2023 Lancaster City Council election
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All 61 seats to Lancaster City Council
31 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
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Leader Erica Lewis Gina Dowding Joyce Pritchard
Party Labour Green Liberal Democrats
Last election 21 seats, 33.7% 10 seats, 21.8% 3 seats, 6.0%
Seats before 16 15 4
Seats won 24 21 7
Seat change Increase 3 Increase 11 Increase 4
Popular vote 24,280 22,670 7,691
Percentage 31.8% 29.7% 10.1%
Swing Decrease 1.9% Increase 7.9% Increase 4.1%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
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Leader Andrew Gardiner Geoff Knight Roger Cleet
Party Conservative MB Independent Independent
Last election 12 seats, 24.4% 14 seats, 12.9% 0 seats, 1.0%
Seats before 9 6 8
Seats won 5 3 1
Seat change Decrease 7 Decrease 11 Increase 1
Popular vote 14,820 6,116 821
Percentage 19.4% 8.0% 1.1%
Swing Decrease 5.0% Decrease 4.9% Increase 0.1%
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]

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
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 56 24 9 2 Increase 3 39.3 31.8 24,280 –1.9
  Green 61 21 5 0 Increase 11 34.4 29.7 22,670 +7.9
  Liberal Democrats 36 7 5 0 Increase 4 11.5 10.1 7,691 +4.1
  Conservative 51 5 0 7 Decrease 7 8.2 19.4 14,820 –5.0
  MB Independent 21 3 0 11 Decrease 11 4.9 8.0 6,116 –4.9
  Independent 5 1 1 0 Increase 1 1.6 1.1 821 +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)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Gerry Blaikie* 486 26.0
Conservative Kate Knight 466 24.9
MB Independent David Bottoms 459 24.5
Conservative Stuart Bateson 447 23.9
MB Independent Sarah Knight* 445 23.8
Conservative Matthew Jakeman 430 23.0
Labour Christian Ainscough 399 21.3
MB Independent Russell Walsh 358 19.1
Liberal Democrats Lynda Dagdeviren 349 18.7
Labour Faith Kendrick 328 17.5
Liberal Democrats Dan Balsamini 309 16.5
Independent Mark Dugan 288 15.4
Green Lucie Carrington 191 10.2
Green Sean Hughes 131 7.0
Green Andy Lee 113 6.0
Turnout 1,871 33.8 –5.2
Liberal Democrats gain from MB Independent
Conservative hold
MB Independent hold

Bolton and Slyne

Bolton and Slyne (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Keith Budden* 1,050 49.4
Conservative Paul Newton 1,010 47.5
Conservative John Wild* 985 46.3
Labour Craig Mossop 618 29.1
Labour Kate Mossop 572 26.9
Liberal Democrats Ivan Wheatley 421 19.8
Liberal Democrats Tony Saville 405 19.0
Green Laura Mumford 342 16.1
Green Janet Swan 269 12.7
Green Gideon Flemming 216 10.2
Turnout 2,126 36.0 –1.0
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Bowerham

Bowerham (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Hamish Mills 736 50.7
Green Sarah Punshon 696 47.9
Labour Co-op Erica Lewis* 604 41.6
Labour Co-op Peter Curphey 541 37.2
Conservative Charles Edwards 131 9.0
Conservative Charlotte Whitehouse 120 8.3
Liberal Democrats Lisa Sue-Too 30 2.1
Turnout 1,453 36.7
Green win (new seat)
Green win (new seat)

Bulk

Bulk (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Caroline Jackson* 1,140 64.0
Green Jack Lenox* 1,061 59.5
Green Sam Riches 964 54.1
Labour Stefanie Doebler 610 34.2
Labour Richard Johnson 546 30.6
Labour Daniel Fletcher 516 29.0
Conservative Callum Banthorpe 109 6.1
Conservative Nathan Gaskill 107 6.0
Conservative Kyle Hall 104 5.8
Liberal Democrats Phil Dunster 71 4.0
Turnout 1,782 30.9
Green hold
Green hold
Green hold

Carnforth and Millhead

Carnforth and Millhead (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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 Bromilow 536 40.5
Conservative Peter Yates* 534 40.3
Conservative Mel Guilding* 490 37.0
Green Amelia Jones 141 10.6
Green Daren Chandisingh 127 9.6
Green Jon Sear 125 9.4
Turnout 1,325 28.1 –5.9
Labour Co-op hold
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative

Castle

Castle (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Dave Brooks* 767 63.6
Green Shelagh McGregor 711 59.0
Green Paul Stubbins* 657 54.5
Labour Jeremy Bateman 383 31.8
Labour Emma Corless 362 30.0
Labour Becca Snow 320 26.5
Conservative Kevan Walton 93 7.7
Conservative Scott Farmer 82 6.8
Conservative Jakub Stuchlik 75 6.2
Liberal Democrats Henry Beesley 66 5.5
Turnout 1,206 22.8 –8.2
Green hold
Green hold
Green win (new seat)

