2023 Middlesbrough Council election

The 2023 Middlesbrough Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect all 46 members of Middlesbrough Council and the directly-elected Mayor of Middlesbrough. This was on the same day as other local elections across England.

2023 Middlesbrough Council election
4 May 2023
All 46 seats to Middlesbrough Council plus Mayor
24 seats needed for a majority
Turnout27.8%
  First party Second party
 
Leader Matt Storey
Party Labour Independent
Last election 34.9%, 20 seats 43.7%, 23 seats
Seats before 21 22
Seats won 25 15
Seat change 5 8
Popular vote 25,504 16,481
Percentage 46.5% 30.1%
Swing 11.6% 13.8%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader David Coupe Tom Livingstone
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats
Last election 11.9%, 3 seats 3.3%, 0 seats
Seats before 3 0
Seats won 4 2
Seat change 1 2
Popular vote 8,044 3,910
Percentage 14.7% 7.1%
Swing 2.8% 3.8%
Winner of each seat at the 2023 Middlesbrough Council election
Mayor before election

Andy Preston
Independent
No overall control

 Mayor after election

Chris Cooke
Labour

Prior to the election the council was under no overall control and the mayor was Andy Preston, an independent. The election saw Labour's candidate Chris Cooke win the mayoralty from Andy Preston, and the party also won a majority of the seats on the council.

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