2023 City of York Council election

Elections to City of York Council will take 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] 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 lead the council in a coalition with the Liberal Democrats between 2015-2019, 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.

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
  Blank Blank Blank
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 Increase7 Decrease2 Increase1
  Fourth party Fifth party
  Blank Blank
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 Decrease2 Decrease4
Map of results of 2023 election
Leader before election

Keith Aspden
Liberal Democrats
No overall control

 Leader

Claire Douglas
Labour

Results summary
City of York Council
Party Candidates Votes
Stood Elected Gained Unseated Net  % of total  % No. Net %
  Liberal Democrats 47 19
  Labour 47 24
  Green 47 0
  Conservative 45 3
  Independent 5 1
  Yorkshire 1 0
  TUSC 1 0

Ward results

Sitting councillors are marked with an asterisk (*).

Acomb ward
Acomb [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Katie Lomas * 1,506 69.9 +24.7
Labour Co-op Jason Rose 1,364 63.3 +21.5
Conservative Nigel Bromley 373 17.3 -6.8
Conservative Matthew Greenwood 343 15.9 -1.7
Green Luke Richardson 189 8.8 -4.4
Green Michael Kearney 173 8.0 -3.0
Liberal Democrats Tobie Abel 141 6.5 -1.8
Liberal Democrats Matthew Smithson 112 5.2 -0.6
Turnout 2,155 31.4 -5.3
Labour hold
Labour hold
* Represented the Acomb ward of City of York Council, 2019-2023 [6]

Bishopthorpe ward

The parishes of Acaster Malbis and Bishopthorpe

Bishopthorpe [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Nicholls 590 34.4 +13.5
Green Carole Green 546 31.9 +0.6
Liberal Democrats Chris Gammie 367 21.4 +15.6
Labour Steven Spencer 210 12.3 +3.3
Turnout 1,713 51.6 ±0.0
Conservative gain from Independent

Clifton ward
Clifton [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Danny Myers * 1,371 67.2 +8.9
Labour Margaret Wells * 1,221 59.9 +9.1
Liberal Democrats Michael Maybridge 298 14.6 +3.7
Liberal Democrats Mark Waudby † 269 13.2 +4.5
Conservative Charlotte Milligan 214 10.5 -6.4
Conservative party (UK) Joe Pattinson 212 10.4 -5.0
Green Amanda Brook 183 9.0 -9.4
Independent Andrew Dickinson 117 5.7 New
Green Richard Sharp 114 5.6 -8.9
Turnout 2,039 30.2 -3.6
Labour hold
Labour hold
* 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]

Copmanthorpe ward

The parish of Copmanthorpe

Copmanthorpe [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Chris Steward * 421 29.1 +11.1
Independent David Carr † 388 26.8 -19.4
Liberal Democrats Richard Brown 255 17.6 -0.1
Labour Ann Moxon 198 13.7 +6.8
Green Lars Kramm ‡ 187 12.9 +1.8
Turnout 1,449 43.6 +0.7
Conservative gain from Independent
* 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]

Dringhouses and Woodthorpe ward
Dringhouses and Woodthorpe [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Stephen Fenton * 2,233 61.0 +3.3
Liberal Democrats Paula Widdowson † 2,026 55.3 +1.0
Liberal Democrats Ashley Mason * 1,955 53.4 -0.6
Labour Samuel Kind 880 24.0 +7.1
Labour Bob Scrase ‡ 840 22.9 +6.5
Labour Kataya McKeever-Willis 828 22.6 +6.5
Conservative Clive Hibbert 479 13.1 +2.0
Conservative David Stuart 405 11.1 +0.4
Conservative Timothy Ashman 403 11.0 +0.8
Green Bronwen Gray 253 6.9 -2.9
Green Ginevra House 247 6.7 -0.5
Green John Gray 192 5.2 -1.6
Turnout 3,663 40.4 -5.6
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
* 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]

Fishergate ward
Fishergate [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Sarah Wilson 1,704 64.0 +37.4
Labour Co-op Conrad Whitcroft 1,447 54.3 +31.6
Green Andy D'Agorne * 855 32.1 -30.3
Green Liam Clegg 737 27.7 -27.8
Conservative Judith Morris 198 7.4 -1.5
Conservative Peter Reineck 157 5.9 -0.9
Liberal Democrats Katharine Macy 87 3.3 -2.4
Liberal Democrats Connor Fitzgerald 79 3.0 -2.4
Turnout 2,664 44.3 +0.3
Labour Co-op gain from Green
Labour Co-op gain from Green
* Represented the Fishergate ward of City of York Council, 2003-2023 [9] [13] [14] [7] [6]

Fulford and Heslington ward

The parish of Fulford and part of the parish of Heslington

Fulford and Heslington [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kate Ravilious 678 47.3 +29.6
Liberal Democrats Pamela Cullwick 514 35.8 -32.2
Conservative Jordan Hennessy 155 10.8 +3.8
Green Rachel Davis 87 6.1 -1.2
Turnout 1,434 44.2 -4.8
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

