2019 Preston City Council election

Council elections for the Preston City Council were held on 2 May 2019 as part of the 2019 United Kingdom local elections. The Council has undergone a wholesale boundary revision, reducing the number of both Councillors and electoral wards, resulting in the first 'all out' election since 2002 Preston Council election.

Results by ward

All locally registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who are aged 18 or over on polling day are entitled to vote in the local elections.

The boundary changes for 2019 reduced the number of Councillors from 57 to 48.[1][2][3]

Results summary

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The new electoral wards each elect three members.[4][5]

The results of the 2019 elections are summarised below.[6]

Ward Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Ashton 3 0 0
Brookfield 3 0 0
Cadley 0 0 3
City Centre 3 0 0
Deepdale 3 0 0
Fishwick and Frenchwood 3 0 0
Garrison 3 0 0
Greyfriars 0 0 3
Ingol and Cottam 0 0 3
Lea and Larches 3 0 0
Plungington 3 0 0
Preston Rural East 0 3 0
Preston Rural North 0 3 0
Ribbleton 3 0 0
Sharoe Green 0 3 0
St Matthew’s 3 0 0

Election Result

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Preston Local Election 2019
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 30 -5 -5 62.5 47.62 37,565 -11,230
  Conservative 9 -8 -8 18.75 27.62 21,790 -13,064
  Liberal Democrats 9 +4 +4 18.75 20.00 15,776 +4,296
  UKIP 0 0 0 2.27 1,789 -4,842
  Green 0 0 0 0.52 413 -3,288
  Independent 0 0 0 0.79 620 +620
  Independent 0 0 0 0.77 607 +607
  Independent 0 0 0 0.41 324 +324

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Ward results

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Ashton

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Preston City Council Election, 2019: Ashton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Elizabeth Atkins 932 45.13
Labour Robert Boswell 884 42.81
Labour Mark Routledge 871 42.18
Independent Beth Balshaw 620 30.02
Independent Mike Balshaw 607 29.39
Conservative Luke Walmsley 314 15.21
Conservative David Dwyer 299 14.48
UKIP Simon Platt 282 13.66
Conservative Tes Slater 275 13.32
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Dable 222 10.75
Liberal Democrats Rebecca Potter 197 9.54
Liberal Democrats Christopher Finch 148 7.17
Turnout 2,065 32.9
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Brookfield

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Preston City Council election, 2019: Brookfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Browne 781 57.22
Labour Philip Corker 730 53.48
Labour Nerys Eaves 685 50.18
UKIP Anthony Helps 356 26.08
Conservative Mary Kennedy 255 18.68
Conservative Bowan Perryman 211 15.46
Conservative Andrew Pratt 162 11.87
Liberal Democrats Fiona Duke 155 11.36
Liberal Democrats Jurgen Voges 127 9.30
Turnout 1,365 23.9
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Cadley

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Preston City Council election, 2019: Cadley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats John Potter 1,173 56.31
Liberal Democrats Claire Craven 1,125 54.01
Liberal Democrats Debbie Shannon 1,077 51.70
Labour Harry Spillman 483 23.19
Labour James Hull 480 23.04
Labour Robert Wood 462 22.18
Conservative Paul Balshaw 421 20.21
Conservative Jim Witherington 365 17.52
Conservative Simon Crowe 342 16.42
Turnout 2,083 34.3
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

City Centre

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Preston City Council election, 2019: City Centre
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Carol Henshaw 1,201 70.23
Labour Peter Moss 1,167 68.25
Labour Salim Desai 1,162 67.95
Conservative Pamela Homer 237 13.86
Liberal Democrats Harshad Chauhan 229 13.39
Liberal Democrats Ennis O'Donnell 221 12.92
Conservative Connor Rumble 212 12.40
Conservative Munirah Patel 199 11.64
Turnout 1,710 24.9
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Deepdale

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Preston City Council election, 2019: Deepdale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Issi Bax 1,775 87.44
Labour Zafar Coupland 1,699 83.69
Labour Siraz Natha 1,677 82.61
Conservative Keith Sedgwick 144 7.09
Liberal Democrats Stephen Mullen 140 6.90
Conservative William King 135 6.65
Conservative Deborah Bellevue de Sylva 134 6.60
Liberal Democrats Benjamin Ward 100 4.93
Turnout 2,030 32.9
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Fishwick and Frenchwood

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Preston City Council election, 2019: Fishwick and Frenchwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Yakub Patel 1,382 80.16
Labour Whitney Hawkins 1,233 71.52
Labour Martyn Rawlinson 1,193 69.20
Conservative Danielle Butler 208 12.06
Conservative Colin Homer 162 9.40
Conservative Fay Whittam 162 9.40
Liberal Democrats Peter Newsham 152 8.82
Liberal Democrats Michael Yates 121 7.02
Turnout 1,724 30.5
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Garrison

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Preston City Council election, 2019: Garrison
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Freddie Bailey 1,294 56.46
Labour Lynne Brooks 1,073 46.82
Labour Peter Kelly 1,013 44.20
Conservative Stuart Greenhalgh 819 35.73
Conservative Paul Whalley 748 32.64
Conservative Mehfuz Dasu Patel 676 29.49
Liberal Democrats Michael Turner 293 12.78
Liberal Democrats Pamela Potter 290 12.65
Liberal Democrats Hans Voges 237 10.34
Turnout 2,292 34.8
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Greyfriars

