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

By-elections

2015–2019

Labour Cllr Karen Leytham resigned in July 2017. A by-election was held:
Independent Cllr Paul Woodruff resigned in July 2017. A by-election was held:
Labour Cllr Roger Sherlock died in November 2017. A by-election was held:
University and Scotforth Rural ward Labour councillors Sam Armstrong and Lucy Atkinson retired in March 2018. A double by-election was held.

2019–2023

Conservative councillor Michael Smith, 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 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 councillor for the University and Scotforth Rural ward, resigned from the council, triggering a by-election in the ward.

2023–2027

Green Party councillor Shelagh McGregor resigned in January 2024.
Labour councillor Paul Gardner died in December 2023.
Labour councillor Erin Hall resigned in May 2024.
Green Party councillor Grace Russell resigned in March 2025.