2011 Preston City Council election

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Map of ward results for Preston City Council 2011. Conservatives (Blue), Labour (Red), Liberal Democrat (Orange), No election held (White) Preston UKlocalelection 2011map.svg
Map of ward results for Preston City Council 2011. Conservatives (Blue), Labour (Red), Liberal Democrat (Orange), No election held (White)

Elections to the Preston City Council took place on 5 May 2011, the same day as other 2011 United Kingdom local elections. This was also the date of the 2011 United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum. At this election, The Labour Party regained majority control of the council. [1]

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Councillors elected in 2007 Preston City Council election defended their seats this time, following the 2003 Preston Council election elections which began this current cycle. The wards fought in 2011 are to be contested again at the 2015 Preston City Council election with the results in that year compared directly with the results in this.

Other elections can be found at Preston local elections

2011 results

Preston local election result 2011
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 801-136.8436.1511,860-0.29
  Labour 740+457.8944.6314,643+69.11
  Liberal Democrats 201-15.2613.444,410-32.53
  TUSC 1101-1N/A2.56840-56.72
  Independent 101-10.002.12695-17.26
  England First 0000N/A0.69225N/A
  Green 0000N/A0.42138+119

1 Candidate is defending seat won in 2007 under the ballot paper description Respect.

Ward results

Ashton

Defending the north-western suburban electoral ward of Ashton is the Conservative Party with a majority in 2007 of 70

Preston City Council Elections: Ashton ward, 2011
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mark Routledge75053.6+13.8
Conservative Bill Tyson51737.0−8.6
Liberal Democrats Stephen Mullen1329.44−5.2
Majority 23316.65
Rejected ballots12
Turnout 1,399
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Brookfield

Labour are defending their 2007 win in Brookfield with a majority of 382

Preston City Council Elections: Brookfield ward, 2011
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Nerys Eaves1,05867.2+14.0
Conservative Damian Moore51632.8+9.0
Majority 54234.43
Rejected ballots20
Turnout 1,574
Labour hold Swing

College

In the central north of Preston, to the south of Fulwood, the Conservatives are defending their 2007 win here with a majority of 523

Preston City Council Elections: College ward, 2011
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Harry Seddon65849.3−12.5
Labour Steve Ratcliffe45333.9+18.6
Liberal Democrats Julie Voges22516.8−6.1
Majority 1,33615.34
Rejected ballots8
Turnout 47.8
Conservative hold Swing

Deepdale

The central eastern electoral ward of Deepdale is represented by an independent councillor whose majority was 275 over Labour in 2007

Preston City Council Elections: Deepdale ward, 2011
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ismail Bax1,22560.6+25.6
IndependentJoyce Cartwright79539.4−12.7
Majority 43021.29
Rejected ballots9
Turnout 2,02051.4
Labour gain from Independent Swing

Garrison

Won by the Conservatives in 2003 and defended in 2007, their majority is 659 over the Liberal Democrats.

Preston City Council Elections: Garrison ward, 2011
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christine Thomas1,10052.9−5.6
Labour Lynne Wallace69133.2+15.6
Liberal Democrats Michael Yates1507.2−16.7
Green Ian McCormick1386.6N/A
Majority 40919.67
Rejected ballots
Turnout 1,503
Conservative hold Swing

Greyfriars

The majority defended by the Conservatives is 1,030.

Preston City Council Elections: Greyfriars ward, 2011
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stephen Thompson1,58560.1−6.7
Labour Alan Woods66825.3+14.0
Liberal Democrats Rebecca Finch38314.5−7.4
Majority 91734.8%
Rejected ballots19
Turnout 2,636
Conservative hold Swing

Ingol

Covering the Ingol and Tanterton areas of Preston, this is in the northwest of the city. The Liberal Democrats won in 2007 with a majority of 469.

Preston City Council Elections: Ingol ward, 2011
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Pringle79542.7−15.0
Labour George Tait63834.3+20.3
Conservative David Treasure42823.0−5.2
Majority 1578.44
Rejected ballots12
Turnout 1,86133.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Larches

The western ward of Larches also incorporates Savick, in the northwest of the city. This year the Liberal Democrats are defending are majority of 117.

Preston City Council Elections: Larches ward, 2011
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Samuel Gardiner91446.8+8.7
Liberal Democrats Elaine Abbot70336.0−8.6
Conservative Christopher Rigby33717.2−0.1
Majority 21110.8
Rejected ballots16
Turnout 1,95435.7
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Lea

Coterminous to the civil parish of Lea and Cottam, this electoral ward is defended by the Conservatives with a majority of 429

Preston City Council Elections: Lea ward, 2011
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Julie Buttle1,03252.4−4.3
Liberal Democrats Andrew Walker49725.2−7.4
Labour Lee Bradshaw44022.3+11.5
Majority 53527.17
Turnout 1,96927.17

Moor Park

For the 2011 election, the Labour Party defend a majority over the Conservatives of 360 votes.

