Liberal Democrats gain from MB Independent
Conservative hold
MB Independent hold

Bolton and Slyne

Bolton and Slyne (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Keith Budden* 1,050 49.4
Conservative Paul Newton 1,010 47.5
Conservative John Wild* 985 46.3
Labour Craig Mossop61829.1
Labour Kate Mossop57226.9
Liberal Democrats Ivan Wheatley42119.8
Liberal Democrats Tony Saville40519.0
Green Laura Mumford34216.1
Green Janet Swan26912.7
Green Gideon Flemming21610.2
Turnout 2,12636.0–1.0
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Bowerham

Bowerham (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Hamish Mills 736 50.7
Green Sarah Punshon 696 47.9
Labour Co-op Erica Lewis*60441.6
Labour Co-op Peter Curphey54137.2
Conservative Charles Edwards1319.0
Conservative Charlotte Whitehouse1208.3
Liberal Democrats Lisa Sue-Too302.1
Turnout 1,45336.7
Green win (new seat)
Green win (new seat)

Bulk

Bulk (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Caroline Jackson* 1,140 64.0
Green Jack Lenox* 1,061 59.5
Green Sam Riches 964 54.1
Labour Stefanie Doebler61034.2
Labour Richard Johnson54630.6
Labour Daniel Fletcher51629.0
Conservative Callum Banthorpe1096.1
Conservative Nathan Gaskill1076.0
Conservative Kyle Hall1045.8
Liberal Democrats Phil Dunster714.0
Turnout 1,78230.9
Green hold
Green hold
Green hold

Carnforth and Millhead

Carnforth and Millhead (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Paul Gardner 633 47.8
Labour Co-op Louise Belcher 586 44.2
Labour Co-op Chris Hanna 571 43.1
Conservative Kath Bromilow53640.5
Conservative Peter Yates*53440.3
Conservative Mel Guilding*49037.0
Green Amelia Jones14110.6
Green Daren Chandisingh1279.6
Green Jon Sear1259.4
Turnout 1,32528.1–5.9
Labour Co-op hold
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative

Castle

Castle (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Dave Brooks* 767 63.6
Green Shelagh McGregor 711 59.0
Green Paul Stubbins* 657 54.5
Labour Jeremy Bateman38331.8
Labour Emma Corless36230.0
Labour Becca Snow32026.5
Conservative Kevan Walton937.7
Conservative Scott Farmer826.8
Conservative Jakub Stuchlik756.2
Liberal Democrats Henry Beesley665.5
Turnout 1,20622.8–8.2
Green hold
Green hold
Green win (new seat)

Ellel

Ellel (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Sally Maddocks* 951 58.1
Green Paul Tynan 733 44.8
Conservative Jason Park42626.0
Conservative Richard Austen-Baker*41225.2
Labour Co-op Shaun Corkerry29518.0
Labour Co-op Anna Hopkins24515.0
Liberal Democrats Robert Fildes543.3
Turnout 1,63740.7+0.7
Green gain from Conservative
Green gain from Conservative

Halton-with-Aughton and Kellet

Halton-with-Aughton and Kellet (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Sarah McGowan 716 46.4
Green James Sommerville 648 42.0
Conservative Daniel Gibbins58237.7
Conservative Stuart Morris46430.1
Labour Kathryn Hyde28018.1
Liberal Democrats Thomas White1539.9
Turnout 1,54439.6
Green win (new seat)
Green win (new seat)

Heysham Central

Heysham Central (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Catherine Armistead 430 41.0
Labour Susan Penney 386 36.8
MB Independent Geoff Knight*37035.3
MB Independent Gina Thistlethwaite36334.6
Conservative Lee Taylor-Craddock21420.4
Green Joanna Young11110.6
Green Cal Wingfield494.7
Liberal Democrats Bex Foulsham212.0
Turnout 1,04830.2–1.8
Labour gain from MB Independent
Labour gain from MB Independent

Heysham North

Heysham North (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Claire Cozler 270 38.4
Independent Roger Cleet* 221 31.4
Labour Co-op Mark Jarnell20128.6
MB Independent Clark Kent17424.7
MB Independent Anthony Padgett13018.5
Conservative Sam Mall10414.8
Liberal Democrats Elaine Chapple689.7
Liberal Democrats Louise Stansfield446.3
Green Jan Maskell324.5
Green Patrick McMurray202.8
Turnout 70420.5–6.5
Labour gain from MB Independent
Independent gain from MB Independent

Heysham South

Heysham South (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Colin Hartley* 737 50.0
Labour Philip Bradley 707 48.0
Labour Catherine Potter 651 44.2
Conservative Bill Riley42528.9
MB Independent Mike Greenall*39026.5
Conservative Pat Freeman34123.2
MB Independent Emma Knight27218.5
MB Independent Josiah Fulton26618.1
Green Maria Deery745.0
Green Gisela Renolds684.6
Green Hildy Wild503.4
Liberal Democrats Sheldon Kent432.9
Turnout 1,47328.4+0.4
Labour hold
Labour gain from MB Independent
Labour hold

