The 2023 Stoke-on-Trent City Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Stoke-on-Trent City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. New ward boundaries took effect for this election, although the number of councillors stayed the same at 44.
Prior to the election the council was under no overall control, being led by a Conservative minority administration. Labour took a majority of the seats at the election. Labour group leader Jane Ashworth was appointed leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 25 May 2023.
Result
Ward results The results for each ward were as follows, with an asterisk (*) indicating an encumber councillor standing for re-election.
Abbey Hulton
Baddeley, Milton & Norton
Basford & Hartshill
Bentilee, Ubberley & Townsend
Birches Head & Northwood
Blurton
Boothen
Bradeley & Chell Heath
Bucknall & Eaton Park
Burslem
Burslem Park
Dresden & Florence
Etruria & Hanley
Fenton East
Fenton West & Mount Pleasant
Ford Green & Smallthorne
Goldenhill & Sandyford
Great Chell & Packmoor
Hanford, Newstead & Trentham
Hanley Park, Joiner's Square & Shelton
Hartshill Park & Stoke
Hollybush
Lightwood North & Normacot
Little Chell & Stanfield David Williams (Stoke-on-Trent North MP)
Longton & Meir Hay South
Meir Hay North, Parkhall & Weston Coyney
Meir North
Meir Park
Meir South
Moorcroft & Sneyd Green
Penkhull & Springfields
Sandford Hill
Trent Vale & Oakhill
Tunstall
By-elections
Meir North
A by-election was held on 2 May 2024 following the resignation of Labour councillor Desiree Elliott, who had served as cabinet member for education, skills and anti-poverty.
Birches Head & Northwood
A by-election was held on 15 May 2025 after Labour councillor Steve Blakemore was disqualified from office when Unitas, the council's housing repairs company which employed him, was brought back under direct council control on 1 April 2025, creating a conflict under the rules barring council employees from serving as councillors.
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