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. 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 "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. The other parties each formed their own groups, and the remaining five independent councillors were not aligned to any group. Councillors standing down

Parties 

 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, are seeking election. Results 
Following the results, the council remained in no overall control but the Liberal Democrats became the largest party. 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 and won 3 more. Five days after the election, newly elected Labour councillor Martin Bedford for East Cliff and Springbourne resigned due to ill health. |-

UKIP and ALL both lost one seat, but are not shown in the table above. Ward results 
On 5 April 2023, the full list of candidates was published:

Incumbent councillors are indicated with '‡'. Alderney and Bourne Valley

Bearwood and Merley

Boscombe East and Pokesdown

Boscombe West

Bournemouth Central

Broadstone

Burton and Grange

Canford Cliffs

Canford Heath

Christchurch Town

Commons

Creekmoor 

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East Cliff and Springbourne

East Southbourne and Tuckton

Hamworthy

Highcliffe and Walkford

Kinson

Littledown and Iford

Moordown

Mudeford, Stanpit and West Highcliffe

Muscliff and Strouden Park

Newtown and Heatherlands

Oakdale

Parkstone

Penn Hill

Poole Town

Queen's Park

Redhill and Northbourne

Talbot and Branksome Woods

Wallisdown and Winton West

West Southbourne

Westbourne and West Cliff

Winton East

By-elections

East Cliff and Springbourne

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