John O'Gaunt

John O'Gaunt (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Suhir Abuhajar 551 52.7
Green Grace Russell 498 47.6
Labour Co-op Lisa Corkerry44142.2
Labour Co-op Linda Prue39537.8
Conservative Morgan Gray666.3
Conservative Paul Kitchen605.7
Liberal Democrats James Harvey262.5
Turnout 1,04631.4–0.6
Green gain from Labour
Green gain from Labour

Due to ward boundary changes, the number of seats in this ward was reduced from 3 to 2.

Lower Lune Valley

Lower Lune Valley (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Joyce Pritchard* 733 48.6
Liberal Democrats Peter Jackson 606 40.2
Conservative Joan Jackson*57037.8
Conservative Matthew Maxwell-Scott43528.8
Labour Mandy King16911.2
Labour Andrew Kay16110.7
Green Mike Wright1449.5
Green Rosie Mills1137.5
Turnout 1,50840.7–0.3
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Marsh

Marsh (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Gina Dowding* 1,241 70.3
Green Mandy Bannon* 1,223 69.3
Green Nick Wilkinson 1,079 61.1
Labour Jessica Rafferty40823.1
Labour Morgane Cozler39922.6
Labour Benjamin Soffa35420.0
Conservative Joe Wrennall1257.1
Conservative Anthony Harmey1136.4
Conservative Ryan Timmings1106.2
Liberal Democrats Amy Stanning985.5
Turnout 1,76633.6–6.4
Green hold
Green hold
Green win (new seat)

Due to ward boundary changes, the number of seats in this ward was increased from 2 to 3.

Overton

Overton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Gardiner* 241 40.6
Labour Jean Yates18531.2
MB Independent Jason Slater13021.9
Green David Maddocks376.2
Majority 569.4
Turnout 59330.8–5.2
Conservative hold Swing

Poulton

Poulton (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Paul Hart 395 51.3
Liberal Democrats John Livermore 304 39.5
Labour Terrie Metcalfe22729.5
Labour Matthew Panesh19825.7
MB Independent Tricia Heath*16721.7
MB Independent Jaimie Heath15417.7
Green Pete Moser606.9
Conservative Joan Yates596.8
Green Julie McMurray384.4
Independent Vicky Boyd-Power263.0
Turnout 87022.8–3.2
Liberal Democrats gain from MB Independent
Liberal Democrats gain from MB Independent

Scale Hall

Scale Hall (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ruth Colbridge 663 59.7
Labour Hilda Parr* 655 59.0
Labour Philip Black* 639 57.5
Conservative Joanne Lowther-Edwards26323.7
Green Dominic Hardy16414.8
Green Cari Turner16414.8
Liberal Democrats Jessica Long13912.5
Green Geoffrey Pogson12711.4
Turnout 1,11121.2
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Scotforth East

Scotforth East (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Sophie Maddocks 607 42.9
Labour Co-op Jason Wood* 529 37.4
Green Nancy Mills52637.2
Green Caroline Robertson47333.4
Conservative Stephanie Hoggarth27819.6
Conservative Georges Quinn20914.8
Liberal Democrats Robin Long876.1
Turnout 1,41540.4
Labour hold
Labour hold

Scotforth West

Scotforth West (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Abi Mills* 1,083 63.5
Green Tim Hamilton-Cox 1,023 60.0
Labour Fabiha Askari38722.7
Labour Davina Miller37321.9
Conservative Leon Dexter20712.1
Conservative Harvey Hayes1629.5
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Martin734.3
Turnout 1,70542.5
Green hold
Green hold

Due to ward boundary changes, the number of seats in this ward was reduced from 3 to 2.

Silverdale

Silverdale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats William Greenwell 363 40.5
Conservative Phillippa Williamson32135.8
Labour Brenda Rockall11512.8
Green Anna McCoy9710.8
Majority 424.7
Turnout 89654.7–0.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Skerton

Skerton (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robert Redfern* 696 60.1
Labour Anna Thornberry* 659 56.9
Labour Geoffrey Gawith 615 53.1
Green Emlyn Busby27123.4
Green Kathryn Bain23920.6
Green Emily Heath23220.0
Conservative Julian Webb16814.5
Conservative Alexandra Hailey15313.2
Conservative Michael Wilkinson14812.8
Liberal Democrats Derek Kaye958.2
Turnout 1,15922.36
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Torrisholme

