2023 North Somerset Council election

2023 North Somerset Council election

← 2019 4 May 2023 (2023-05-04) 2027 →
All 50 seats to North Somerset Council 26 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Nigel Ashton Catherine Gibbons Mike Bell Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats Last election 13 seats, 31.6% 6 seats, 19.7% 11 seats, 18.8% Seats before 13 6 10 Seats won 13 10 9 Seat change - 4 2 Popular vote 25,676 16,784 18,207 Percentage 32.6% 21.3% 23.1% Swing 1.0pp 1.6pp 4.3pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Steve Bridger Bridget Petty N/A Party Independent Green Portishead Ind. Last election 13 seats, 16.8% 3 seats, 3.9% 4 seats, 7.3% Seats before 13 4 4 Seats won 8 7 3 Seat change 5 3 1 Popular vote 7,164 7,393 3,462 Percentage 9.1% 9.4% 4.4% Swing 7.7pp 5.5pp 2.9pp
Map of the results of the 2019 North Somerset council election. Conservatives in blue, independent in grey, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Labour in red, Green Party in green and Portishead Independents in navy.
Leader before election Steve Bridger Independent No overall control Leader after election Mike Bell Liberal Democrat No overall control

The 2023 North Somerset Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect all 50 councillors to the North Somerset Council in England. It was conducted on the same day as the other local elections across England.

Prior to the election the council was under no overall control, being run by a 'rainbow coalition' of Liberal Democrats, Labour, Greens and independent councillors, led by independent councillor Steve Bridger. Following the election the council remained under no overall control and a similar coalition emerged, but led by Liberal Democrat councillor Mike Bell.^[1][2]