| Election Name: | 2023 City of York Council election |
| Country: | York |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Previous Election: | 2019 City of York Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2019 |
| Next Election: | 2027 City of York Council election |
| Next Year: | 2027 |
| Seats For Election: | All 47 seats to City of York Council |
| Majority Seats: | 24 |
| Election Date: | 4 May 2023 |
| Turnout: | 39.1% |
| Leader1: | Claire Douglas |
| Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Leaders Seat1: | Heworth |
| Last Election1: | 17 |
| Seats Before1: | 17 |
| Seats1: | 24 |
| Seat Change1: | 7 |
| Popular Vote1: | 55,995 |
| Percentage1: | 42.4 |
| Swing1: | 14% |
| Leader2: | Nigel Ayre |
| Party2: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Leaders Seat2: | Heworth Without |
| Last Election2: | 21 |
| Seats Before2: | 21 |
| Seats2: | 19 |
| Seat Change2: | 2 |
| Popular Vote2: | 41,080 |
| Percentage2: | 31.1 |
| Swing2: | 3.4% |
| Leader3: | Paul Doughty |
| Party3: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Leaders Seat3: | Strensall (defeated) |
| Last Election3: | 2 |
| Seats Before3: | 2 |
| Seats3: | 3 |
| Seat Change3: | 1 |
| Popular Vote3: | 18,191 |
| Percentage3: | 13.8% |
| Swing3: | 1.7% |
| Party4: | Independent |
| Last Election4: | 3 |
| Seats Before4: | 4 |
| Seats4: | 1 |
| Seat Change4: | 2 |
| Popular Vote4: | 1,898 |
| Percentage4: | 1.4% |
| Swing4: | 2.3% |
| Leader5: | Andy D'Agorne |
| Party5: | Green Party of England and Wales |
| Leaders Seat5: | Fishergate (defeated) |
| Last Election5: | 4 |
| Seats Before5: | 3 |
| Seats5: | 0 |
| Seat Change5: | 4 |
| Map Size: | 325px |
| Leader | |
| Posttitle: | Leader |
| Before Election: | Keith Aspden Liberal Democrats |
| Before Party: | No overall control |
| After Election: | Claire Douglas |
| After Party: | Labour |
| Popular Vote5: | 14,665 |
| Percentage5: | 11.1% |
| Swing5: | 5.9% |
Elections to City of York Council took place on 4 May 2023, as part of the United Kingdom local elections.[1] [2] [3] They were held on the same day as other local elections in England. The incumbent leader of the council and leader of the Liberal Democrats, Keith Aspden did not stand for re-election, with it being announced ahead of the elections that Nigel Ayre would be the Liberal Democrats' new leader.[4]
At the election Labour took a majority of the seats on the council. While the Liberal Democrats had a net loss of only two seats, they were rendered unable to continue in power after their coalition partners, the Green Party, lost all their seats on the council. The Conservative Party, who had led the council in a coalition with the Liberal Democrats between 2015 and 2019, made only a minor recovery with a net gain of one seat. The Labour Party took seven seats, and was able to form an administration with a majority of one. At the subsequent annual council meeting on 25 May 2023 the Labour leader, Claire Douglas, was appointed the new leader of the council.[5]
Sitting councillors are marked with an asterisk (*).
