2023 Hull City Council election

2023 Hull City Council election
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20 of 57 seats to Hull City Council
29 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Leader Mike Ross Daren Hale
Party Liberal Democrats Labour Non-aligned
Seats before 29 27 1
Seats after 32 25 0
Seat change Increase3 Decrease2 Decrease1
Popular vote 17,855 14,880 N/A
Percentage 49.2% 41.0% N/A
2023 Hull City Council Election Map
Leader before election

Mike Ross
Liberal Democrats

Leader after election

Mike Ross
Liberal Democrats

Map of the results of the 2023 Hull council election. Labour in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Uncontested in cream.
Note that 2 seats were contested in Central Ward.

The 2023 Hull City Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Hull City Council.[1][2][3][4][5] This was on the same day as other local elections in England.

Hull has a mixture of two and three member wards and elections take place by thirds. This year 19 of the 21 wards will hold elections.

The Liberal Democrats retained control of the council with an increased majority after gaining two seats from the opposition Labour Party.[6][7][8][9][10]

Results summary

2023 Hull City Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Liberal Democrats 11 Increase2 55.0 21 32 56.1 17,855 49.2 +4.9
  Labour 9 Decrease2 45.0 16 25 43.9 14,880 41.0 +0.5
  Conservative 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 2,156 5.9 -5.7
  Green 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 844 2.3 +0.1
  TUSC 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 368 1.0 -0.1
  Reform UK 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 157 0.4 +0.4

Ward results

Hull City Council election results.[11]

An asterisk * indicates an incumbent who stood for re-election.

Turnout figures where stated are the number of ballot papers handed out in a ward including any rejected ballot papers.

No elections took place in the Bricknell and University wards.

Avenue

Avenue
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Abhimanyu Singh* 1,662 51.0 +3.0
Liberal Democrats Scott Preston 1,174 36.0 −5.4
Green James Russell 330 10.1 +2.5
Conservative Alex Hayward 94 2.9 0.0
Majority 488 15.0 +8.4
Turnout 3,287 37.1 −4.0
Labour hold Swing +4.2

Beverley and Newland

Beverley and Newland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Paul Drake-Davis* 1,979 67.3 −1.7
Labour Co-op Sian Alexander 755 25.7 +6.9
Conservative Archie Bartlett 116 4.0 −2.1
TUSC Phil Culshaw 90 3.1 New
Majority 1,224 41.6 −8.6
Turnout 2,954 31.0 +0.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -4.3

Boothferry

Boothferry
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jack Haines* 1,324 58.5 −0.9
Labour James Ireland 749 33.1 +3.4
Conservative John Sharp 190 8.4 −2.5
Majority 575 25.4 −4.3
Turnout 2,282 25.8 −0.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -2.1

Central

On 23 March 2023, Labour councillor Aneesa Akbar resigned as a councillor for the Central Ward, triggering a by-election that took place on the same day as the UK local elections.[12]

Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Shane McMurray* 714 61.1 −2.5
Labour Sharon Qassim 620 53.0 −10.6
Liberal Democrats Motokin Ali 310 26.5 +4.8
Liberal Democrats Lilyth Coglan 258 22.1 +0.4
Conservative John Rymer 88 7.5 −7.3
Conservative James Sargeant 87 7.4 −7.4
TUSC Paul Spooner 79 6.7 NEW
Majority N/A N/A N/A
Turnout 1,183 18.9 +1.6
Labour hold
Labour hold

Derringham

Derringham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Sarita Robinson 1,147 54.4 −3.1
Labour Co-op George Grozav 816 38.7 +4.8
Conservative Michael Whitehead 144 6.8 −1.8
Majority 331 15.7 −7.9
Turnout 2,127 23.9 +0.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -3.9

Drypool

Drypool
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Diana Hatcher* 1,545 67.5 +1.2
Labour Musa Dogan 470 20.5 −2.0
Conservative Stephen Hackett 116 5.1 −0.5
Green John Allison-Walsh 109 4.8 +1.00
TUSC Matthew Whale 49 2.1 +0.3
Majority 1,075 47.0 +3.2
Turnout 2,295 26.3 −2.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +1.6

Holderness

Holderness
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Kalvin Neal* 1,519 65.8 −0.9
Labour Katherine Thompson 680 29.4 +2.3
Conservative Stephen Brown 111 4.8 −1.4
Majority 839 36.4 −3.2
Turnout 2,321 26.6 −1.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -1.6

Ings

Ings
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Denise Thompson* 740 46.9 −0.1
Liberal Democrats Mark Collinson 642 40.7 +28.2
Conservative Simon Trow 92 5.8 −20.4
Green Gordon Bradshaw 83 5.3 −8.9
TUSC Mike Hirst 22 1.4 New
Majority 98 6.2 −14.6
Turnout 1,583 22.5 −1.5
Labour hold Swing -14.1

Kingswood

Kingswood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Charles Quinn* 939 74.1 +3.1
Labour Nigel Filer 261 20.6 +7.6
Conservative Corey Rigby 67 5.3 −9.9
Majority 678 53.5 −4.5
Turnout 1,272 19.2 −1.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -2.2

