2019 Preston City Council election

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Results by ward

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.

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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

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
Ashton300
Brookfield300
Cadley003
City Centre300
Deepdale300
Fishwick and Frenchwood300
Garrison300
Greyfriars003
Ingol and Cottam003
Lea and Larches300
Plungington300
Preston Rural East030
Preston Rural North030
Ribbleton300
Sharoe Green030
St Matthew’s300

Election Result

Preston Local Election 2019
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 30-5-562.547.6237,565-11,230
  Conservative 9-8-818.7527.6221,790-13,064
  Liberal Democrats 9+4+418.7520.0015,776+4,296
  UKIP 0002.271,789-4,842
  Green 0000.52413-3,288
  Independent 0000.79620+620
  Independent 0000.77607+607
  Independent 0000.41324+324

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Ward results

Ashton

Preston City Council Election, 2019: Ashton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Elizabeth Atkins 932 45.13
Labour Robert Boswell 884 42.81
Labour Mark Routledge 871 42.18
Independent Beth Balshaw62030.02
Independent Mike Balshaw60729.39
Conservative Luke Walmsley31415.21
Conservative David Dwyer29914.48
UKIP Simon Platt28213.66
Conservative Tes Slater27513.32
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Dable22210.75
Liberal Democrats Rebecca Potter1979.54
Liberal Democrats Christopher Finch1487.17
Turnout 2,06532.9
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Brookfield

Preston City Council election, 2019: Brookfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Browne 781 57.22
Labour Philip Corker 730 53.48
Labour Nerys Eaves 685 50.18
UKIP Anthony Helps35626.08
Conservative Mary Kennedy25518.68
Conservative Bowan Perryman21115.46
Conservative Andrew Pratt16211.87
Liberal Democrats Fiona Duke15511.36
Liberal Democrats Jurgen Voges1279.30
Turnout 1,36523.9
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Cadley

Preston City Council election, 2019: Cadley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
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 Spillman48323.19
Labour James Hull48023.04
Labour Robert Wood46222.18
Conservative Paul Balshaw42120.21
Conservative Jim Witherington36517.52
Conservative Simon Crowe34216.42
Turnout 2,08334.3
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

City Centre

Preston City Council election, 2019: City Centre
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Carol Henshaw 1,201 70.23
Labour Peter Moss 1,167 68.25
Labour Salim Desai 1,162 67.95
Conservative Pamela Homer23713.86
Liberal Democrats Harshad Chauhan22913.39
Liberal Democrats Ennis O'Donnell22112.92
Conservative Connor Rumble21212.40
Conservative Munirah Patel19911.64
Turnout 1,71024.9
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Deepdale

Preston City Council election, 2019: Deepdale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Issi Bax 1,775 87.44
Labour Zafar Coupland 1,699 83.69
Labour Siraz Natha 1,677 82.61
Conservative Keith Sedgwick1447.09
Liberal Democrats Stephen Mullen1406.90
Conservative William King1356.65
Conservative Deborah Bellevue de Sylva1346.60
Liberal Democrats Benjamin Ward1004.93
Turnout 2,03032.9
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Fishwick and Frenchwood

Preston City Council election, 2019: Fishwick and Frenchwood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Yakub Patel 1,382 80.16
Labour Whitney Hawkins 1,233 71.52
Labour Martyn Rawlinson 1,193 69.20
Conservative Danielle Butler20812.06
Conservative Colin Homer1629.40
Conservative Fay Whittam1629.40
Liberal Democrats Peter Newsham1528.82
Liberal Democrats Michael Yates1217.02
Turnout 1,72430.5
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Garrison

Preston City Council election, 2019: Garrison
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Freddie Bailey 1,294 56.46
Labour Lynne Brooks 1,073 46.82
Labour Peter Kelly 1,013 44.20
Conservative Stuart Greenhalgh81935.73
Conservative Paul Whalley74832.64
Conservative Mehfuz Dasu Patel67629.49
Liberal Democrats Michael Turner29312.78
Liberal Democrats Pamela Potter29012.65
Liberal Democrats Hans Voges23710.34
Turnout 2,29234.8
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Greyfriars