Preston City Council Elections: Moor Park ward, 2011
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Borrow 79972.9+13.7
Conservative Sheila Heys21619.7−3.6
Liberal Democrats Jeffrey Abram817.4−10.1
Majority 58353.19
Rejected ballots
Turnout 1,09631.3
Labour hold Swing

Preston Rural East

The Rural East wards incorporates the Amounderness, Broughton and Grimsargh civil parishes in the north and east of the city. The current defending party with a majority of 786 for the Conservatives.

Preston City Council Elections: Rural East ward, 2011
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Neil Cartright1,02965.5−7.3
Labour Gerard Parke-Hatton39825.4+10.2
Liberal Democrats Peter Lawrence1439.1−2.9
Majority 63140.2
Rejected ballots
Turnout 1,57043.7

Preston Rural North

Reaching across the city of Preston, the large Preston Rural North ward includes the M6 and M55 motorways and acres of market towns, farming communities and rural areas. The boroughs of Fylde and Wyre border this northern ward, which is a three-member ward. The Conservative Party won in 2007 with the majority of 1,444.

Preston City Council Elections: Rural North ward, 2011
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kate Calder1,87871.6−5.3
Labour Alan Mathews47117.9+10.0
Liberal Democrats William Bruton27510.5−4.7
Majority 1,40753.6%
Rejected ballots
Turnout 2,624

Ribbleton

Ribbleton, is one of the largest in size[ clarification needed ], won four years ago by Labour over the Conservative Party with a majority of 394

Preston City Council Elections: Ribbleton ward, 2011
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Brian Rollo93064.2+7.9
Conservative Steve Allen29320.2−5.8
England First Mark Cotterill 22515.5N/A
Majority 63744.00
Rejected ballots
Turnout 1,44825.9

Riversway

Riversway was won by Labour in 2007 over the Respect Party, winning by 191 votes.

Preston City Council Elections: Riversway ward, 2011
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bhikhu Patel1,05570.9+29.7
Liberal Democrats Wilf Gavin22515.1+1.2
Conservative Hussain Mulla20713.9−3.4
Majority 83055.8
Rejected ballots
Turnout 1,48734.9

Sharoe Green

The Sharoe Green ward is based on the former hospital and surrounding commuter belt environs. The 2011 election has the Conservative Party defending a majority of 639 over the Liberal Democrats.

Preston City Council Elections: Sharoe Green ward, 2011
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Eric Fazackerley1,16553.2−5.7
Labour Mair Ratcliffe71632.7+17.1
Liberal Democrats Rowena Edmondson30914.1−11.4
Majority 44920.5
Rejected ballots20
Turnout 2,19043.0

St Matthews

The 2007 result in the St Matthews was a Labour win with a 336 majority

Preston City Council Elections: St Matthews ward, 2011
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Javed Iqbal1,10584.0+34.0
Conservative Lucinda Heaton21116.0+3.4
Majority 89467.9
Rejected ballots14
Turnout 1,31627.0

Town Centre

Formed by boundary changes prior to Preston being awarded city status, Town Centre is the largest non-rural ward in the borough. Michael Lavalette won the ward in 2007 under the Respect Party label although as of 2011 he sits in Preston Town Hall under the label "Independent Socialist".

Preston City Council Elections: Town Centre ward, 2011
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Yakub Patel96445.7+13.9
TUSC Michael Lavalette 84039.8−12.5
Conservative Jonathan Cooper30514.5+10.6
Majority 1245.9
Rejected ballots17
Turnout 2,10938.9
Labour gain from TUSC Swing

Tulketh

Tulketh is a ward to the west of the city centre. Labour won over the Conservatives in 2007 with a lead of 230 votes.

Preston City Council Elections: Tulketh ward, 2011
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robert Boswell98058.3+9.40
Liberal Democrats Neil Darby43225.7+8.60
Conservative Mark Dodsworth26916.0−18.0
Majority 54832.6
Rejected ballots26
Turnout 1,68133.2

University

Shaped around the outskirts of the city centre, this butterfly-wing shaped ward was won by Labour in 2003 with a majority of 116

Preston City Council Elections: University ward, 2011
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Swindells38869.0+19.4
Conservative Genna Martin11420.3+5.4
Liberal Democrats Michael Basford6010.7−18.3
Majority 27448.8
Rejected ballots26
Turnout 56233.2

See also

References

  1. ↑ Elections 2011 Archived 10 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine Preston City Council
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