Ellel

Ellel (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Sally Maddocks* 951 58.1
Green Paul Tynan 733 44.8
Conservative Jason Park 426 26.0
Conservative Richard Austen-Baker* 412 25.2
Labour Co-op Shaun Corkerry 295 18.0
Labour Co-op Anna Hopkins 245 15.0
Liberal Democrats Robert Fildes 54 3.3
Turnout 1,637 40.7 +0.7
Green gain from Conservative
Green gain from Conservative

Halton-with-Aughton and Kellet

Halton-with-Aughton and Kellet (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Sarah McGowan 716 46.4
Green James Sommerville 648 42.0
Conservative Daniel Gibbins 582 37.7
Conservative Stuart Morris 464 30.1
Labour Kathryn Hyde 280 18.1
Liberal Democrats Thomas White 153 9.9
Turnout 1,544 39.6
Green win (new seat)
Green win (new seat)

Heysham Central

Heysham Central (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Catherine Armistead 430 41.0
Labour Susan Penney 386 36.8
MB Independent Geoff Knight* 370 35.3
MB Independent Gina Thistlethwaite 363 34.6
Conservative Lee Taylor-Craddock 214 20.4
Green Joanna Young 111 10.6
Green Cal Wingfield 49 4.7
Liberal Democrats Ben Foulsham 21 2.0
Turnout 1,048 30.2 –1.8
Labour gain from MB Independent
Labour gain from MB Independent

Heysham North

Heysham North (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Claire Cozler 270 38.4
Independent Roger Cleet* 221 31.4
Labour Co-op Mark Jarnell 201 28.6
MB Independent Clark Kent 174 24.7
MB Independent Anthony Padgett 130 18.5
Conservative Sam Mall 104 14.8
Liberal Democrats Elaine Chapple 68 9.7
Liberal Democrats Louise Stansfield 44 6.3
Green Jan Maskell 32 4.5
Green Patrick McMurray 20 2.8
Turnout 704 20.5 –6.5
Labour gain from MB Independent
Independent gain from MB Independent

Heysham South

Heysham South (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Colin Hartley* 737 50.0
Labour Philip Bradley 707 48.0
Labour Catherine Potter 651 44.2
Conservative Bill Riley 425 28.9
MB Independent Mike Greenall* 390 26.5
Conservative Pat Freeman 341 23.2
MB Independent Emma Knight 272 18.5
MB Independent Josiah Fulton 266 18.1
Green Maria Deery 74 5.0
Green Gisela Renolds 68 4.6
Green Hildy Wild 50 3.4
Liberal Democrats Sheldon Kent 43 2.9
Turnout 1,473 28.4 +0.4
Labour hold
Labour gain from MB Independent
Labour hold

John O'Gaunt

John O'Gaunt (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Suhir Abuhajar 551 52.7
Green Grace Russell 498 47.6
Labour Co-op Lisa Corkerry 441 42.2
Labour Co-op Linda Prue 395 37.8
Conservative Morgan Gray 66 6.3
Conservative Paul Kitchen 60 5.7
Liberal Democrats James Harvey 26 2.5
Turnout 1,046 31.4 –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)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Joyce Pritchard* 733 48.6
Liberal Democrats Peter Jackson 606 40.2
Conservative Joan Jackson* 570 37.8
Conservative Matthew Maxwell-Scott 435 28.8
Labour Mandy King 169 11.2
Labour Andrew Kay 161 10.7
Green Mike Wright 144 9.5
Green Rosie Mills 113 7.5
Turnout 1,508 40.7 –0.3
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Marsh

Marsh (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Gina Dowding* 1,241 70.3
Green Mandy Bannon* 1,223 69.3
Green Nick Wilkinson 1,079 61.1
Labour Jessica Rafferty 408 23.1
Labour Morgane Cozler 399 22.6
Labour Benjamin Soffa 354 20.0
Conservative Joe Wrennall 125 7.1
Conservative Anthony Harmey 113 6.4
Conservative Ryan Timmings 110 6.2
Liberal Democrats Amy Stanning 98 5.5
Turnout 1,766 33.6 –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
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew Gardiner* 241 40.6
Labour Jean Yates 185 31.2
MB Independent Jason Slater 130 21.9
Green David Maddocks 37 6.2
Majority 56 9.4
Turnout 593 30.8 –5.2
Conservative hold Swing

Poulton

Poulton (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Paul Hart 395 51.3
Liberal Democrats John Livermore 304 39.5
Labour Terrie Metcalfe 227 29.5
Labour Matthew Panesh 198 25.7
MB Independent Tricia Heath* 167 21.7
MB Independent Jaimie Heath 154 17.7
Green Pete Moser 60 6.9
Conservative Joan Yates 59 6.8
Green Julie McMurray 38 4.4
Independent Vicky Boyd-Power 26 3.0
Turnout 870 22.8 –3.2
Liberal Democrats gain from MB Independent
Liberal Democrats gain from MB Independent

