2023 Lancaster City Council election

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.

2023 Lancaster City Council election
4 May 2023 (2023-05-04)
All 61 seats to Lancaster City Council
31 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
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 10 Increase 4
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
  Blank Blank Blank
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 4 1
Seat change Decrease 7 Decrease 10 Increase 1
Council control before election


No overall control

 Council control after election

TBD

Summary

Election result
2023 Lancaster City Council
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 56 24
  Green 61 21
  Liberal Democrats 36 7
  Conservative 51 5
  MB Independent 21 3
  Independent 5 1

Candidates

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.[1]

Bare
Bare (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Gerry Blaikie* 486
Conservative Kate Knight 466
MB Independent David Bottoms 459
Conservative Stuart Bateson 447
MB Independent Sarah Knight* 445
Conservative Matthew Jakeman 430
Labour Christian Ainscough 399
MB Independent Russell Walsh 358
Liberal Democrats Lynda Dagdeviren 349
Labour Faith Kendrick 328
Liberal Democrats Dan Balsamini 309
Independent Mark Dugan 288
Green Lucie Carrington 191
Green Sean Hughes 131
Green Andy Lee 113
Majority
Turnout 33.80
Registered electors
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
MB Independent win (new seat)

[2]

Bolton and Slyne
Bolton and Slyne (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Keith Budden* 1,050
Conservative Paul Newton 1,010
Conservative John Wild* 985
Labour Craig Mossop 618
Labour Kate Mossop 572
Liberal Democrats Ivan Wheatley 421
Liberal Democrats Tony Saville 405
Green Laura Mumford 342
Green Janet Swan 269
Green Gideon Flemming 216
Majority
Turnout 35.99
Registered electors
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Bowerham
Bowerham (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Hamish Mills 736
Green Sarah Punshon 696
Labour Co-op Erica Lewis* 604
Labour Co-op Peter Curphey 541
Conservative Charles Edwards 131
Conservative Charlotte Whitehouse 120
Liberal Democrats Lisa Sue-Too 30
Majority
Turnout 36.65
Registered electors
Green win (new seat)
Green win (new seat)

Bulk
Bulk (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Caroline Jackson* 1,140
Green Jack Lenox* 1,061
Green Sam Riches 964
Labour Stefanie Doebler 610
Labour Richard Johnson 546
Labour Daniel Fletcher 516
Conservative Callum Banthorpe 109
Conservative Nathan Gaskill 107
Conservative Kyle Hall 104
Liberal Democrats Phil Dunster 71
Majority
Turnout 30.92
Registered electors
Green win (new seat)
Green win (new seat)
Green win (new seat)

Carnforth and Millhead
Carnforth and Millhead (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Paul Gardner 633
Labour Co-op Louise Belcher 586
Labour Co-op Chris Hanna 571
Conservative Kath Bromilow 536
Conservative Peter Yates* 534
Conservative Mel Guilding* 490
Green Amelia Jones 141
Green Daren Chandisingh 127
Green Jon Sear 125
Majority
Turnout 28.07
Registered electors
Labour Co-op win (new seat)
Labour Co-op win (new seat)
Labour Co-op win (new seat)

Castle
Castle (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Dave Brooks* 767
Green Shelagh McGregor 711
Green Paul Stubbins* 657
Labour Jeremy Bateman 383
Labour Emma Corless 362
Labour Becca Snow 320
Conservative Kevan Walton 93
Conservative Scott Farmer 82
Conservative Jakub Stuchlik 75
Liberal Democrats Henry Beesley 66
Majority
Turnout 22.80
Registered electors
Green win (new seat)
Green win (new seat)
Green win (new seat)

Ellel
Ellel (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Sally Maddocks* 951
Green Paul Tynan 733
Conservative Jason Park 426
Conservative Richard Austen-Baker* 412
Labour Co-op Shaun Corkerry 295
Labour Co-op Anna Hopkins 245
Liberal Democrats Robert Fildes 54
Majority
Turnout 40.72
Registered electors
Green win (new seat)
Green win (new seat)

