2023 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council election

The 2023 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council election took place on 4 May, 2023, to elect all 76 members of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council in Dorset, England.

The council stayed with no overall control but the Liberal Democrats became the largest single party. As no one party controlled a majority of the council the Liberal Democrats, Christchurch Independents, Poole People Party and The Bournemouth Independent Group subsequently formed a coalition administration known as the "Three Towns Alliance."

Background
Prior to the election the council was under no overall control, being led by a minority Conservative administration. Eight registered political parties were represented on the council, in addition to eight independent councillors who did not belong to a party. Some of the parties and independents formed political groups: The other parties each formed their own groups, and the remaining five independent councillors were not aligned to any group.
 * The "Poole Independents" group comprised the Poole People Party, the Alliance for Local Living and one of the independent councillors.
 * The "Bournemouth Independent and Green" group comprised the Green Party and two of the independent councillors.

Parties
On 5 April 2023, the full list of candidates was published:


 * Conservative Party 75 candidates
 * Liberal Democrats 74 candidates
 * Labour Party 55 candidates
 * Green Party of England and Wales 38 candidates
 * Poole Engage Party 16 candidates
 * Christchurch Independents 10 candidates
 * Poole People Party 8 candidates
 * Animal Welfare Party 1 candidate
 * Communist Party of Britain 1 candidate
 * Heritage Party 1 candidate
 * Reform UK 1 candidate

In addition, 33 Independent candidates, and 1 candidate without a description, sought election.

Results
Following the results, the council remained in no overall control but the Liberal Democrats became the largest party with 13 gains. The Conservatives fell sharply from 34 to 12 seats. The Labour Party nearly quadrupled their seat total from 3 to 11. The Green Party went from 2 seats to 5.



UKIP and ALL both lost one seat, but are not shown in the table above as no candidates contested on behalf of those parties.

Ward results
Incumbent councillors are indicated with '‡'.

East Cliff and Springbourne
Five days after the election, newly elected Labour councillor Martin Bedford for East Cliff and Springbourne resigned due to ill health.