Lancaster City Council elections

Lancaster City Council elections are held every four years. Lancaster City Council is the local authority for the non-metropolitan district of Lancaster in Lancashire, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2023, 61 councillors have been elected from 27 wards.

Council elections

 * 1973 Lancaster City Council election
 * 1976 Lancaster City Council election
 * 1979 Lancaster City Council election (New ward boundaries)
 * 1983 Lancaster City Council election
 * 1987 Lancaster City Council election
 * 1991 Lancaster City Council election (City boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)
 * 1995 Lancaster City Council election
 * 1999 Lancaster City Council election
 * 2003 Lancaster City Council election (New ward boundaries)
 * 2007 Lancaster City Council election
 * 2011 Lancaster City Council election
 * 2015 Lancaster City Council election (New ward boundaries)
 * 2019 Lancaster City Council election
 * 2023 Lancaster City Council election (New ward boundaries)

2015–2019
Labour Cllr Karen Leytham (Skerton West) resigned in July 2017. A by-election was held: Independent Cllr Paul Woodruff (Halton-with-Aughton) resigned in July 2017. A by-election was held:

Labour Cllr Roger Sherlock (Skerton West) died in November 2017. A by-election was held:

University and Scotforth Rural ward Labour councillors Sam Armstrong (elected Green) and Lucy Atkinson retired in March 2018. A double by-election was held.

2019–2023
Conservative councillor Michael Smith (Overton), who is partially deaf resigned in November 2019 because he was "struggling to hear" in meetings. A by-election was held the next month, on the same day as the 2019 United Kingdom general election. In June 2020, Liberal Democrat councillor Michael Mumford (Kellet) died. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, no council by-elections will take place in the UK until May 2021 at the earliest.

Jack O'Dwyer-Henry, Eco-Socialist Independent (elected Labour) councillor for the University and Scotforth Rural ward, resigned from the council, triggering a by-election in the ward.