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The 2023 West Suffolk District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of West Suffolk District Council in Suffolk, England. [2] This was on the same day as other local elections in England.
The council had been under Conservative majority control prior to the election. After the election the Conservatives remained the largest group, but lost their majority. A coalition of Labour, the West Suffolk Independents, Liberal Democrats, Greens and independent councillors formed after the election, with Labour councillor Cliff Waterman being appointed the new leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 23 May 2023. [3] [4]
2023 West Suffolk District Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
Conservative | 58 | 26 | 2 | 12 | ![]() | 40.6 | 44.1 | 23,997 | –4.1 | |
Labour | 41 | 17 | 12 | 0 | ![]() | 26.6 | 30.4 | 16,523 | +12.1 | |
Independent | 19 | 10 | 3 | 8 | ![]() | 15.6 | 9.3 | 5,082 | –10.4 | |
West Suffolk Independents | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | ![]() | 14.1 | 7.9 | 4,307 | +1.8 | |
Green | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | 1.6 | 4.2 | 2,266 | +2.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ![]() | 1.6 | 3.0 | 1,649 | –0.1 | |
Reform UK | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | 0.0 | 0.9 | 470 | N/A | |
Communist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | 0.0 | 0.1 | 74 | N/A |
The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by West Suffolk District Council following the close of nominations on 5 April 2023. [5] The results for each ward were as follows, with an asterisk (*) indicating an incumbent councillor standing for re-election: [6] [7]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Julia Wakelam* | 796 | 54.7 | +9.1 | |
Conservative | Jo Rayner* | 575 | 39.5 | +1.5 | |
Labour | Nicola Iannelli-Popham | 515 | 35.4 | +7.5 | |
Labour | Anabelle Mackenzie | 433 | 29.8 | N/A | |
Communist | Darren Turner | 74 | 5.1 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,455 | 40.0 | +3.0 | ||
Registered electors | 3,635 | ||||
Green hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Smith* | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Carol Bull* | 529 | 66.7 | N/A | |
Labour | Alexander Callum | 264 | 33.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 265 | 33.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 804 | 37.6 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 2,139 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ian Houlder* | 350 | 47.9 | N/A | |
Labour | Theo Williams | 192 | 26.3 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Zigurds Kronbergs | 189 | 25.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 158 | 21.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 736 | 36.2 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 2,036 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
WSI | Jools Savage | 290 | 58.9 | +0.6 | |
Conservative | Tony Simmons | 202 | 41.1 | +22.9 | |
Majority | 88 | 17.8 | –22.3 | ||
Turnout | 499 | 22.6 | –0.1 | ||
Registered electors | 2,208 | ||||
WSI hold | Swing | ![]() | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
WSI | Phil Wittam* | 275 | 48.5 | +17.2 | |
Conservative | Christine Mason | 154 | 27.2 | –3.0 | |
Independent | Susan Smith | 138 | 24.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 121 | 21.3 | +20.2 | ||
Turnout | 570 | 26.1 | –0.3 | ||
Registered electors | 2,181 | ||||
WSI hold | Swing | ![]() | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
WSI | Victor Lukaniuk* | 310 | 57.2 | +10.5 | |
Conservative | David Palmer* | 232 | 42.8 | +20.4 | |
Majority | 78 | 14.4 | –1.4 | ||
Turnout | 551 | 24.7 | –1.4 | ||
Registered electors | 2,227 | ||||
WSI hold | Swing | ![]() | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mike Chester* | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Nick Clarke | 1,381 | 71.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | Karen Richardson* | 1,226 | 63.6 | +20.3 | |
Conservative | Marion Rushbrook* | 1,226 | 63.6 | +15.4 | |
Reform UK | Robin Turbefield | 354 | 18.4 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,928 | 31.7 | –6.7 | ||
Registered electors | 6,087 | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Cliff Waterman* | 415 | 63.8 | +30.2 | |
Conservative | Zachary Bastiani | 235 | 36.2 | +3.0 | |
Majority | 180 | 27.6 | +27.2 | ||