Torrisholme (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
MB Independent Roger Dennison* 443 37.7
MB Independent Brett Cooper 376 32.0
Conservative Colin Hewitt32127.3
Labour Thomas Penney29224.9
Independent Cary Matthews15313.0
Green Rob Livesey14412.3
Independent Wendy Cowley13311.3
Green Rebecca Wilmot877.4
Liberal Democrats Teresa Wilson736.2
Turnout 1,17432.6–5.4
MB Independent hold
MB Independent hold

University

University (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Erin Hall 217 45.0
Green Tom Fish 197 40.9
Green Isabella Metcalf-Riener19039.4
Labour Co-op Lewis Hurst17235.7
Conservative Bawan Hassan6413.3
Conservative Khai Helmy5511.4
Liberal Democrats Cormac Evans347.1
Liberal Democrats Thomas Cross296.0
Turnout 48212.3
Labour Co-op win (new seat)
Green win (new seat)

Upper Lune Valley

Upper Lune Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Ross Hunter* 483 59.3 +15.3
Conservative Jane Parkinson25731.6−14.3
Green Jamie Payne749.1N/A
Majority 22627.7
Turnout 81445.0–3.0
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Warton

Warton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Sue Tydesley* 415 52.7
Conservative Tom Harvey23229.5
Labour David Ainsworth749.4
Liberal Democrats Jane Parsons668.4
Majority 18323.2
Turnout 78739.3
Green gain from Conservative Swing

West End

West End (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Margaret Pattison 543 44.3
Labour Joanne Ainscough 497 40.5
Labour David Whitaker* 477 38.9
Liberal Democrats Catherine Pilling39332.1
Liberal Democrats Jake Perkins38231.2
Liberal Democrats Jim Pilling36529.8
MB Independent Trevor Duncan17714.4
MB Independent Kate Aspinall15712.8
MB Independent Angela Fletcher15512.6
Conservative Michael Ennis1048.5
Green Clara Bandszus604.9
Green Sarah Hester564.6
Green Mark Westcombe423.4
Turnout 1,22622.1
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Westgate

Westgate (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Hanson 491 38.6
Labour Matthew Black 437 34.3
Labour Chris Harris 414 32.5
MB Independent Dan Blacow40832.1
MB Independent Debbie Knight39330.9
MB Independent Wayne Dixon38230.0
Liberal Democrats Bill Jackson22517.7
Conservative Carole Johnston18214.3
Conservative Stuart Staig18014.1
Liberal Democrats Monika Stenneken1209.4
Liberal Democrats Tom Sutton826.4
Green Kathy Bashford715.6
Green Alison Gordon624.9
Green Jago Westaway503.9
Turnout 1,27322.9–4.1
Labour gain from MB Independent
Labour gain from MB Independent
Labour gain from MB Independent

By-elections

Castle

Castle: 14 March 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Isabella Metcalf-Riener 524 65.0 +6.0
Labour Emily Jones21226.3−5.5
Conservative Daniel Kirk435.3−2.4
Liberal Democrats Cormac Evans273.3−3.3
Turnout 80616–7
Green hold

Carnforth and Millhead

Carnforth and Millhead: 2 May 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jackson Stubbs 644 47.3 −0.5
Conservative Peter Yates45433.4−6.9
Green Emily Heath19414.3+3.7
Liberal Democrats Lynda Dagdeviren695.1N/A
Turnout 1,36129+1
Labour hold

University

University: 4 July 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Maria Deery 96 45.1 +5.7
Labour Anya Wilkinson-Leishman8339.0−6.0
Conservative Matthew Maxwell-Scott2310.8−2.5
Liberal Democrats Thomas Willis115.2−1.9
Turnout 2136−6
Green gain from Labour Swing

Scotforth East

Scotforth East: 3 October 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Andrew Otway 623 57.8 +20.6
Labour Mark Jarnell24122.4−20.5
Conservative Timothy Wood14813.7−5.9
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Martin666.1±0.0
Turnout 1,078
Green gain from Labour Swing

References

  1. ↑ "The Lancaster (Electoral Changes) Order 2022", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, SI 2022/1357, retrieved 13 October 2023
  2. ↑ Lambert, Greg (9 May 2023). "Lancaster Labour leader takes parting shot as Greens call for 'rainbow alliance'". Beyond Radio. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  3. ↑ Macdonald, Robbie (8 May 2023). "Lancaster City Council elections: Greens celebrate big wins but talks needed on next administration". Lancaster Guardian. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  4. ↑ Lambert, Greg (22 May 2023). "New Lancaster City Council leader elected after 11th hour Labour, Greens and Lib Dems deal". Beyond Radio. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  5. ↑ "Electoral vacancies and notices". Lancaster City Council . Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  6. ↑ "2023 local election results". Lancaster City Council. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  7. ↑ Kemp, Ellie (5 May 2023). "Election results from Lancaster local council election 2023 count". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
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