2023 Herefordshire Council election

The 2023 Herefordshire Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Herefordshire Council in Herefordshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections in the UK.

2023 Herefordshire Council election
4 May 2023 (2023-05-04)
All 53 seats to Herefordshire Council
27 seats needed for a majority
Turnout37.3%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Jonathan Lester Terry James Ellie Chowns
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Green
Last election 13 seats, 34.2% 7 seats, 9.9% 7 seats, 13.1%
Seats before 14 6 7
Seats won 21 12 9
Seat change 8 5 2
Popular vote 18,940 13,257 7,299
Percentage 34.6% 24.2% 13.3%
Swing 0.4% 14.3% 0.2%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Independent It's Our County Labour
Last election 18 seats, 28.5% 8 seats, 8.7% 0 seats, 3.5%
Seats before 25 1
Seats won 8 2 1
Seat change 10 6 1
Popular vote 11,834 896 2,235
Percentage 21.6% 1.6% 4.1%
Swing 6.9% 7.1% 0.6%
Winner of each seat at the 2023 Herefordshire Council election
Leader before election

David Hitchiner
Independents for Herefordshire
No overall control

 Leader after election

Jonathan Lester
Conservative
No overall control

Prior to the election the council was under no overall control, being led by David Hitchiner of the Independents for Herefordshire group. After the election the council remained under no overall control, but the Conservatives gained seats and managed to form a minority administration led by Jonathan Lester.

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