2015 Preston City Council election

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The 2015 by-thirds election to Preston City Council took place on 7 May 2015 as part of the 2015 United Kingdom local elections on the same day (and in the same polling places) as the general election to elect approximately one-third of councillors for a four-year term. [1] [2]

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Councillors elected in 2011 Preston City Council election defended their seats this time. Each ward's election can be directly compared with the 2011 elections or indirectly compared looking at councillors' and candidates' correlations in their own party results to the 2014 Preston City Council election.

Results

All percentage changes are based on the last election for this group of Councillors, which was the 2011 Preston City Council election. [3]

This election's effects on the composition of the council combined with the totals and percentages of votes for the third elected is as follows: [4]

Preston City Council Election, 2015
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 32000564423055
  Conservative 19000333417778
  Liberal Democrats 5000973673
  Independent 000000.3158
  UKIP 0000084014
  Green 0000063357
 Deepdale Independent (politician)100020N/A

Ward by ward

Ashton

Preston City Council Elections: Ashton ward, 2015
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mark Routledge1,00147.68-5.92
Conservative April Dwyer71033.82-3.18
Green Angela Milne-Picken26412.57N/A
Liberal Democrats Luke Bosman1245.90-3.54
Majority29113.86-2.79
Turnout 2,099

Brookfield

Preston City Council Elections: Brookfield ward, 2015
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Nerys Eaves1,36051.10-3.8
UKIP David Dawson65124.46-8.54
Conservative Daryl Bamber55220.74+8.64
Green Kevin Mahy983.68N/A
Majority70926.64
Turnout 2,661

College

Preston City Council Elections: College ward, 2015
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Harry Seddon88643.51-5.79
Labour John Wilson83641.06+7.16
Green Martin Pilkington1587.76N/A
Liberal Democrats Mike Turner1567.66-9.14
Majority502.46-12.88
Turnout 2,036

Deepdale

Preston City Council Elections: Deepdale ward, 2015
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ismail "Issi" Bax2,00081.59+20.99
Green Geoffrey Cross2339.50N/A
Conservative Erol Huseynov2188.89N/A
Majority176772.09+50.8
Turnout 2,451

Garrison

Preston City Council Elections: Garrison ward, 2015
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christine Thomas1,75348.64-4.26
Labour Gillian Mascord1,35037.45+4.25
Green Bill Houghton2747.60+1.00
Liberal Democrats Hans Voges2276.29-1.00
Majority40311.19-8.48
Turnout 3,604

Greyfriars

Preston City Council Elections: Greyfriars ward, 2015
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rowena Edmondson2,11855.75-4.35
Labour Alan Woods1,02827.06+1.76
Liberal Democrats Peter Holt-Mylroie41110.82-3.68
Green Ian McCormick2426.37N/A
Majority1,09028.69-6.11
Turnout 3,799

Ingol

Preston City Council Elections: Ingol ward, 2015
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jason Jeffrey92230.28-12.42
Labour John Rochford90929.86-4.44
UKIP Christopher Rigby62720.6N/A
Conservative Peter Henry58619.25-3.75
Majority130.43-8.01
Turnout 3,044

Larches

Preston City Council Elections: Larches ward, 2015
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rebecca Yates1,67051.51+4.71
Conservative Linda Hubberstey81625.17+7.97
Liberal Democrats Rebecca Finch49915.39-20.61
Green Kallum Poole2577.93N/A
Majority85426.34+15.54
Turnout 3,242

Lea

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Preston City Council Elections: Lea ward, 2015
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Daniel Dewhurst1,58952.12-0.28
Labour Lynne Wallace96431.62+9.32
Liberal Democrats Joe Young49616.27-8.93
Majority68522.47-4.70
Turnout 3,049

Moor Park

Preston City Council Elections: Moor Park ward, 2015
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Borrow 1,03459.29-13.61
Conservative Jonty Campbell27815.94-3.76
UKIP Andrew Watt25114.39N/A
Green Jonathan Rawstrone18110.38N/A
Majority75643.35-9.84
Turnout 1,744

Preston Rural East

Preston City Council Elections: Rural East ward, 2015
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Neil Cartright1,80970.89+5.39
Labour Gerard Parke-Hatton74329.11+3.71
Majority1,06641.77+1.57
Turnout 2,552

Preston Rural North

Preston City Council Elections: Rural North ward, 2015
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stephen Thompson2,41061.57-10.03
UKIP Kate Walsh63616.25N/A
Liberal Democrats Peter Lawrence57014.56+4.06
Labour George Tait2987.61-10.29
Majority1,77445.32-8.28
Turnout 3,914

Ribbleton

Preston City Council Elections: Ribbleton ward, 2015
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Brian Rollo1,58855.88-8.32
UKIP Tony Helps68324.03N/A
Conservative Stephen Kay44115.52-4.68
Green Matthew Wilson1304.57N/A
Majority90531.84-12.16
Turnout 2,842

Riversway

Preston City Council Elections: Riversway ward, 2015
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Moss1,37355.81-15.09
Conservative Matthew Hargreaves47119.15+5.25
Green Alasdair Bremner35014.23N/A
UKIP Maureen Watt26610.81N/A
Majority90236.67-19.13
Turnout 2,460

Sharoe Green

Preston City Council Elections: Sharoe Green ward, 2015
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sonia Gildert1,47144.02-9.18
Labour Dave Wilson1,19635.79+3.09
Liberal Democrats Greg Vickers2688.02-6.08
Green Helen Disley2497.45N/A
Independent Les Nyogeri1584.73N/A
Majority2758.23-12.27
Turnout 3,342

St Matthews

Preston City Council Elections: St Matthews ward, 2015
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Javed Iqbal1,67073.18-10.82
UKIP Mark Kingsley37016.21N/A
Conservative Sheila Heys24210.60-5.4
Majority1,30056.97-10.93
Turnout 2,282

Town Centre

Preston City Council Elections: Town Centre ward, 2015
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Yakub Patel2,00267.16+21.46
Conservative Michael Balshaw52017.44+2.94
Green Alex Walker45915.40N/A
Majority1,48249.71+43.81
Turnout 2,981

Tulketh

Preston City Council Elections: Tulketh ward, 2015
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robert Boswell1,40650.12-8.18
Conservative Bowen Perryman65523.35+7.35
UKIP Paul Barker53018.89N/A
Green Mary Roberts2147.63N/A
Majority75126.77-5.83
Turnout 2,805

University

Preston City Council Elections: University ward, 2015
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Swindells62755.59-13.41
Conservative Stephanie Short25322.43+2.13
Green Vanessa Silva24821.99N/A
Majority37433.16-15.64
Turnout 1,128

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References

  1. "Elections". Preston City Council. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  2. "General Election 2015". Preston City Council. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  3. Local Elections 2015 Preston City Council
  4. Councillors as at 10 May 2015 Preston City Council. Accessed 25 May 2015.

See also