2023 Stoke-on-Trent City Council election

2023 Stoke-on-Trent City Council election
4 May 2023 (2023-05-04)
All 44 seats to Stoke-on-Trent City Council
23 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Jane Ashworth Abi Brown Ann James
Party Labour Conservative City Independents
Last election 16 seats, 32.4% 15 seats, 34.8% 12 seats, 25.6%
Seats won 29 14 1
Seat change 13 1 11
Popular vote 35,983 29,697 5,908
Percentage 46.9% 38.7% 7.7%
Swing 14.5% 3.9% 17.9%
Winner of each seat at the 2023 Stoke-on-Trent City Council election
Leader before election

Abi Brown
Conservative
No overall control

 Leader after election

Jane Ashworth
Labour

The 2023 Stoke-on-Trent City Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Stoke-on-Trent City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. New ward boundaries took effect for this election, although the number of councillors stayed the same at 44.

Prior to the election the council was under no overall control, being led by a Conservative minority administration. Labour took a majority of the seats at the election. Labour group leader Jane Ashworth was appointed leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 25 May 2023.

Stoke-on-Trent is a city made up of six towns. These include Tunstall and Burslem in the North, Hanley and Stoke in its Central and Fenton and Longton in the South.

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