Elections to Preston City Council took place on 5 May 2016, the same day as other local elections. The council is elected in thirds, which means one councillor from each three-member ward and selected councillors from a number of two-member wards are elected each year, followed by one year free from any elections to ensure all councillors serve a full term.
Due to the "in thirds" system, the 2016 election results below are directly compared with the corresponding elections in 2012, with the change in vote share calculated on this basis.
Prior to the election, the composition of the council was:
32 | 20 | 5 | 1 |
Labour | Conservative | Lib Dem | Ind |
After the election, the composition was:
33 | 19 | 5 |
Labour | Conservative | Lib Dem |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Angela Vodden | 533 | 44.6 | -10.7 | |
Conservative | Michael Balshaw | 394 | 32.97 | -5.93 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mark Jewell | 97 | 8.12 | +2.32 | |
UKIP | Graeme Moitie | 95 | 7.95 | N/A | |
Green | Alasdair Bremner | 76 | 6.36 | N/A | |
Majority | 139 | 11.63 | |||
Turnout | 1195 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Philip Corker | 793 | 61.14 | -14.46 | |
UKIP | Neil Graham | 319 | 24.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | Daryl Bamber | 185 | 14.26 | -10.14 | |
Majority | 474 | 36.55 | |||
Turnout | 1,297 | −3.85 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | John Potter | 1,023 | 59.86 | +9.66 | |
Labour | Suleman Sarwar | 312 | 18.26 | -6.54 | |
Conservative | Jim Witherington | 231 | 13.52 | -11.48 | |
UKIP | Royston Banks | 143 | 8.37 | N/A | |
Majority | 711 | 41.6 | |||
Turnout | 1709 | 3.74 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lynne Wallace | 1,150 | 83.88 | +38.78 | |
Conservative | Jonathan Campbell | 122 | 8.90 | +7.4 | |
UKIP | Derek Killen | 99 | 7.22 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,028 | 74.98 | |||
Turnout | 1,371 | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | {{{swing}}} | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Martyn Rawlinson | 832 | 84.81 | +0.51 | |
Conservative | Emma Fielding | 149 | 15.19 | -0.51 | |
Majority | 683 | 69.62 | |||
Turnout | 981 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stuart Greenhalgh | 902 | 50.39 | +0.19 | |
Labour | Nweeda Khan | 688 | 38.44 | +4.14 | |
Liberal Democrats | Hans Voges | 200 | 11.17 | +4.57 | |
Majority | 214 | 11.96 | |||
Turnout | 1,790 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Damien Moore | 1,319 | 58.62 | +3.52 | |
Labour | John Wilson | 530 | 23.55 | -4.55 | |
Liberal Democrats | Claire Craven | 401 | 17.82 | +1.02 | |
Majority | 789 | 35.06 | |||
Turnout | 2,250 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Pauline Brown | 860 | 49.17 | +5.87 | |
Labour | John Rochford | 372 | 21.27 | -14.23 | |
UKIP | Kieran Aspden | 288 | 16.47 | N/A | |
Conservative | Anthony Smith | 229 | 13.09 | -8.11 | |
Majority | 488 | 27.90 | |||
Turnout | 1,749 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mark Yates | 793 | 47.6 | -0.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Callaghan | 332 | 19.9 | -20.9 | |
UKIP | David Dawson | 284 | 17.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | Alice Buchanan | 256 | 15.4 | +4.4 | |
Majority | 461 | 27.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,665 | 29.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Trevor Hart | 683 | 43.7 | -6.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Rebecca Potter | 374 | 23.9 | -0.04 | |
Labour | Samir Vohra | 276 | 17.7 | -8.4 | |
UKIP | Mark Kingsley | 229 | 14.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 309 | 19.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,562 | 33.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Davies | 833 | 70.3 | +7.9 | |
Labour | Stephen Smith | 352 | 29.7 | +6.7 | |
Majority | 481 | 40.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,185 | 33.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lona Smith | 1,358 | 63.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Alex Warren | 456 | 21.4 | ||
Labour | Robert Cross | 312 | 14.7 | ||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Nicholas Pomfret | 854 | 62.2 | +4.1 | |
UKIP | Anthony Helps | 321 | 23.4 | +23.4 | |
Conservative | Stephen Kay | 145 | 10.6 | -1.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Robert Ash | 53 | 3.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 533 | 38.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,373 | 24.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Linda Crompton | 978 | 70.0 | -10.1 | |
Conservative | Victoria Bamber | 171 | 12.2 | +1.7 | |
Green | Alex Walker | 128 | 9.2 | +9.2 | |
UKIP | Maureen Watt | 120 | 8.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 807 | 57.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,397 | 34.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Walker | 831 | 44.9 | -0.7 | |
Labour | Jonathan Grisdale | 676 | 36.5 | -2.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Greg Vickers | 204 | 11.0 | -3.8 | |
Green | Helen Disley | 140 | 7.6 | -0.5 | |
Majority | 155 | 8.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,851 | 39.2 |
There was no election in St George's ward because of an uncontested poll. [1]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jade Morgan | 1,018 | 87.8 | -1.5 | |
Conservative | James Shuttleworth | 141 | 12.2 | +1.5 | |
Majority | 877 | 75.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,159 | 24.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Drew Gale | 1,299 | 81.4 | +37.6 | |
Conservative | Matthew Hargreaves | 296 | 18.6 | +10.9 | |
Majority | 1,003 | 62.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,595 | 31.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Matthew Brown | 831 | 61.3 | +4.2 | |
UKIP | Andrew Watt | 224 | 16.5 | +16.5 | |
Conservative | Bowen Perryman | 211 | 15.6 | +4.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Edward Craven | 89 | 6.6 | -23.3 | |
Majority | 607 | 44.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,355 | 27.9 |
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