Preston City Council election, 2019: Greyfriars
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
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 Cox75429.02
Conservative Graham Jolliffe68426.33
Conservative Lakwinder Singh68426.33
Labour Alan Woods56121.59
Labour Ted Smith48718.75
Labour Stacey Thoburn44116.97
Independent Rowena Edmondson32412.47
Turnout 2,59841.3
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Ingol and Cottam

Preston City Council election, 2019: Ingol and Cottam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Pauline Brown 871 44.58
Liberal Democrats Neil Darby 861 44.06
Liberal Democrats Mark Jewell 758 38.79
Conservative Trevor Hart62531.99
Conservative Judith Parker57729.53
Conservative Martin McKeever51326.25
Labour Julie Humphrey33116.94
Labour Barry McLoughlin29515.10
Labour Joseph Maclaren28714.69
UKIP Nicola Suggate27514.07
Turnout 1,95430.4
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Lea and Larches

Preston City Council election, 2019: Lea and Larches
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Phil Crowe 735 44.87
Labour David Borrow 731 44.63
Labour Jennifer Mein 684 41.76
Conservative David Callaghan40324.60
Conservative James Doyle35921.92
UKIP Mark Kingsley35221.49
Conservative Monwara Amin32619.90
Liberal Democrats Edward Craven28217.22
Liberal Democrats Jason Higham25815.75
Liberal Democrats Jeffrey Jason17910.93
Turnout 1,63825.2
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Plungington

Preston City Council election, 2019: Plungington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Matthew Brown 941 70.70
Labour Pav Akhtar 868 65.21
Labour Nweeda Khan 822 61.76
Conservative Pauline Littlefair20115.10
Conservative Jonty Campbell19114.35
Liberal Democrats Graham Briggs17613.22
Conservative Jayne Tully17112.85
Liberal Democrats Ian McDougall14010.52
Liberal Democrats Peter Holt-Mylroie13910.44
Turnout 1,33120.7
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Preston Rural East

Preston City Council election, 2019: Preston Rural East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Harry Landless 1,245 64.27
Conservative Ron Woollam 1,188 61.33
Conservative Ian Donnell 999 51.57
Labour Susan Crawshaw33517.29
Labour George Tait32216.62
Liberal Democrats Joanne Joyner30315.64
Labour Andrew MacLaren29915.44
Liberal Democrats Edgar Arbidans27013.94
Liberal Democrats Peter Lawrence23912.34
Turnout 1,93734.0
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Preston Rural North

Preston City Council election, 2019: Preston Rural North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sue Whittam 885 58.73
Conservative Charles Latchford 846 56.14
Conservative Keith Middlebrough 842 55.87
Liberal Democrats Sandra Finch23015.26
UKIP Craig Easton22414.86
Labour Rebecca Boswell22114.66
Liberal Democrats Peter Johnstone21614.33
Labour Alan Dent20913.87
Labour Michael Farrington20413.54
Liberal Democrats Matthew Raisbeck19813.14
Turnout 1,50733.9
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Ribbleton

Preston City Council election, 2019: Ribbleton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Nick Pomfret 655 48.23
Labour Jonathan Saksena 551 40.57
Labour Brian Rollo 547 40.28
UKIP Andrew Watt30022.09
Conservative Robert Jones18813.84
Liberal Democrats Luke Bosman14610.75
Liberal Democrats Robert Ash13610.01
Conservative Mary Kudi1339.79
Conservative Issa Dasu Patel1158.47
Turnout 1,35823.4
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Sharoe Green

Preston City Council election, 2019: Sharoe Green
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Daniel Duckworth 1,036 44.18
Conservative Maxwell Green 1,003 42.77
Conservative David Walker 960 40.94
Labour Kathleen Atkins83935.78
Labour Craig Forrest76432.58
Labour Samir Vohra69829.77
Green Helen Disley41317.61
Liberal Democrats George Kulbacki28712.24
Liberal Democrats Thomas Hackett26811.43
Liberal Democrats Gregory Vickers2159.17
Turnout 2,34537.9
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

St. Matthew's

Preston City Council election, 2019: St. Matthew's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Javed Iqbal 903 80.41
Labour Jade Morgan 836 74.40
Labour Jono Grisdale 822 73.20
Conservative Frank Parker16214.43
Conservative Parviz Shahsvar1119.88
Conservative Sharon Shahsvar1099.71
Liberal Democrats Michael Basford1029.08
Liberal Democrats Jeffrey Abram998.82
Turnout 1,12320.5
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

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