Turnout | 663 | 38.4 | +0.4 | ||
Registered electors | 1,729 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Jon London | 413 | 64.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | Terry Wood | 223 | 35.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 190 | 29.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 639 | 37.1 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 1,723 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Aaron Luccarini* | 229 | 38.2 | –2.1 | |
Labour | Mary Martin | 221 | 36.9 | +10.1 | |
Conservative | Heike Sowa | 149 | 24.9 | –8.0 | |
Majority | 8 | 1.3 | –6.1 | ||
Turnout | 603 | 25.1 | –0.8 | ||
Registered electors | 2,401 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ![]() | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Pat Hanlon* | 303 | 53.5 | +16.1 | |
Labour | Lora Miller-Jones | 279 | 49.3 | +19.2 | |
Independent | John Burns* | 222 | 39.2 | –1.5 | |
Conservative | Abbey Khawaja | 160 | 28.3 | –6.0 | |
Turnout | 566 | 19.8 | –2.3 | ||
Registered electors | 2,863 | ||||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour gain from Independent |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Paul Firman | 462 | 47.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | Joe Mason* | 422 | 43.6 | +2.4 | |
Labour | Quinn Cox | 412 | 42.6 | +18.2 | |
Conservative | Lisa Mason | 362 | 37.4 | –7.2 | |
Turnout | 967 | 26.7 | –2.6 | ||
Registered electors | 3,621 | ||||
Independent gain from Conservative | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Smith* | 383 | 53.0 | +19.3 | |
Labour | Liz Smith | 353 | 48.8 | +16.0 | |
Independent | Jason Crooks* | 352 | 48.7 | +10.6 | |
Turnout | 723 | 16.9 | –1.9 | ||
Registered electors | 4,276 | ||||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour gain from Independent |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Tony Brown* | 363 | 72.0 | +16.0 | |
Labour | Roger Andre | 141 | 28.0 | +11.8 | |
Majority | 222 | 44.0 | |||
Turnout | 517 | 28.5 | |||
Registered electors | 1,815 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ![]() | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Andrew Martin | 455 | 41.6 | +4.7 | |
Conservative | Margaret Marks* | 421 | 38.5 | –6.8 | |
Labour | Damian Page | 413 | 37.8 | +6.7 | |
Conservative | David Roach* | 358 | 32.8 | –9.8 | |
Independent | Bruce Davidson | 335 | 30.6 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,093 | 25.7 | |||
Registered electors | 4,249 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Karen Soons | 418 | 49.8 | –19.1 | |
Green | Mark Ereira-Guyer | 249 | 29.7 | N/A | |
Labour | Quentin Cornish | 172 | 20.5 | –10.6 | |
Majority | 169 | 20.1 | |||
Turnout | 843 | 40.7 | |||
Registered electors | 2,074 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
WSI | Dawn Dicker* | 354 | 47.5 | +0.8 | |
Conservative | Andy Drummond | 240 | 32.2 | +3.7 | |
Green | Simon Morse | 231 | 31.0 | +8.6 | |
Labour | Keith Holland | 227 | 30.4 | +17.4 | |
WSI | Lee Anderson | 201 | 26.9 | –5.5 | |
Turnout | 746 | 19.1 | |||
Registered electors | 3,917 | ||||
WSI hold | |||||
Conservative gain from WSI |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Griffiths* | 242 | 39.2 | N/A | |
Independent | Ben Lord | 211 | 34.1 | N/A | |
Labour | Helen Vicat | 165 | 26.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 31 | 5.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 622 | 36.4 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 1,710 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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WSI | Roger Dicker* | 517 | 57.4 | –0.7 | |
Conservative | Bobby Bennett | 216 | 31.1 | +3.3 | |
Labour | Hilary Appleton | 167 | 11.6 | –2.5 | |
Majority | 301 | 26.3 | |||
Turnout | 906 | 39.9 | |||
Registered electors | 2,269 | ||||
WSI hold | Swing | ![]() | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Gerald Kelly | 660 | 55.5 | N/A | |
Independent | Tracy Whitehand | 606 | 50.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | Stephen Frost* | 453 | 38.1 | –7.7 | |
Conservative | Colin Noble | 379 | 31.8 | –5.6 | |
Turnout | 1,190 | 29.5 | |||
Registered electors | 4,034 | ||||
Independent gain from Conservative | |||||
Independent hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
WSI | Dave Taylor | 355 | 50.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | Brian Harvey* | 342 | 49.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 13 | 1.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 706 | 34.4 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 2,050 | ||||
