Election Name: | 2023 Bath and North East Somerset Council election |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2019 Bath and North East Somerset Council election |
Previous Year: | 2019 |
Next Election: | 2027 Bath and North East Somerset Council election |
Next Year: | 2027 |
Seats For Election: | All 59 seats to Bath and North East Somerset Council |
Majority Seats: | 30 |
Image1: | LD |
Leader1: | Kevin Guy |
Party1: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
Leaders Seat1: | Bathavon North |
Last Election1: | 37 seats, 43.7% |
Seats1: | 41 |
Seat Change1: | 4 |
Popular Vote1: | 40,739 |
Leader2: | Robin Moss |
Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
Leaders Seat2: | Westfield |
Last Election2: | 5 seats, 12.6% |
Seats2: | 7 |
Seat Change2: | 2 |
Popular Vote2: | 15,256 |
Image3: | Ind |
Leader3: | N/A |
Party3: | Independent politician |
Leaders Seat3: | N/A |
Last Election3: | 6 seats, 5.4% |
Seats3: | 5 |
Seat Change3: | 1 |
Popular Vote3: | 5,620 |
Image4: | Con |
Leader4: | Vic Pritchard |
Party4: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Leaders Seat4: | Chew Valley (defeated) |
Last Election4: | 11 seats, 25.0% |
Seats4: | 3 |
Seat Change4: | 8 |
Popular Vote4: | 23,121 |
Image5: | Grn |
Leader5: | N/A |
Party5: | Green Party of England and Wales |
Leaders Seat5: | N/A |
Last Election5: | 0 seats, 9.3% |
Seats5: | 3 |
Seat Change5: | 3 |
Popular Vote5: | 12,440 |
Leader | |
Posttitle: | Leader after election |
Before Election: | Kevin Guy |
Before Party: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
After Election: | Kevin Guy |
After Party: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
The 2023 Bath and North East Somerset Council election was held on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Bath and North East Somerset Council in England
The Liberal Democrats maintained control of the council in 2023, increasing their majority winning forty-one seats. The Conservative leader lost his seat.[1] [2]
The sudden death of Green Party candidate Tim Morgan days before the election caused the ward election for Paulton to be delayed until a later date.[3]
Council Ward | Departing Councillor | Party | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bathavon South | Neil Butters | Liberal Democrats | |||
Combe Down | Gerry Curran | Liberal Democrats | |||
Clutton & Farmborough | Sally Davis | ||||
High Littleton | Ryan Wills | Liberal Democrats | |||
Keynsham North | Vic Clarke | Conservative | |||
Keynsham South | Lisa O'Brien | Conservative | |||
Kingsmead | Sue Craig | Liberal Democrats | |||
Andy Furse | Liberal Democrats | ||||
Midsomer Norton Redfield | Paul Myers | Independent | |||
Chris Watt | Conservative | ||||
Newbridge | Mark Roper | ||||
Peasedown | Sarah Bevan | Independent | |||
Saltford | Alastair Singleton | ||||
Walcot | Richard Samuel | ||||
Tom Davies | Liberal Democrats | ||||
Weston | Shelley Bromley | Liberal Democrats | |||
Widcombe & Lyncombe | Winston Duguid | Liberal Democrats |
After the previous election the composition of the council was:
37 | 11 | 6 | 5 | |
Prior to the election the composition of the council was:
36 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | |
Following the election the composition of the council was:
41 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | |
Voter turnout was down from 40.76% at the 2019 local elections. Of eligible in-person voters, 0.02% were unable to show correct photo identity to vote under the new rules introduced at this election. 85 of the 141 intending voters initially rejected returned later with a correct photo identity document.[4]
Sitting councillors are marked with an asterisk (*).
The sudden death of Green Party candidate Tim Morgan days before the election caused this ward election to be delayed until Thursday 22 June.[5] A minutes silence was held prior to the start of the count for the other wards. [3]
Shaun Andrew Stephenson-McGall was a sitting councillor for Oldfield Park ward.
Michael Evans was a sitting councillor for Midsomer Norton North ward.