2023 East Riding of Yorkshire Council election

2023 East Riding of Yorkshire Council election
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All 67 seats to East Riding of Yorkshire Council
34 seats needed for a majority
Turnout29.3%
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Leader Anne Handley Denis Healy n/a[a]
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Independent
Last election 49 seats, 44.3% 8 seats, 15.7% 8 seats, 13.2%
Seats before 42 13 10
Seats won 29 22 9
Seat change Decrease20 Increase14 Increase1
Popular vote 69,544 57,637 15,907
Percentage 35.7% 29.6% 8.2%
Swing Decrease8.7% Increase13.9% Decrease5.0%
  Fourth party Fifth party
  Blank Blank
Leader n/a Andy Walker
Party Labour Yorkshire
Last election 0 seats, 18.3% 2 seats, 2.5%
Seats before 0 2
Seats won 4 3
Seat change Increase4 Increase1
Popular vote 41,282 4,126
Percentage 21.2% 2.1%
Swing Increase2.9% Decrease0.4%
Map of the results of the election by ward
Leader before election

Jonathan Owen
Conservative

Leader after election

Anne Handley
Conservative
No overall control

The 2023 East Riding of Yorkshire Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect all 67 members of East Riding of Yorkshire Council in England.[2][3][4] This was on the same day as other local elections across England.

The Conservatives lost their majority on the council at this election, which saw the council go under no overall control.[5]

The Conservatives remained the largest party and managed to form a minority administration. Immediately after the election the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats both changed their group leaders. The Conservative leader Jonathan Owen was replaced by Anne Handley, who was then appointed the new leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 18 May 2023.[6] The Liberal Democrats replaced their leader David Nolan with Denis Healy.[7] There had been no Labour councillors prior to the election; there were four afterwards and they appointed Steve Gallant as their leader.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Supplementary agenda, Annual Council Meeting 18 May 2023" (PDF). East Riding of Yorkshire Council. p. 18. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Elections". East Riding of Yorkshire Council. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Election timetable in England". UK Government. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  4. ^ "Hull and East Riding local elections 2023". Hull Daily Mail. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  5. ^ Hall, Deborah; Gerrard, Joseph (7 May 2023). "Election results East Riding of Yorkshire - full ward by ward breakdown". Hull Daily Mail. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  6. ^ Gerrard, Joe (18 May 2023). "East Riding Council elects first female leader". BBC News. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  7. ^ Gerrard, Joseph (12 May 2023). "New East Riding Liberal Democrat leader on party's plan after gaining extra council seats". Hull Daily Mail. Retrieved 21 May 2023.


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