* Represented the Acomb ward of City of York Council, 2019-2023 [6]
The parishes of Acaster Malbis and Bishopthorpe
* Represented the Clifton ward of City of York Council, 2015-2023 [7] [6]
† Represented the Rawcliffe and Skelton ward of City of York Council, 1999-2003,[8] and the Skelton, Rawcliffe, and Clifton Without ward of City of York Council, 2003-2007 [9]
The parish of Copmanthorpe
* Represented the Rural West York ward of City of York Council, 2011-2019 [10] [7]
† Represented the Copmanthorpe ward of City of York Council, 2015-2023 [7] [6]
‡ Represented the Micklegate ward of City of York Council, 2015-2019 [7]
* Represented the Dringhouses and Woodthorpe ward of City of York Council, 2015-2023 [7] [6]
† Represented the Dringhouses and Woodthorpe ward of City of York Council, 2019-2023 [6]
‡ Represented the Holgate ward of York City Council, 1992-1996,[11] and the Holgate ward of City of York Council, 1995-2003 [12] [8]
* Represented the Fishergate ward of City of York Council, 2003-2023 [9] [13] [14] [7] [6]
The parish of Fulford and part of the parish of Heslington
* Represented the Holgate ward of City of York Council, 2019-2023 [6]
† Represented the Bishophill ward of York City Council, 1982-1996,[11] the Bishophill ward of City of York Council, 1995-2003,[12] [8] and the Micklegate ward of City of York Council, 2003-2015 [9] [13] [15]
‡ Represented the Guildhall ward of City of York Council, 2015-2023 [7] [6]
The parishes of Haxby and Wigginton
* Represented the Haxby and Wigginton ward of City of York Council, 2019-2023 [6]
† Represented the Strensall ward of City of York Council, 2003-2007,[9] and the Haxby and Wigginton ward of City of York Council, 2011-2023 [16] [7] [6]
* Represented the Heworth ward of City of York Council, 2019-2023 [6]
† Represented the Osbaldwick / Heworth division of North Yorkshire County Council, 1985-1996,[17] and the Osbaldwick ward of City of York Council, 1999-2011 [8] [9] [13]
The parish of Heworth Without
* Represented the Heworth Without ward of City of York Council, 2007-2023 [18] [19] [7] [6]
* Represented the Holgate ward of City of York Council, 2018-2023 [20] [6]
Part of the parish of Heslington
* Represented the Hull Road ward of City of York Council, 2017-2023 [21] [6]
† Represented the Ripon East ward of North Yorkshire County Council, 1989-1993 [22]
The parishes of Huntington and New Earswick
* Represented the Huntington and New Earswick ward of City of York Council, 2003-2023 [9] [13] [23] [7] [6]
† Represented the Huntington and New Earswick ward of City of York Council, 1999-2023 [8] [9] [13] [23] [7] [6]
‡ Represented the Huntington and New Earswick ward of City of York Council, 2015-2023 [7] [6]
§ Represented the Rawcliffe and Clifton Without ward of City of York Council, 2015-2019 [7]
* Represented the Micklegate ward of City of York Council, 2017-2023 [21] [6]
† Represented the Micklegate ward of City of York Council, 2019-2023 [6]
‡ Represented the Holgate ward of City of York Council, 2003-2007 [9]
The parishes of Dunnington, Holtby, Kexby, Murton, and Osbaldwick
* Represented the Osbaldwick ward of City of York Council, 2011-2015,[24] and the Osbaldwick and Derwent ward of City of York Council, 2015-2023 [7] [6]
† Represented the Osbaldwick ward of City of York Council, 2019-2023 [6]
The parishes of Clifton Without and Rawcliffe
* Represented the Rawcliffe and Clifton Without ward of City of York Council, 2019-2023 [6]
† Represented the Rawcliffe and Clifton Without ward of City of York Council, 2015-2019 [7]
The parishes of Askham Bryan, Askham Richard, Hessay, Nether Poppleton, Rufforth with Knapton, Skelton, and Upper Poppleton
* Represented the Rural West York ward of City of York Council, 2019-2023 [6]
† Represented the Acomb ward of City of York Council, 2015-2019 [7]
‡ Represented the Dringhouses and Woodthorpe ward of City of York Council, 2011-2015 [25]
The parishes of Earswick, Stockton-on-the-Forest, and Strensall with Towthorpe
* Represented the Haxby West ward of Ryedale District Council, 1987-1996, [26] and the Strensall ward of City of York Council, 2019-2023 [6]
† Represented the Rural West York ward of City of York Council, 2007-2015 [13] [10]
‡ Represented the Strensall ward of City of York Council, 2011-2023 [27] [7] [6]
* Represented the Westfield ward of York City Council, 1994-1996,[11] and the Westfield ward of City of York Council, 1999-2011 [8] [9] [13] and 2014-2023 [7] [6]
† Represented the Hayling ward of Three Rivers District Council, 2002-2009 [28] [29] [30]
‡ Represented the Westfield ward of City of York Council, 2019-2023 [6]
The parishes of Deighton, Elvington, Naburn, and Wheldrake
* Represented the Wheldrake ward of City of York Council, 2003-2011 [9] [13] and 2019-2023 [6]