The 2023 Ribble Valley Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect all 40 members of Ribble Valley Borough Council in Lancashire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England.
Results The council was under Conservative majority control prior to the election. Following the results, the Conservatives remained the largest party but lost their majority, leaving the council under no overall control. Efforts by the other parties to put together a coalition administration were unsuccessful, and the Conservative group leader Stephen Atkinson was re-appointed leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 23 May 2023, leading a minority administration.
Party Councillors Votes Of Total Of TotalConservative Party 18 9,647 41.9% Labour Party 7 6,354 27.6% Liberal Democrats 8 3,597 15.6% Independent 5 2,526 11.0% Green Party 2 875 3.8%
Ward results Incumbent candidates are denoted with an asterisk*. Alston and Hothershall
Jim Rogerson had been elected in 2019 as a Conservative but had left the party to sit as an independent in April 2021. Shown here as independent gain from Conservative to allow comparison with previous election.
Billington and Langho
Bowland
Brockhall and Dinckley
Chatburn
Chipping
Clayton-le-Dale and Salesbury
Derby and Thornley
Dilworth
East Whalley, Read and Simonstone
Edisford and Low Moor
Gisburn and Rimington
Hurst Green and Whitewell
Littlemoor
Mellor
Primrose
Ribchester
Sabden
Salthill
Ian Brown had been elected in 2019 as a Conservative but had left the party to sit as an independent in April 2021. Shown here as independent gain from Conservative to allow comparison with previous election.
St Mary's
Waddington, Bashall Eaves and Mitton
West Bradford and Grindleton
Whalley and Painter Wood
Whalley Nethertown
Wilpshire and Ramsgreave
Wiswell and Barrow
Changes 2023–2027 Derek Brocklehust, who was elected as a Conservative, joined Labour in October 2023. Stewart Fletcher, Mark French and Ryan Corney, all elected as Liberal Democrats, left the party in November 2023, becoming independents but sitting together as the 'Progressive Liberal' group.
By-election triggered by resignation of Stewart Fletcher, who had been elected as a Liberal Democrat but left the party in November 2023.
By-election triggered by death of William Holden, who had been elected for the Labour Party in a by-election in July 2024. Changes are shown from that by-election.
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