Guildhall ward
Guildhall [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Rachel Melly * 1,707 58.9 +19.2
Labour Co-op Tony Clarke 1,593 55.0 +17.0
Labour Co-op Dave Merrett † 1,501 51.8 +17.1
Green Denise Craghill ‡ 901 31.1 -18.2
Green Martina Weitsch 716 24.7 -10.8
Green Henry Stevens 677 23.4 -8.9
Conservative David Barratt 353 12.2 -2.0
Conservative Matthew Freckelton 323 11.2 -2.3
Conservative Geoffrey Widdows 320 11.0 -1.4
Liberal Democrats Felix Andrew 172 5.9 -3.1
Liberal Democrats Brandon Masih 134 4.6 -2.9
Liberal Democrats Scarlett Wighton 132 4.6 -1.7
Turnout 2,896 32.5 -2.8
Labour Co-op gain from Green
Labour Co-op hold
Labour Co-op hold
* 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]

Haxby and Wigginton ward

The parishes of Haxby and Wigginton

Haxby and Wigginton [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Edward Pearson * 2,056
Liberal Democrats Andrew Hollyer * 2,023
Liberal Democrats Ian Cuthbertson † 2,013
Conservative Jessie Secker 887
Conservative David Miller 828
Conservative James Bailey 735
Labour Ian Craven 562
Labour Janet Mather 537
Labour Anthony Lewis 500
Green Ian Lowson 203
Green Jessica Dixon 196
Independent Neil Wyatt 177
Green Liz Scurfield 121
Turnout 39.3%
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
* 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]

Heworth ward
Heworth [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Claire Douglas * 2,149
Labour Co-op Ben Burton 1,890
Labour Co-op Robert Webb * 1,867
Green Erin Dyson 515
Conservative Susan Vaughan 428
Conservative Robert James 421
Green Sabine Janssen-Havercroft 340
Green Andy Wilson 286
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Morley † 252
Liberal Democrats Ian Murphy 252
Liberal Democrats Samantha Phoenix 240
Turnout 31.7%
Labour Co-op hold
Labour Co-op hold
Labour Co-op hold
* 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]

Heworth Without ward

The parish of Heworth Without

Heworth Without [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Nigel Ayre * 966 61.9 -13.9
Labour John Moroney 321 20.6 +12.8
Conservative Mark Fox 188 12.1 +2.9
Green David Gibbon 85 5.4 -1.7
Turnout 1,560 46.8 -5.3
Liberal Democrats hold
* Represented the Heworth Without ward of City of York Council, 2007-2023 [18] [19] [7] [6]

Holgate ward
Holgate [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Kallum Taylor * 2,471
Labour Co-op Jenny Kent 2,319
Labour Co-op Lucy Steels-Walshaw 2,236
Green Pam Hanley 383
Conservative Paul Bilton 375
Conservative Joanne Fox 318
Green Eleanor Glanvill 306
Conservative Paul Williams 288
Liberal Democrats Ken Cox 238
Liberal Democrats David Booth 216
Green Nick Cox 185
Liberal Democrats Niall McFerran 136
Turnout 35.8%
Labour Co-op hold
Labour Co-op hold
Labour Co-op hold
* Represented the Holgate ward of City of York Council, 2018-2023 [20] [6]

Hull Road ward

Part of the parish of Heslington

Hull Road [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Sophie Kelly 1,316 55.6 +9.7
Labour Co-op Anna Baxter 1,289 54.4 +10.9
Labour Co-op Michael Pavlovic * 1,228 51.9 +11.3
Liberal Democrats Andrew Mortimer † 565 23.9 +12.2
Liberal Democrats Danielle Mason 526 22.2 +10.9
Liberal Democrats Caleb Pell 497 21.0 +12.7
Green John Cossham 367 15.5 -12.3
Green Nicola Normandale 336 14.2 -9.1
Green Candi Spillard 285 12.0 -5.8
Conservative Ellis Holden 189 8.0 -6.6
Conservative Liping Hu 161 6.8 -7.5
Conservative Ivan Zhou 150 6.3 -7.2
Turnout 2,368 32.1 +1.4
Labour Co-op hold
Labour Co-op hold
Labour Co-op hold
* 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]

Huntington and New Earswick ward

The parishes of Huntington and New Earswick

Huntington and New Earswick [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Keith Orrell * 1,492
Liberal Democrats Carol Runciman † 1,476
Liberal Democrats Chris Cullwick ‡ 1,473
Labour Hughie Ferguson 1,148
Labour Diane Geoghegan-Breen 1,115
Labour Joan Whitehead 1,096
Conservative Stuart Rawlings § 439
Conservative John Wrightson 401
Conservative Thomas Marshall 368
Green Charles Everett 262
Green Clive Woolley 219
Yorkshire James Howard 154
Green Dan Staples 152
Turnout 34.3%
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
* 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]

