2023 Colchester City Council election

2023 Colchester City Council election

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17 out of 51 seats to Colchester City Council 26 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	31.0% (1.1%)
First party Second party   Leader Darius Laws Martin Goss Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Last election 19 seats, 34.5% 13 seats, 28.2% Seats before 19 15 Seats won 6 6 Seats after 19 15 Seat change Popular vote 13,216 13,116 Percentage 30.5% 30.3% Swing 4.0% 1.2%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Chris Pearson Mark Goacher Party Labour Green Last election 14 seats, 29.1% 3 seats, 8.3% Seats before 15 2 Seats won 4 1 Seats after 15 2 Seat change Popular vote 10,610 4,412 Percentage 24.5% 10.2% Swing 3.7% 1.9%
Results map of the 2023 Colchester City Council election
Leader before election David King Liberal Democrats No overall control Leader after election David King Liberal Democrats No overall control

The 2023 Colchester City Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Colchester City Council in Essex, England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections across England. There were 17 of the 51 seats on the council up for election, being the usual third of the council, with one seat available for each ward. This set of seats were last contested at the 2019 election.

Prior to the election the council was under no overall control, being run by a Liberal Democrat, Labour and Green coalition. No seats changed party at the election, but after the election the coalition broke down and a minority Liberal Democrat administration formed instead.