Longhill and Bilton Grange

Longhill and Bilton Grange
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Sherilee Jepmond 840 49.8 −6.6
Labour Dean Kirk* 672 39.8 +5.6
Conservative Les Fisher 99 5.9 −3.5
TUSC Tony Smith 77 4.6 New
Majority 168 10.0 −12.2
Turnout 1,691 19.4 −2.9
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing -6.1

Marfleet

Marfleet
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rosemary Pantelakis* 714 69.0 +14.5
Liberal Democrats Karen Woods 225 21.8 +6.4
Conservative Geoff Horton 95 9.2 −4.5
Majority 489 47.2 +8.1
Turnout 1,047 11.7 −1.8
Labour hold Swing +4.0

Newington and Gipsyville

Newington and Gipsyville
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gill Kennett* 885 58.7 +1.9
Liberal Democrats Keith Smith 350 23.2 +3.1
Conservative Daniel Bond 156 10.3 −4.1
Green Andy Donegan 117 7.7 −1.0
Majority 535 35.5 −1.2
Turnout 1,525 15.0 −0.8
Labour hold Swing -0.6

North Carr

North Carr
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Garreth Byrne 825 54.6 +13.2
Labour Jan Hornby 603 39.9 −9.3
Conservative Graeme Wightman 83 5.5 −1.6
Majority 222 14.7 N/A
Turnout 1,518 15.4 −1.3
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing +11.2

Orchard Park

Orchard Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gary Wareing* 883 48.6 −13.2
Liberal Democrats Michael Gibbons 807 44.4 +20.7
Green Kevin Paulson 67 3.7 New
Conservative Farhana Khan 60 3.3 −11.2
Majority 76 4.2 −33.9
Turnout 1,833 18.4 +2.8
Labour hold Swing -16.9

Pickering

Pickering
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Mark Ieronimo* 1,102 57.8 +9.7
Labour Terry Sullivan 731 38.4 −6.5
Conservative Charles Dinsdale 73 3.8 −3.2
Majority 371 19.4 +16.2
Turnout 1,912 30.9 +1.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +8.1

Southcoates

Southcoates
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jessica Raspin 1,081 65.3 +4.3
Liberal Democrats Lucy Thomas 278 16.8 −4.6
Reform UK Ian Broadbent 157 9.5 New
Conservative Catherine MacIntyre 140 8.4 −9.2
Majority 803 48.5 +8.9
Turnout 1,665 16.8 −0.9
Labour hold Swing +4.4

St Andrew's and Docklands

St Andrew's and Docklands
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Haroldo Herrera-Richmond* 988 61.1 −2.9
Liberal Democrats Callum Best 314 19.4 −2.9
Green Raymond Barry 138 8.5 New
Conservative Jack Devlin 127 7.8 −2.1
TUSC James Bentley 51 3.2 New
Majority 674 41.7 0.0
Turnout 1,631 16.5 −0.1
Labour hold Swing 0.00

Sutton

Sutton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Allen Healand* 1,595 60.9 +3.6
Labour Paul Harper 875 33.4 +1.1
Conservative Frankie Williams 150 5.7 −2.2
Majority 720 27.5 +2.5
Turnout 2,627 26.6 −2.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +1.2

West Carr

West Carr
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Christine Randall* 940 53.1 −2.5
Labour Karen Wood 601 33.9 +6.2
Conservative Colin Baxter 155 8.7 −2.4
TUSC Joyce Marshall 79 4.3 −1.3
Majority 339 19.2 −8.7
Turnout 1,777 20.0 −1.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -4.3

By-elections

Bricknell

Bricknell by-election 21 September 2023[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sharon Hofman 919 43.7 −9.1
Liberal Democrats Lucy Lennon 647 30.8 +25.3
Conservative John Fareham 418 19.9 −15.9
Green Kevin Paulson 98 4.7 −1.2
Yorkshire James Steel 19 0.9 New
Majority 272 12.8 N/A
Turnout 2,109 35.0 −1.7
Rejected ballots 8
Registered electors 6,052
Labour hold Swing Decrease17.2

Avenue

The by-election was called following the resignation of Marjorie Brabazon who held one of the seats for Labour.[14]

Avenue by-election 15 February 2024[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Rhiannon Beeson 1,186 45.7 +9.7
Labour Karen Wood 1,029 39.7 −11.3
Green James Russell 198 7.6 −2.5
Independent Michael Whale 139 5.3 New
Conservative Alex Hayward 43 1.7 −1.2
Majority 157 6.0 N/A
Turnout 2,607 29.0 −8.1
Rejected ballots 12
Registered electors 9,111
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing Increase10.5

References

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  6. ^ "Hull election result". BBC News. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
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  11. ^ "2023 Local Elections". Hull City Council. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  12. ^ "Aneesa Akbar has resigned as a member of Hull City Council, triggering a by-election". The Hull Story. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  13. ^ "Declaration Of Result Of Poll" (PDF). Hull City Council. 21 September 2023. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  14. ^ "The candidates standing in the council by-election for Hull's Avenue ward". Hull Daily Mail. 1 February 2024. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  15. ^ "Rhiannon Beeson, Liberal Democrats wins Avenue ward by-election". Hull CC News. Hull City Council. 16 February 2024. Retrieved 16 February 2024.