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Preston City Council election, 2019: Greyfriars
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Tony Raisbeck 1,221 47.00
Liberal Democrats Daniel Gregg 1,151 44.30
Liberal Democrats Alexander Warren 1,069 41.15
Conservative Tim Cox 754 29.02
Conservative Graham Jolliffe 684 26.33
Conservative Lakwinder Singh 684 26.33
Labour Alan Woods 561 21.59
Labour Ted Smith 487 18.75
Labour Stacey Thoburn 441 16.97
Independent Rowena Edmondson 324 12.47
Turnout 2,598 41.3
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Ingol and Cottam

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Preston City Council election, 2019: Ingol and Cottam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Pauline Brown 871 44.58
Liberal Democrats Neil Darby 861 44.06
Liberal Democrats Mark Jewell 758 38.79
Conservative Trevor Hart 625 31.99
Conservative Judith Parker 577 29.53
Conservative Martin McKeever 513 26.25
Labour Julie Humphrey 331 16.94
Labour Barry McLoughlin 295 15.10
Labour Joseph Maclaren 287 14.69
UKIP Nicola Suggate 275 14.07
Turnout 1,954 30.4
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Lea and Larches

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Preston City Council election, 2019: Lea and Larches
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Phil Crowe 735 44.87
Labour David Borrow 731 44.63
Labour Jennifer Mein 684 41.76
Conservative David Callaghan 403 24.60
Conservative James Doyle 359 21.92
UKIP Mark Kingsley 352 21.49
Conservative Monwara Amin 326 19.90
Liberal Democrats Edward Craven 282 17.22
Liberal Democrats Jason Higham 258 15.75
Liberal Democrats Jeffrey Jason 179 10.93
Turnout 1,638 25.2
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Plungington

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Preston City Council election, 2019: Plungington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Matthew Brown 941 70.70
Labour Pav Akhtar 868 65.21
Labour Nweeda Khan 822 61.76
Conservative Pauline Littlefair 201 15.10
Conservative Jonty Campbell 191 14.35
Liberal Democrats Graham Briggs 176 13.22
Conservative Jayne Tully 171 12.85
Liberal Democrats Ian McDougall 140 10.52
Liberal Democrats Peter Holt-Mylroie 139 10.44
Turnout 1,331 20.7
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Preston Rural East

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Preston City Council election, 2019: Preston Rural East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Harry Landless 1,245 64.27
Conservative Ron Woollam 1,188 61.33
Conservative Ian Donnell 999 51.57
Labour Susan Crawshaw 335 17.29
Labour George Tait 322 16.62
Liberal Democrats Joanne Joyner 303 15.64
Labour Andrew MacLaren 299 15.44
Liberal Democrats Edgar Arbidans 270 13.94
Liberal Democrats Peter Lawrence 239 12.34
Turnout 1,937 34.0
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Preston Rural North

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Preston City Council election, 2019: Preston Rural North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sue Whittam 885 58.73
Conservative Charles Latchford 846 56.14
Conservative Keith Middlebrough 842 55.87
Liberal Democrats Sandra Finch 230 15.26
UKIP Craig Easton 224 14.86
Labour Rebecca Boswell 221 14.66
Liberal Democrats Peter Johnstone 216 14.33
Labour Alan Dent 209 13.87
Labour Michael Farrington 204 13.54
Liberal Democrats Matthew Raisbeck 198 13.14
Turnout 1,507 33.9
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Ribbleton

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Preston City Council election, 2019: Ribbleton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Nick Pomfret 655 48.23
Labour Jonathan Saksena 551 40.57
Labour Brian Rollo 547 40.28
UKIP Andrew Watt 300 22.09
Conservative Robert Jones 188 13.84
Liberal Democrats Luke Bosman 146 10.75
Liberal Democrats Robert Ash 136 10.01
Conservative Mary Kudi 133 9.79
Conservative Issa Dasu Patel 115 8.47
Turnout 1,358 23.4
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Sharoe Green

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Preston City Council election, 2019: Sharoe Green
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Daniel Duckworth 1,036 44.18
Conservative Maxwell Green 1,003 42.77
Conservative David Walker 960 40.94
Labour Kathleen Atkins 839 35.78
Labour Craig Forrest 764 32.58
Labour Samir Vohra 698 29.77
Green Helen Disley 413 17.61
Liberal Democrats George Kulbacki 287 12.24
Liberal Democrats Thomas Hackett 268 11.43
Liberal Democrats Gregory Vickers 215 9.17
Turnout 2,345 37.9
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

St. Matthew's

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Preston City Council election, 2019: St. Matthew's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Javed Iqbal 903 80.41
Labour Jade Morgan 836 74.40
Labour Jono Grisdale 822 73.20
Conservative Frank Parker 162 14.43
Conservative Parviz Shahsvar 111 9.88
Conservative Sharon Shahsvar 109 9.71
Liberal Democrats Michael Basford 102 9.08
Liberal Democrats Jeffrey Abram 99 8.82
Turnout 1,123 20.5
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

References

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  1. ^ Walker, Ed. "Here's the final recommendations for Preston's boundaries". Blog Preston. Blog Preston. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  2. ^ "Final Recommendations - Preston with labels". Final Recommendations - Preston with labels. Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  3. ^ "The Preston (Electoral Changes) Order 2018". Legislation.gov. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  4. ^ Elections 2019[permanent dead link] Preston City Council
  5. ^ Preston local election 2019 candidates confirmed BlogPreston
  6. ^ Elections 2019[permanent dead link] Preston City Council
  7. ^ Walker, Ed (3 May 2019). "Preston local election results 2019: Labour retain their grip on power in the city". Blog Preston.