WSI gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Richard Alecock* | 362 | 68.4 | +2.1 | |
Conservative | Russell Leaman | 79 | 31.6 | –2.1 | |
Majority | 283 | 36.8 | |||
Turnout | 444 | 21.8 | |||
Registered electors | 2,037 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ![]() | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Ian Shipp* | 382 | 61.0 | –1.3 | |
Conservative | Melanie Thielker | 114 | 30.5 | +2.5 | |
Labour | Patrick Finn | 96 | 8.5 | –1.2 | |
Majority | 268 | 30.5 | |||
Turnout | 592 | 28.1 | |||
Registered electors | 2,107 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ![]() | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Andy Neal* | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Independent hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Donna Higgins | 831 | 49.6 | +17.6 | |
Labour | Richard O'Driscoll | 744 | 44.4 | +14.2 | |
Conservative | Robert Everitt* | 602 | 36.0 | –4.8 | |
Conservative | Chris Turner | 482 | 28.8 | –7.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Helen Korfanty | 320 | 19.1 | –8.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Robert Pinsker | 192 | 11.5 | –14.4 | |
Turnout | 1,674 | 40.0 | |||
Registered electors | 4,188 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | |||||
Labour gain from Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peter Armitage | 810 | 46.3 | +25.0 | |
Labour | Rowena Lindberg | 797 | 45.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | Birgitte Mager* | 781 | 44.7 | +17.2 | |
Labour | Umor Haque | 757 | 43.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | Peter Thompson* | 716 | 40.9 | –0.4 | |
Conservative | Derrick Maher | 711 | 40.7 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,749 | 30.5 | |||
Registered electors | 5,735 | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | |||||
Labour gain from Independent | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Sue Perry | 358 | 35.8 | +13.6 | |
Conservative | Rachel Hood* | 317 | 30.5 | –7.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jonny Edge | 309 | 29.8 | +17.6 | |
Conservative | Robert Nobbs* | 306 | 29.5 | –6.4 | |
WSI | Jonathan Richer | 292 | 28.1 | +0.4 | |
Independent | Tom Kerby | 245 | 23.6 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,038 | 25.5 | |||
Registered electors | 4,070 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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WSI | Michael Anderson* | 483 | 53.4 | +7.0 | |
Labour | Janne Jarvis | 347 | 38.4 | +16.0 | |
Conservative | Chris Burton | 313 | 34.6 | –3.4 | |
WSI | Paula Stainton | 290 | 32.1 | –1.1 | |
Turnout | 904 | 25.0 | |||
Registered electors | 3,614 | ||||
WSI hold | |||||
Labour gain from Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Kevin Yarrow | 475 | 48.1 | +12.5 | |
Conservative | Charlie Lynch | 377 | 38.2 | –10.8 | |
Conservative | Chloe Pitts | 364 | 36.8 | –1.5 | |
Green | Caroline Warn | 343 | 34.7 | N/A | |
Reform UK | Adrian Whittle | 116 | 11.7 | N/A | |
Turnout | 988 | 26.5 | |||
Registered electors | 3,734 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Andrew Speed | 310 | 53.4 | N/A | |
Labour | Shirley Stephenson | 271 | 46.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 39 | 6.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 592 | 31.6 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 1,875 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Susan Glossop* | 506 | 64.0 | –9.0 | |
Labour | Peter Appleton | 285 | 36.0 | +9.0 | |
Majority | 221 | 28.0 | |||
Turnout | 805 | 35.6 | |||
Registered electors | 2,264 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sara Mildmay-White* | 455 | 66.1 | –8.1 | |
Labour | Ian Cullen | 233 | 33.9 | +8.1 | |
Majority | 222 | 32.2 | |||
Turnout | 705 | 38.1 | |||
Registered electors | 1,850 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Patrick Chung* | 705 | 55.4 | –17.5 | |
Conservative | Sarah Stamp | 615 | 48.3 | –9.9 | |
Labour | Judith Moore | 388 | 30.5 | –2.3 | |
Green | Chris Dexter-Mills | 339 | 26.7 | N/A | |
Labour | Cheryl Godber | 329 | 25.9 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,272 | 41.1 | |||
Registered electors | 3,095 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Jim Thorndyke* | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Independent gain from Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Luke Halpin | 511 | 51.1 | +15.3 | |
