2023 Ribble Valley Borough Council election

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.

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.

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.

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.