| Election Name: | 2023 Hartlepool Borough Council election |
| Country: | County Durham |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Previous Election: | 2022 Hartlepool Borough Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2022 |
| Next Election: | 2024 Hartlepool Borough Council election |
| Next Year: | 2024 |
| Seats For Election: | 12 out of 36 seats to Hartlepool Borough Council |
| Majority Seats: | 19 |
| Turnout: | 24.20% |
| Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Leader1: | Brenda Harrison |
| Last Election1: | 11 seats, 42.3% |
| Seats Before1: | 13 |
| Seats After1: | 18 |
| Seat Change1: | 5 |
| Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Leader2: | Mike Young |
| Last Election2: | 15 seats, 34.2% |
| Seats Before2: | 13 |
| Seats After2: | 12 |
| Seat Change2: | 1 |
| Party4: | Independent politician |
| Leader4: | n/a |
| Last Election4: | 8 seats, 12.5% |
| Seats Before4: | 8 |
| Seats After4: | 5 |
| Seat Change4: | 3 |
| Leader5: | Shane Moore |
| Party5: | Independent Union (political party) |
| Last Election5: | 2 seats, 4.2% |
| Seats Before5: | 2 |
| Seats After5: | 1 |
| Seat Change5: | 1 |
| Leader | |
| Posttitle: | Leader after election |
| Before Election: | Shane Moore Independent Union |
| Before Party: | No overall control |
| After Election: | Mike Young Conservative |
| After Party: | No overall control |
The 2023 Hartlepool Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Hartlepool Borough Council in County Durham, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England.
Prior to the election the council was under no overall control, being run by a coalition of the Conservatives and Independent Union, led by Shane Moore of the Independent Union. The council remained under no overall control after the election. Labour made significant gains but remained one seat short of taking a majority. The Conservatives and independents formed an administration after the election, with Conservative leader Mike Young being appointed leader of the council at the subsequent annual council on 16 May 2023.[1] [2]
The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Hartlepool Borough Council following the close of nominations on 5 April 2023.[3]
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Steve Wallace, elected as a Labour councillor, left the party in July 2023 to sit as an independent.[4]