2023 City of York Council election

Elections to City of York Council took place on 4 May 2023, as part of the United Kingdom local elections. 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.

2023 City of York Council election
4 May 2023
All 47 seats to City of York Council
24 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Claire Douglas Nigel Ayre Paul Doughty
Party Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative
Leader's seat Heworth Heworth Without Strensall (defeated)
Last election 17 21 2
Seats before 17 21 2
Seats won 24 19 3
Seat change 7 2 1
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Andy D'Agorne
Party Independent Green
Leader's seat Fishergate (defeated)
Last election 3 4
Seats before 4 3
Seats won 1 0
Seat change 2 4
Map of results of 2023 election
Leader before election

Keith Aspden
Liberal Democrats
No overall control

 Leader

Claire Douglas
Labour

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.

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