Halton-with-Aughton and Kellet
Halton-with-Aughton and Kellet (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Sarah McGowan 716
Green James Sommerville 648
Conservative Daniel Gibbins 582
Conservative Stuart Morris 464
Labour Kathryn Hyde 280
Liberal Democrats Thomas White 153
Majority
Turnout 39.63
Registered electors
Green win (new seat)
Green win (new seat)

Heysham Central
Heysham Central (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Catherine Armistead 430
Labour Susan Penney 386
MB Independent Geoff Knight* 370
MB Independent Gina Thistlethwaite 363
Conservative Lee Taylor-Craddock 214
Green Joanna Young 111
Green Cal Wingfield 49
Liberal Democrats Ben Foulsham 21
Majority
Turnout 30.17
Registered electors
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Heysham North
Heysham North (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Claire Cozler 270
Independent Roger Cleet* 221
Labour Co-op Mark Jarnell 201
MB Independent Clark Kent 174
MB Independent Anthony Padgett 130
Conservative Sam Mall 104
Liberal Democrats Elaine Chapple 68
Liberal Democrats Louise Stansfield 44
Green Jan Maskell 32
Green Patrick McMurray 20
Majority
Turnout 20.54
Registered electors
Labour win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)

Heysham South
Heysham South (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Colin Hartley* 737
Labour Philip Bradley 707
Labour Catherine Potter 651
Conservative Bill Riley 425
MB Independent Mike Greenall* 390
Conservative Pat Freeman 341
MB Independent Emma Knight 272
MB Independent Josiah Fulton 266
Green Maria Deery 74
Green Gisela Renolds 68
Green Hildy Wild 50
Liberal Democrats Sheldon Kent 43
Majority
Turnout 28.39
Registered electors
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

John O'Gaunt
John O'Gaunt (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Suhir Abuhajar 551
Green Grace Russell 498
Labour Co-op Lisa Corkerry 441
Labour Co-op Linda Prue 395
Conservative Morgan Gray 66
Conservative Paul Kitchen 60
Liberal Democrats James Harvey 26
Majority
Turnout 31.43
Registered electors
Green win (new seat)
Green win (new seat)

Lower Lune Valley
Lower Lune Valley (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Joyce Pritchard* 733
Liberal Democrats Peter Jackson 606
Conservative Joan Jackson* 570
Conservative Matthew Maxwell-Scott 435
Labour Mandy King 169
Labour Andrew Kay 161
Green Mike Wright 144
Green Rosie Mills 113
Majority
Turnout 40.66
Registered electors
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Marsh
Marsh (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Gina Dowding* 1,241
Green Mandy Bannon* 1,223
Green Nick Wilkinson 1,079
Labour Jessica Rafferty 408
Labour Morgane Cozler 399
Labour Benjamin Soffa 354
Conservative Joe Wrennall 125
Conservative Anthony Harmey 113
Conservative Ryan Timmings 110
Liberal Democrats Amy Stanning 98
Majority
Turnout 33.58
Registered electors
Green win (new seat)
Green win (new seat)
Green win (new seat)

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 30.79
Registered electors
Conservative win (new seat)

