2023 Ashfield District Council election

The 2023 Ashfield District Council election took place on 4 May 2023, to elect all 35 members of Ashfield District Council in Nottinghamshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections in England.

The previous election occurred in 2019, and resulted in the Ashfield Independents winning in a landslide victory of 30 seats. The 2023 election saw the Ashfield Independents increase their majority, finishing with 32 seats.

Background
Labour controlled Ashfield from its creation in 1973 until 2003, when it fell into no overall control. Labour regained control in 2011 and held the council until 2019, when the Ashfield Independents won a large victory. In that election, Ashfield Independents won 30 seats with 64.6% of the vote, Labour won 2 with 18.2%, and the Conservatives won 3 with 11.2%.

Changes

 * Melanie Darrington leaves Ashfield Independents to sit as an independent
 * Ciaran Brown (Ashfield Independents) resigns; by-election held May 2021
 * April 2020: Anthony Brewer (Ashfield Independents) dies; by-election held May 2021
 * May 2020: David Hennigan leaves Ashfield Independents to sit as an independent
 * May 2021: Jamie Bell (Ashfield Independents) and Will Bostock (Ashfield Independents) win by-elections
 * August 2022: Jim Blagden (Ashfield Independents) dies; by-election held November 2022
 * November 2022: Nick Parvin (Ashfield Independents) wins by-election

Results
The overall results were as follows:

Ward results
The results for each ward were as follows, with an asterisk (*) indicating an incumbent councillor standing for re-election: