2023 Hull City Council election

2023 Hull City Council election
← 2022 4 May 2023 (2023-05-04) 2024 →
20 of 57 seats to Hull City Council
29 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Leader Mike Ross Daren Hale
Party Liberal Democrats Labour Non-aligned
Seats before 29 27 1
Seats after 32 25 0
Seat change Increase3 Decrease2 Decrease1
Popular vote 17,855 14,880 N/A
Percentage 49.2% 41.0% N/A
2023 Hull City Council Election Map
Leader before election

Mike Ross
Liberal Democrats

Leader after election

Mike Ross
Liberal Democrats

Map of the results of the 2023 Hull council election. Labour in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Uncontested in cream.
Note that 2 seats were contested in Central Ward.

The 2023 Hull City Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Hull City Council.[1][2][3][4][5] This was on the same day as other local elections in England.

Hull has a mixture of two and three member wards and elections take place by thirds. This year 19 of the 21 wards will hold elections.

The Liberal Democrats retained control of the council with an increased majority after gaining two seats from the opposition Labour Party.[6][7][8][9][10]

  1. ^ "Local Elections". Hull City Council. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Election timetable in England". UK Government. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Local Elections 2023: Countdown to May 4 poll for Hull City Council". The Hull Story. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  4. ^ "Hull and East Riding local elections 2023". Hull Daily Mail. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  5. ^ "Hull Council: Local election results 2023". The Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  6. ^ "Hull election result". BBC News. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  7. ^ "Local election results 2023: Lib Dems see off Labour to keep control of Hull". BBC News. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  8. ^ "Hull election results 2023 - full breakdown for each city council ward". Hull Daily Mail. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  9. ^ "Lib Dems' joy after retaining control of Hull City Council with increased majority in local election". Hull Daily Mail. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  10. ^ "Local Elections 2023: Liberal Democrats keep control of Hull City Council". ITVX. Retrieved 17 May 2023.