2023 Bath and North East Somerset Council election

The 2023 Bath and North East Somerset Council election was held on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Bath and North East Somerset Council in England

The Liberal Democrats maintained control of the council in 2023, increasing their majority winning forty-one seats. The Conservative leader lost his seat.

Background

The sudden death of Green Party candidate Tim Morgan days before the election caused the ward election for Paulton to be delayed until a later date.

Retiring councillors

Council composition

After the previous election the composition of the council was:

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

Following the election the composition of the council was:

Results summary

Voter turnout was down from 40.76% at the 2019 local elections. Of eligible in-person voters, 0.02% were unable to show correct photo identity to vote under the new rules introduced at this election. 85 of the 141 intending voters initially rejected returned later with a correct photo identity document.

Ward results

Sitting councillors are marked with an asterisk (*).

Bathavon North

Bathavon South

Bathwick

Chew Valley

Clutton & Farmborough

Combe Down

High Littleton

Keynsham East

Keynsham North

Keynsham South

Kingsmead

Lambridge

Lansdown

Mendip

Midsomer Norton North

Midsomer Norton Redfield

Moorlands

Newbridge

Odd Down

Oldfield Park

Paulton

The sudden death of Green Party candidate Tim Morgan days before the election caused this ward election to be delayed until Thursday 22 June. A minutes silence was held prior to the start of the count for the other wards.