The 2023 Ribble Valley Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect all 40 members of

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, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England.

Results

The council was under

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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.

Billington and Langho

Bowland

Brockhall and Dinckley

Chatburn

Chipping

Clayton-le-Dale and Salesbury

Derby and Thornley

Dilworth

East Whalley, Read and Simonstone

Edisford and Low Moor

Gisburn and Rimington

Hurst Green and Whitewell

Littlemoor

Mellor

Primrose

Ribchester

Sabden

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.

St Mary's

Waddington, Bashall Eaves and Mitton

West Bradford and Grindleton

Whalley and Painter Wood

Whalley Nethertown

Wilpshire and Ramsgreave

Wiswell and Barrow

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.

References

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