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2023 Chelmsford City Council election

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The 2023 Chelmsford City Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Chelmsford City Council in Essex, England.^[3] This was on the same day as other local elections across England.

Quick Facts All 57 seats to Chelmsford City Council 29 seats needed for a majority, First party ...

2023 Chelmsford City Council election

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4 May 2023 (2023-05-04)

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All 57 seats to Chelmsford City Council
29 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Leader	Stephen Robinson	Roy Whitehead
Party	Liberal Democrats	Conservative
Last election	31 seats, 39.8%	21 seats, 40.5%
Seats before	30^{[lower-alpha 1]}	22^{[lower-alpha 2]}
Seats after	33	21
Seat change	2
Popular vote	39,567	37,771
Percentage	41.7%	39.8%
Swing	1.9%	0.7%

	Third party	Fourth party

Leader	Richard Hyland	Ian Roberts
Party	Independent	SWFCTA
Last election	3 seats, 4.3%	2 seats, 2.4%
Seats before	3	2
Seats after	3	0
Seat change		2
Popular vote	4,111	2,003
Percentage	4.3%	2.1%
Swing	0.0%	0.3%

Winner of each seat at the 2023 Chelmsford City Council election

Leader before election

Stephen Robinson
Liberal Democrats

Leader after election

Stephen Robinson
Liberal Democrats

The Liberal Democrats retained their majority on the council.

Overview

The Liberal Democrats went into the election holding a majority of the council's seats, having taken control from the Conservatives at the previous election in 2019. At the 2023 election the Liberal Democrats increased their majority, making a net gain of two extra seats at the expense of local party the South Woodham Ferrers Council Taxpayers Association, which lost both of the seats it had held on the council.^[4]^[5]

A new record was set for the youngest person ever to serve on the council with the election of 22-year-old Liberal Democrat candidate Kieron Franks in the Great Baddow East ward.^[6]

Election result

The overall results were:^[7]^[8]^[9]

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2023 Chelmsford City Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	57	33	3	1	2	57.9	41.7	39,567	+1.9
	Conservative	51	21	1	1		36.8	39.8	37,771	–0.7
	Independent	9	3	0	0		5.3	4.3	4,111	0.0
	Labour	37	0	0	0		0.0	9.2	8,737	+2.5
	Green	10	0	0	0		0.0	2.6	2,445	–2.5
	South Woodham Ferrers Council Taxpayers Association	4	0	0	2	2	0.0	2.1	2,003	–0.3
	UKIP	1	0	0	0		0.0
	Heritage	1	0	0	0		0.0	0.2	193	N/A
	TUSC	1	0	0	0		0.0	0.1	85	N/A

Independent Network candidates are included with the independents in the summary above, but candidates who stood under that banner are recorded as such in the detailed ward results below.

Ward results

The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Chelmsford City Council following the close of nominations on 5 April 2023.^[10] The ward results were as follows, with sitting councillors standing in their previous wards marked with asterisks(*) and sitting councillors standing in different wards marked with double daggers(‡):^[11]^[12]