Micklegate ward
Micklegate [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jonny Crawshaw * 3,063
Labour Pete Kilbane † 2,795
Labour Jane Burton 2,746
Green Daniella Findlay 874
Green Andreas Heinemeyer 826
Green David Williams 624
Conservative John Brewin 444
Conservative Damian Edwards 457
Liberal Democrats Martin Bartlett ‡ 258
Liberal Democrats Harrison Daubeney 154
Liberal Democrats Karl Henderson 145
TUSC Ali Mansfield 141
Turnout 44.9%
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour gain from Green
* 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]

Osbaldwick and Derwent ward

The parishes of Dunnington, Holtby, Kexby, Murton, and Osbaldwick

Osbaldwick and Derwent [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Mark Warters * 1,138 40.4 -9.5
Conservative Martin Rowley † 927 32.9 +3.8
Liberal Democrats Ian Eiloart 739 26.2 +13.7
Liberal Democrats Jack Worrall 578 20.5 +10.4
Labour Jude Powell 524 18.6 +6.1
Labour Max Abdulgani 467 16.6 +5.0
Green Ginnie Shaw 339 12.0 -7.5
Conservative Harvey Walker 326 11.6 -8.3
Green Paul Hutchinson 153 5.4 -3.4
Turnout 2,816 43.2 +1.9
Independent hold
Conservative hold
* 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]

Rawcliffe and Clifton Without ward

The parishes of Clifton Without and Rawcliffe

Rawcliffe and Clifton Without [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Darryl Smalley * 2,099
Liberal Democrats Derek Wann * 1,918
Liberal Democrats Sam Waudby * 1,910
Labour Andy Hagon 1,087
Labour Sam Perry 981
Labour Tracy White 884
Conservative Peter Dew † 443
Conservative John Betteridge 393
Conservative Graham Whyatt 359
Green Andy Dearden 197
Green Jill Armstrong 172
Green Tom Franklin 130
Independent Richard Coffey 78
Turnout 36.9%
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
* 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]

Rural West York ward

The parishes of Askham Bryan, Askham Richard, Hessay, Nether Poppleton, Rufforth with Knapton, Skelton, and Upper Poppleton

Rural West York [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Anne Hook * 1,666 57.3 +2.9
Liberal Democrats Emilie Knight 1,366 47.0 +3.4
Conservative Arif Khalfe 899 30.9 -4.4
Conservative Keith Myers † 813 28.0 -5.0
Labour Tracey Hamling 370 12.7 +4.6
Labour Gerard Hodgson ‡ 320 11.0 +3.9
Green Ginevra Gordon 147 5.1 -2.3
Green Mark Havercroft 110 3.8 -2.1
Turnout 2,905 46.8 -1.7
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
* 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]

Strensall ward

The parishes of Earswick, Stockton-on-the-Forest, and Strensall with Towthorpe

Strensall [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Tony Fisher * 1,342 60.0 +8.5
Liberal Democrats Paul Healey † 919 41.1 +9.4
Conservative Paul Doughty ‡ 877 39.2 -2.0
Conservative Teri Rhodes 586 26.2 -8.8
Labour Chloe Anderson 270 12.1 +3.0
Labour Andy Carter 182 8.1 +0.3
Green Catherine Love-Smith 130 5.8 -3.3
Green Ashleigh Stevens 64 2.9 -7.0
Turnout 2,236 36.0 -1.1
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
* 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]

Westfield ward
Westfield [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Andrew Waller * 1,504 45.6 -13.8
Labour Jo Coles 1,471 44.6 +17.2
Labour Emily Nelson 1,469 44.6 +19.3
Labour Kerron Cross † 1,454 44.1 +19.8
Liberal Democrats Pippa Hepworth 1,341 40.7 -13.6
Liberal Democrats Simon Daubeney ‡ 1,264 38.3 -9.7
Conservative Patrick Ellis 241 7.3 +2.1
Green Gillian Cossham 216 6.6 -1.8
Conservative Janet Powell 193 5.9 +0.8
Conservative Tet Powell 185 5.6 +1.4
Green Mikael Hanson 164 5.0 -2.1
Green Jonathan Tyler 155 4.7 -1.9
Turnout 3,296 32.9 -2.6
Liberal Democrats hold
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
* 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]

Wheldrake ward

The parishes of Deighton, Elvington, Naburn, and Wheldrake

Wheldrake [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Christian Vassie * 603 43.2 +9.1
Conservative Alan Crow 464 33.2 +4.1
Labour Co-op David Skaith 274 19.6 +12.5
Green Will Dyson 56 4.0 -4.5
Turnout 1,397 42.4 -4.9
Liberal Democrats hold
* Represented the Wheldrake ward of City of York Council, 2003-2011 [9] [13] and 2019-2023 [6]

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