2016 Preston City Council election

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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.

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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.

Summary

Council Composition

Prior to the election, the composition of the council was:

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LabourConservativeLib
Dem
Ind

After the election, the composition was:

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LabourConservativeLib
Dem

Ward results

Ashton

Preston City Council Elections: Ashton ward 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Angela Vodden53344.6-10.7
Conservative Michael Balshaw39432.97-5.93
Liberal Democrats Mark Jewell978.12+2.32
UKIP Graeme Moitie957.95N/A
Green Alasdair Bremner766.36N/A
Majority13911.63
Turnout 1195

Brookfield

Preston City Council Elections: Brookfield ward 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Philip Corker79361.14-14.46
UKIP Neil Graham31924.6N/A
Conservative Daryl Bamber18514.26-10.14
Majority47436.55
Turnout 1,297−3.85

Cadley

Preston City Council Elections: Cadley ward 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats John Potter1,02359.86+9.66
Labour Suleman Sarwar31218.26-6.54
Conservative Jim Witherington23113.52-11.48
UKIP Royston Banks1438.37N/A
Majority71141.6
Turnout 17093.74

Deepdale

Preston City Council Elections: Deepdale ward 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lynne Wallace1,15083.88+38.78
Conservative Jonathan Campbell1228.90+7.4
UKIP Derek Killen997.22N/A
Majority1,02874.98
Turnout 1,371
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Fishwick

Preston City Council Elections: Fishwick ward 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Martyn Rawlinson83284.81+0.51
Conservative Emma Fielding14915.19-0.51
Majority68369.62
Turnout 981

Garrison

Preston City Council Elections: Garrison ward 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stuart Greenhalgh90250.39+0.19
Labour Nweeda Khan68838.44+4.14
Liberal Democrats Hans Voges20011.17+4.57
Majority21411.96
Turnout 1,790

Greyfriars

Preston City Council Elections: Greyfriars ward 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Damien Moore1,31958.62+3.52
Labour John Wilson53023.55-4.55
Liberal Democrats Claire Craven40117.82+1.02
Majority78935.06
Turnout 2,250

Ingol

Preston City Council Elections: Ingol ward 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Pauline Brown86049.17+5.87
Labour John Rochford37221.27-14.23
UKIP Kieran Aspden28816.47N/A
Conservative Anthony Smith22913.09-8.11
Majority48827.90
Turnout 1,749

Larches

Preston City Council Elections: Larches ward 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mark Yates79347.6-0.6
Liberal Democrats David Callaghan33219.9-20.9
UKIP David Dawson28417.1N/A
Conservative Alice Buchanan25615.4+4.4
Majority46127.7
Turnout 1,66529.8

Lea

Preston City Council Elections: Lea ward 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Trevor Hart68343.7-6.3
Liberal Democrats Rebecca Potter37423.9-0.04
Labour Samir Vohra27617.7-8.4
UKIP Mark Kingsley22914.7N/A
Majority30919.8
Turnout 1,56233.7

Rural East

Preston City Council Elections: Preston Rural East ward 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Thomas Davies83370.3+7.9
Labour Stephen Smith35229.7+6.7
Majority48140.6
Turnout 1,18533.8

Rural North

Preston City Council Elections: Preston Rural North ward 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lona Smith1,35863.9
Liberal Democrats Alex Warren45621.4
Labour Robert Cross31214.7

Ribbleton

Preston City Council Elections: Ribbleton ward 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Nicholas Pomfret85462.2+4.1
UKIP Anthony Helps32123.4+23.4
Conservative Stephen Kay14510.6-1.3
Liberal Democrats Robert Ash533.9N/A
Majority53338.8
Turnout 1,37324.2

Riversway

Preston City Council Elections: Riversway ward 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Linda Crompton97870.0-10.1
Conservative Victoria Bamber17112.2+1.7
Green Alex Walker1289.2+9.2
UKIP Maureen Watt1208.6N/A
Majority80757.8
Turnout 1,39734.7

Sharoe Green

Preston City Council Elections: Sharoe Green ward 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Walker83144.9-0.7
Labour Jonathan Grisdale67636.5-2.6
Liberal Democrats Greg Vickers20411.0-3.8
Green Helen Disley1407.6-0.5
Majority1558.4
Turnout 1,85139.2

St George's

There was no election in St George's ward because of an uncontested poll. [1]

St Matthew's

Preston City Council Elections: St Matthews ward 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jade Morgan1,01887.8-1.5
Conservative James Shuttleworth14112.2+1.5
Majority87775.6
Turnout 1,15924.7

Town Centre

Preston City Council Elections: Town Centre ward 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Drew Gale1,29981.4+37.6
Conservative Matthew Hargreaves29618.6+10.9
Majority1,00362.8
Turnout 1,59531.3

Tulketh

Preston City Council Elections: Tulketh ward 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Matthew Brown83161.3+4.2
UKIP Andrew Watt22416.5+16.5
Conservative Bowen Perryman21115.6+4.7
Liberal Democrats Edward Craven896.6-23.3
Majority60744.8
Turnout 1,35527.9

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