Preston City Council elections

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Preston City Council elections are generally held three years out of every four, with a third of the council elected each time. Preston City Council is the local authority for the non-metropolitan district of Preston in Lancashire, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2019, 48 councillors have been elected from 16 wards. [1]

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Coat of Arms of the City Council
Year Labour Conservative Liberal Liberal Democrats Respect Independent
19733819
19743819
19753819
197613431
197818372
197926301
198031251
198230243
198330243
198431215
198531215
198634185
198735166
198836165
199035166
199134176
199232205
199431197
1995 Preston Borough Council election 31188
1996 Preston Council election 321312
1997 Preston Council election 2913132†
1998 Preston Borough Council election 3013131i
1999 Preston Borough Council election 12813142*
2000 Preston Borough Council election 2417124^
2002 Preston Borough Council election 2519112*
2003 Preston City Council election 2518104#
2004 Preston City Council election 24181014#
2006 Preston City Council election 24171222*
2007 Preston City Council election 24201012*
2008 Preston City Council election 22421912α
2010 Preston City Council election 242283β
2011 Preston City Council election 292161γ
2012 Preston City Council election 311952**
2014 Preston City Council election 321951γ
2015 Preston City Council election 321951γ
2016 Preston City Council election 33195
2018 Preston City Council election 335175
2019 Preston City Council election 43099
2021 Preston City Council election 30117
2022 Preston City Council election 30117
2023 Preston City Council election 31107
2024 Preston City Council election 30612

Notes

† Independent 1, Labour Independent 1
i Independent 1
* Labour Independent 2
^ Labour Independent 3, People's Party 1
# Independent 2 (one elected as Socialist Alliance Against the War [2] ), Labour Independent 2
α Deepdale Independent 2
β Deepdale Independent 2, Independent Socialist 1
γ Deepdale Independent 1
** Independent 1, Deepdale Independent 1
1 During September 1999 two councillors formed "The People's Party" [2]
2 During November 2008 one councillor changed his designation from the Respect Party to Independent Socialist [2]
3 During August 2018 two councillors formed an Independent Conservatives group. [2]
4 During May 2020 one councillor resigned their seat, which remained vacant until restrictions in place due to the COVID-19 pandemic are lifted.

Council elections

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

District result maps

Changes between elections

1990 boundaries

St Matthews By-Election 1 October 1998 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Veronica Afrin61741.5-28.6
Liberal Democrats Anna Riedel38325.8+13.2
Independent Paul Malliband27818.7N/A
Conservative Elaine Pugh17912.0-5.2
IndependentGerald Kerrone302.0N/A
Majority23415.7
Turnout 1,48730.1
Labour hold Swing
Central By-Election 20 January 2000
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Swindells36164.6-3.6
Conservative David Hammond13424.0+8.6
IndependentBernadette Jones641.5N/A
Majority22740.6
Turnout 5598.6
Labour hold Swing
Rural East By-Election 20 January 2000
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Harry Landless90382.1+2.4
Liberal Democrats John Bruton15313.9+2.9
Labour Terry Mattinson444.0-5.3
Majority75068.2
Turnout 1,10021.0
Conservative hold Swing
Larches By-Election 29 March 2001
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Ward50148.8+24.0
Liberal Democrats Danny Gallagher34934.0-23.8
Conservative R Turner11010.7-0.4
Independent I Heywood676.5+0.2
Majority15214.8
Turnout 1,02723.7
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing +23.9

2007 boundaries

Tulketh by-election 14 February 2008 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Rankin42334.3-6.8
Liberal Democrats Rick Seymour40032.4+21.5
Conservative Paul Balshaw29223.6-6.7
No descriptionBarry Hill846.8N/A
Green Kizzi Murtagh362.9N/A
Majority231.9
Turnout 1,235
Labour hold Swing -14.2
Fishwick by-election 1 October 2009 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jennifer Mein65655.7+13.2
Conservative Sharon Riley28324.0+3.9
Liberal Democrats Luke Bosman23920.3+1.3
Majority37331.7
Turnout 1,17830.9
Labour hold Swing +8.6
Riversway by-election 15 July 2010 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Linda Crompton89066.72
Liberal Democrats Stephen Wilkinson38829.09
Green Adam Vardey564.20
Majority50237.63
Turnout 1,334
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing +8.6
Cadley by-election 16 September 2010 [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats John Potter72143.1-14.0
Labour John Young47628.5+20.8
Conservative David Walker46528.4-6.9
Majority24514.7-141
Turnout 1,672
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -3.6
Ashton by-election, 4 May 2017 [13] (term ends 2020)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Liz Atkins64847.89+3.29
Conservative Michael Balshaw47735.25+2.28
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Dable16612.27+4.15
UKIP Simon Platt624.58-3.37
Majority17112.64+1.01
Turnout 1,353
Labour hold Swing
Preston Rural East by-election, 4 May 2017 [13] (term ends 2018)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ron Woollam98769.46-0.84
Labour Joshua Mascord21615.20-14.50
Liberal Democrats David Callaghan16011.26N/A
UKIP Kieran Aspden584.08N/A
Majority77154.26
Turnout 1,421
Conservative hold Swing

Conservative councillor Damien Moore (Greyfriars) resigned from the council in March 2018 (he was elected Member of Parliament for Southport in 2017). [14] The seat (term ending 2019 due to boundary changes [15] trigger a full election) was filled in a double election for Greyfriars on 3 May. [16]

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References

  1. 1 2 "The Preston (Electoral Changes) Order 2017", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, SI 2018/548, retrieved 24 August 2022
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Political history composition of Preston City Council" (PDF). Preston City Council. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  3. ↑ The Borough of Preston (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1975
  4. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Preston (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1989. Retrieved on 4 November 2015.
  5. ↑ "Preston". BBC News Online . Retrieved 26 October 2009.
  6. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Preston (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  7. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Preston (Electoral Changes) Order 2007. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
  8. ↑ Afrin predicts nasty campaign in by-election Lancashire Telegraph (written 10 September 1998)
  9. ↑ "Tulketh by-election". Preston City Council. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 26 October 2009.
  10. ↑ "Fishwick by-election". Preston City Council. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 3 October 2009.
  11. ↑ Statement of Persons Nomination Archived 28 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine Preston City Council
  12. ↑ "Preston City Council • Elections". Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2010. Preston City Council
  13. 1 2 Walker, Ed. "Preston by-election results: Who won in Ashton and Preston Rural East?". Blog Preston. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
  14. ↑ "They break ties in Ockendon | LocalCouncils.co.uk". localcouncils.co.uk. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  15. ↑ "Local Government Boundary Commission for England Consultation Portal". consultation.lgbce.org.uk. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  16. ↑ th.palin. "Elections 2018 | Preston City Council". www.preston.gov.uk. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
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