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May 23, 2023 · Across England elections were held for 8,025 seats (8,519 including by-elections). With some exceptions, these seats were last up for election in 2019, when both Labour and the Conservatives lost seats to smaller parties and independents. After the 2023 elections there were 24 seats left vacant for various reasons.
Sep 13, 2023 · On 4 May 2023, there were elections for local councillors in 230 local authorities in England. There were also local mayoral elections in Bedford, Leicester, Mansfield, and Middlesbrough. Around 27 million people were eligible to vote in these elections.
Across England elections were held for 8,025 seats (8,519 including by-elections). With some exceptions, these seats were last up for election in 2019, when both Labour and the Conservatives lost seats to smaller parties and independents. After the 2023 elections there were 24 seats left vacant for various reasons.
The elections in England saw significant losses for the governing Conservative Party, which lost over 1,000 council seats. The Labour Party, the Liberal Democrats and the Green Party of England and Wales all made gains, with Labour becoming the party with most members elected to local government for the first time since 2002.
Counting is complete, all 230 councils have declared their results. National and local results are available below.
Most of the seats were last contested in May 2019. Dozens of councils have changed hands across England, with many no longer having a party majority. You can see them in the table below.
May 3, 2023 · Vacant seats. The BBC scoreboards sometimes show vacant seats. Vacant seats are those which are left vacant after this set of elections. They are often seats where the election is postponed...
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