Scale Hall

Scale Hall (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ruth Colbridge 663 59.7
Labour Hilda Parr* 655 59.0
Labour Philip Black* 639 57.5
Conservative Joanne Lowther-Edwards 263 23.7
Green Dominic Hardy 164 14.8
Green Cari Turner 164 14.8
Liberal Democrats Jessica Long 139 12.5
Green Geoffrey Pogson 127 11.4
Turnout 1,111 21.2
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Scotforth East

Scotforth East (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Sophie Maddocks 607 42.9
Labour Co-op Jason Wood* 529 37.4
Green Nancy Mills 526 37.2
Green Caroline Robertson 473 33.4
Conservative Stephanie Hoggarth 278 19.6
Conservative Georges Quinn 209 14.8
Liberal Democrats Robin Long 87 6.1
Turnout 1,415 40.4
Labour hold
Labour hold

Scotforth West

Scotforth West (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Abi Mills* 1,083 63.5
Green Tim Hamilton-Cox 1,023 60.0
Labour Fabiha Askari 387 22.7
Labour Davina Miller 373 21.9
Conservative Leon Dexter 207 12.1
Conservative Harvey Hayes 162 9.5
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Martin 73 4.3
Turnout 1,705 42.5
Green hold
Green hold

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

Silverdale

Silverdale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats William Greenwell 363 40.5
Conservative Phillippa Williamson 321 35.8
Labour Brenda Rockall 115 12.8
Green Anna McCoy 97 10.8
Majority 42 4.7
Turnout 896 54.7 –0.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Skerton

Skerton (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert Redfern* 696 60.1
Labour Anna Thornberry* 659 56.9
Labour Geoffrey Gawith 615 53.1
Green Emlyn Busby 271 23.4
Green Kathryn Bain 239 20.6
Green Emily Heath 232 20.0
Conservative Julian Webb 168 14.5
Conservative Alexandra Hailey 153 13.2
Conservative Michael Wilkinson 148 12.8
Liberal Democrats Derek Kaye 95 8.2
Turnout 1,159 22.36
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Torrisholme

Torrisholme (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
MB Independent Roger Dennison* 443 37.7
MB Independent Brett Cooper 376 32.0
Conservative Colin Hewitt 321 27.3
Labour Thomas Penney 292 24.9
Independent Cary Matthews 153 13.0
Green Rob Livesey 144 12.3
Independent Wendy Cowley 133 11.3
Green Rebecca Wilmot 87 7.4
Liberal Democrats Teresa Wilson 73 6.2
Turnout 1,174 32.6 –5.4
MB Independent hold
MB Independent hold

University

University (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Erin Hall 217 45.0
Green Tom Fish 197 40.9
Green Isabella Metcalf-Riener 190 39.4
Labour Co-op Lewis Hurst 172 35.7
Conservative Bawan Hassan 64 13.3
Conservative Khai Helmy 55 11.4
Liberal Democrats Cormac Evans 34 7.1
Liberal Democrats Thomas Cross 29 6.0
Turnout 482 12.3
Labour Co-op win (new seat)
Green win (new seat)

Upper Lune Valley

Upper Lune Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Ross Hunter* 483 59.3 +15.3
Conservative Jane Parkinson 257 31.6 -14.3
Green Jamie Payne 74 9.1 N/A
Majority 226 27.7
Turnout 814 45.0 –3.0
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Warton

Warton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Sue Tydesley* 415 52.7
Conservative Tom Harvey 232 29.5
Labour David Ainsworth 74 9.4
Liberal Democrats Jane Parsons 66 8.4
Majority 183 23.2
Turnout 787 39.3
Green gain from Conservative Swing

West End

West End (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Margaret Pattison 543 44.3
Labour Joanne Ainscough 497 40.5
Labour David Whitaker* 477 38.9
Liberal Democrats Catherine Pilling 393 32.1
Liberal Democrats Jake Perkins 382 31.2
Liberal Democrats Jim Pilling 365 29.8
MB Independent Trevor Duncan 177 14.4
MB Independent Kate Aspinall 157 12.8
MB Independent Angela Fletcher 155 12.6
Conservative Michael Ennis 104 8.5
Green Clara Bandszus 60 4.9
Green Sarah Hester 56 4.6
Green Mark Westcombe 42 3.4
Turnout 1,226 22.1
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Westgate

Westgate (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Hanson 491 38.6
Labour Matthew Black 437 34.3
Labour Chris Harris 414 32.5
MB Independent Dan Blacow 408 32.1
MB Independent Debbie Knight 393 30.9
MB Independent Wayne Dixon 382 30.0
Liberal Democrats Bill Jackson 225 17.7
Conservative Carole Johnston 182 14.3
Conservative Stuart Staig 180 14.1
Liberal Democrats Monika Stenneken 120 9.4
Liberal Democrats Tom Sutton 82 6.4
Green Kathy Bashford 71 5.6
Green Alison Gordon 62 4.9
Green Jago Westaway 50 3.9
Turnout 1,273 22.9 –4.1
Labour gain from MB Independent
Labour gain from MB Independent
Labour gain from MB Independent

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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