The 2023 Tewkesbury Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members for the 20 wards of the Tewkesbury Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections taking place in England.
Results summary
Following the results, the Conservatives lost the council to no overall control for the first time in 16 years. The Conservative leader of the council prior to the election, Rob Bird, lost his seat. Liberal Democrat councillor Richard Stanley was appointed leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 17 May 2023 with the support of all parties except the Conservatives.
Ward results The results for each ward were as follows. Sitting councillors standing for re-election are marked with an asterisk (*).
Badgeworth
Brockworth East
Brockworth West
Churchdown Brookfield with Hucclecote
Churchdown St John's
Cleeve Grange
Cleeve Hill
Cleeve St Michael's
Cleeve West
Highnam with Haw Bridge
Innsworth
Isbourne
Northway
Severn Vale North
Severn Vale South
Shurdington
Tewkesbury East
Tewkesbury North and Twyning
Tewkesbury South
Winchcombe
Changes 2023–2027 In August 2026, Heather McLain, councillor for Severn Vale North, left the Conservatives and joined the Liberal Democrats. In July 2026 the government decided that Tewkesbury Borough Council and the other county, district and city councils in Gloucestershire would be replaced by a single unitary authority from April 2028. In September 2026 the reorganisation was paused while the government carried out a review.
By-elections
Innsworth
The Innsworth by-election was triggered by the resignation of Paul Ockelton, who had been elected as a Liberal Democrat, after he was convicted of sexually assaulting a child; he had been suspended and then expelled from the Liberal Democrat group.
Northway
The Northway by-election was held following the death of independent councillor Elaine MacTiernan, who had represented the ward since 2011, after a diagnosis of cancer.
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