Independent | Frank Stennett | 440 | 44.0 | N/A | |
Labour | Mike Smith | 418 | 41.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | Tom Murray | 219 | 21.9 | –11.1 | |
Conservative | James Cockram | 166 | 16.6 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,000 | 24.0 | |||
Registered electors | 4,161 | ||||
Labour hold | |||||
Independent hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Beccy Hopfensperger* | 765 | 53.2 | –18.4 | |
Conservative | Sarah Broughton* | 719 | 50.0 | –17.6 | |
Labour | Bruce Martin | 383 | 26.6 | –0.1 | |
Green | Jonathan King | 308 | 21.4 | N/A | |
Labour | Brendan Moore | 278 | 19.3 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | John Derry | 226 | 15.7 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,438 | 44.5 | |||
Registered electors | 3,233 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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WSI | Mick Bradshaw | 470 | 50.2 | N/A | |
WSI | Don Waldron* | 470 | 50.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | Lance Stanbury | 420 | 44.8 | +15.6 | |
Conservative | Jordon Millward | 378 | 40.3 | +2.0 | |
Turnout | 937 | 24.4 | |||
Registered electors | 3,836 | ||||
WSI gain from Independent | |||||
WSI gain from Independent |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Diane Hind* | 740 | 65.5 | +22.9 | |
Labour | Marilyn Sayer | 701 | 62.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | Mark Winter | 354 | 31.3 | –0.5 | |
Conservative | Daniel Sillett | 350 | 31.0 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,130 | 27.1 | |||
Registered electors | 4,174 | ||||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour gain from Independent |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Augustine* | 785 | 53.0 | –5.3 | |
Conservative | Richard Rout* | 751 | 50.7 | –13.6 | |
Labour | Paul McGoochan | 674 | 45.5 | +7.4 | |
Turnout | 1,481 | 39.2 | |||
Registered electors | 3,782 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sarah Pugh | 516 | 67.5 | –12.7 | |
Labour | Robert Sanderson | 248 | 32.5 | +12.7 | |
Majority | 268 | 35.0 | |||
Turnout | 771 | 37.1 | |||
Registered electors | 2,077 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Indy Wijenayaka | 339 | 45.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | Peter Stevens* | 325 | 44.0 | N/A | |
Independent | Peter Lord | 75 | 10.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 14 | 1.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 744 | 40.6 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 1,833 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A | |||
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The 2023 East Suffolk District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of East Suffolk District Council in Suffolk, England. This was held on the same day as other local elections. All 55 seats on the council were up for election.
The 2023 Babergh District Council election was held on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Babergh District Council in Suffolk, England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
The 2023 West Devon Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023, to elect members of West Devon Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England. The election for Burrator ward was delayed until 15 June 2023 following the death of one of the original candidates.
The 2023 Broadland District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Broadland District Council in Norfolk, England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
The 2023 King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council in Norfolk, England. This was on the same day as other local elections in England.
The 2023 South Kesteven District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect all 56 members of South Kesteven District Council in Lincolnshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England.
The 2024 Stroud District Council election is scheduled to be held on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections in the United Kingdom being held on the same day. All 51 members of Stroud District Council in Gloucestershire will be elected. Due to the previous election being delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, councillors face re-election after a 3-year term, rather than the usual 4.