Poulton
Poulton (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Paul Hart 395
Liberal Democrats John Livermore 304
Labour Terrie Metcalfe 227
Labour Matthew Panesh 198
MB Independent Tricia Heath* 167
MB Independent Jaimie Heath 154
Green Pete Moser 60
Conservative Joan Yates 59
Green Julie McMurray 38
Independent Vicky Boyd-Power 26
Majority
Turnout 22.75
Registered electors
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Scale Hall
Scale Hall (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ruth Colbridge 663
Labour Hilda Parr* 655
Labour Philip Black* 639
Conservative Joanne Lowther-Edwards 263
Green Dominic Hardy 164
Green Cari Turner 164
Liberal Democrats Jessica Long 139
Green Geoffrey Pogson 127
Majority
Turnout 21.22
Registered electors
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
Labour Co-op Jason Wood* 529
Green Nancy Mills 526
Green Caroline Robertson 473
Conservative Stephanie Hoggarth 278
Conservative Georges Quinn 209
Liberal Democrats Robin Long 87
Majority
Turnout 40.41
Registered electors
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Scotforth West
Scotforth West (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Abi Mills* 1,083
Green Tim Hamilton-Cox 1,023
Labour Sayeda Askari 387
Labour Davina Miller 373
Conservative Leon Dexter 207
Conservative Harvey Hayes 162
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Martin 73
Majority
Turnout 42.54
Registered electors
Green win (new seat)
Green win (new seat)

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 54.73
Registered electors
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Skerton
Skerton (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert Redfern* 696
Labour Anna Thornberry* 659
Labour Geoffrey Gawith 615
Green Emlyn Busby 271
Green Kathryn Bain 239
Green Emily Heath 232
Conservative Julian Webb 168
Conservative Alexandra Hailey 153
Conservative Michael Wilkinson 148
Liberal Democrats Derek Kaye 95
Majority
Turnout 22.36
Registered electors
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Torrisholme
Torrisholme (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
MB Independent Roger Dennison* 443
MB Independent Brett Cooper 376
Conservative Colin Hewitt 321
Labour Thomas Penney 292
Independent Cary Matthews 153
Green Rob Livesey 144
Independent Wendy Cowley 133
Green Rebecca Wilmot 87
Liberal Democrats Teresa Wilson 73
Majority
Turnout 32.55
Registered electors
MB Independent win (new seat)
MB Independent win (new seat)

University
University (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Erin Hall 217
Green Tom Fish 197
Green Isabella Metcalf-Riener 190
Labour Co-op Lewis Hurst 172
Conservative Bawan Hassan 64
Conservative Khai Helmy 55
Liberal Democrats Cormac Evans 34
Liberal Democrats Thomas Cross 29
Majority
Turnout 12.29
Registered electors
Labour Co-op win (new seat)
Green win (new seat)

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Upper Lune Valley
Upper Lune Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Ross Hunter* 483 59.3
Conservative Jane Parkinson 257 31.6
Green Jamie Payne 74 9.1
Majority 226 27.7
Turnout 814 44.99
Registered electors
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

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 39.28
Registered electors
Green win (new seat)

West End
West End (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Margaret Pattison 543
Labour Joanne Ainscough 497
Labour David Whitaker* 477
Liberal Democrats Catherine Pilling 393
Liberal Democrats Jake Perkins 382
Liberal Democrats Jim Pilling 365
MB Independent Trevor Duncan 177
MB Independent Kate Aspinall 157
MB Independent Angela Fletcher 155
Conservative Michael Ennis 104
Green Clara Bandszus 60
Green Sarah Hester 56
Green Mark Westcombe 42
Majority
Turnout 22.08
Registered electors
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Westgate
Westgate (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Hanson 491
Labour Matthew Black 437
Labour Chris Harris 414
MB Independent Dan Blacow 408
MB Independent Debbie Knight 393
MB Independent Wayne Dixon 382
Liberal Democrats Bill Jackson 225
Conservative Carole Johnston 182
Conservative Stuart Staig 180
Liberal Democrats Monika Stenneken 120
Liberal Democrats Tom Sutton 82
Green Kathy Bashford 71
Green Alison Gordon 62
Green Jago Westaway 50
Majority
Turnout 22.92
Registered electors
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

References
  1. "Electoral vacancies and notices". Lancaster City Council. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  2. https://www.lancaster.gov.uk/the-council-and-democracy/voting-and-elections/2023-local-election-results
  3. https://www.lancaster.gov.uk/the-council-and-democracy/voting-and-elections/2023-local-election-results
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