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Preston City Council elections

April 12, 2024

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]

Preston shown within the non-metropolitan county of Lancashire (Unitary authorities excluded)
Coat of Arms of the City Council
Year Labour Conservative Liberal Liberal Democrats Respect Independent
1973 38 19
1974 38 19
1975 38 19
1976 13 43 1
1978 18 37 2
1979 26 30 1
1980 31 25 1
1982 30 24 3
1983 30 24 3
1984 31 21 5
1985 31 21 5
1986 34 18 5
1987 35 16 6
1988 36 16 5
1990 35 16 6
1991 34 17 6
1992 32 20 5
1994 31 19 7
1995 Preston Borough Council election 31 18 8
1996 Preston Council election 32 13 12
1997 Preston Council election 29 13 13 2†
1998 Preston Borough Council election 30 13 13 1i
1999 Preston Borough Council election1 28 13 14 2*
2000 Preston Borough Council election 24 17 12 4^
2002 Preston Borough Council election 25 19 11 2*
2003 Preston City Council election 25 18 10 4#
2004 Preston City Council election 24 18 10 1 4#
2006 Preston City Council election 24 17 12 2 2*
2007 Preston City Council election 24 20 10 1 2*
2008 Preston City Council election2 24 21 9 1 2α
2010 Preston City Council election 24 22 8 3β
2011 Preston City Council election 29 21 6 1γ
2012 Preston City Council election 31 19 5 2**
2014 Preston City Council election 32 19 5 1γ
2015 Preston City Council election 32 19 5 1γ
2016 Preston City Council election 33 19 5
2018 Preston City Council election3 35 17 5
2019 Preston City Council election4 30 9 9
2021 Preston City Council election 30 11 7
2022 Preston City Council election 30 11 7
2023 Preston City Council election 31 10 7

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 edit

1970s edit

  • 1973 Preston Borough Council election
  • 1975 Preston Borough Council election
  • 1976 Preston Borough Council election (New ward boundaries)[3]
  • 1978 Preston Borough Council election
  • 1979 Preston Borough Council election

1980s edit

  • 1980 Preston Borough Council election
  • 1982 Preston Borough Council election
  • 1983 Preston Borough Council election
  • 1984 Preston Borough Council election
  • 1986 Preston Borough Council election
  • 1987 Preston Borough Council election
  • 1988 Preston Borough Council election

1990s edit

2000s edit

2010s edit

2020s edit

District result maps edit

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    2022 results map
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    2023 results map

Changes between elections edit

1990 boundaries edit

St Matthews By-Election 1 October 1998[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Veronica Afrin 617 41.5 -28.6
Liberal Democrats Anna Riedel 383 25.8 +13.2
Independent Paul Malliband 278 18.7 N/A
Conservative Elaine Pugh 179 12.0 -5.2
Independent Gerald Kerrone 30 2.0 N/A
Majority 234 15.7
Turnout 1,487 30.1
Labour hold Swing
Central By-Election 20 January 2000
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Swindells 361 64.6 -3.6
Conservative David Hammond 134 24.0 +8.6
Independent Bernadette Jones 64 1.5 N/A
Majority 227 40.6
Turnout 559 8.6
Labour hold Swing
Rural East By-Election 20 January 2000
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Harry Landless 903 82.1 +2.4
Liberal Democrats John Bruton 153 13.9 +2.9
Labour Terry Mattinson 44 4.0 -5.3
Majority 750 68.2
Turnout 1,100 21.0
Conservative hold Swing
Larches By-Election 29 March 2001
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Ward 501 48.8 +24.0
Liberal Democrats Danny Gallagher 349 34.0 -23.8
Conservative R Turner 110 10.7 -0.4
Independent I Heywood 67 6.5 +0.2
Majority 152 14.8
Turnout 1,027 23.7
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing +23.9

2007 boundaries edit

Tulketh by-election 14 February 2008[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Rankin 423 34.3 -6.8
Liberal Democrats Rick Seymour 400 32.4 +21.5
Conservative Paul Balshaw 292 23.6 -6.7
No description Barry Hill 84 6.8 N/A
Green Kizzi Murtagh 36 2.9 N/A
Majority 23 1.9
Turnout 1,235
Labour hold Swing -14.2
Fishwick by-election 1 October 2009[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jennifer Mein 656 55.7 +13.2
Conservative Sharon Riley 283 24.0 +3.9
Liberal Democrats Luke Bosman 239 20.3 +1.3
Majority 373 31.7
Turnout 1,178 30.9
Labour hold Swing +8.6
Riversway by-election 15 July 2010 [11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Linda Crompton 890 66.72
Liberal Democrats Stephen Wilkinson 388 29.09
Green Adam Vardey 56 4.20
Majority 502 37.63
Turnout 1,334
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing +8.6
Cadley by-election 16 September 2010 [12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats John Potter 721 43.1 -14.0
Labour John Young 476 28.5 +20.8
Conservative David Walker 465 28.4 -6.9
Majority 245 14.7 -141
Turnout 1,672
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -3.6
Ashton by-election, 4 May 2017[13] (term ends 2020)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Liz Atkins 648 47.89 +3.29
Conservative Michael Balshaw 477 35.25 +2.28
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Dable 166 12.27 +4.15
UKIP Simon Platt 62 4.58 -3.37
Majority 171 12.64 +1.01
Turnout 1,353
Labour hold Swing
Preston Rural East by-election, 4 May 2017[13] (term ends 2018)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ron Woollam 987 69.46 -0.84
Labour Joshua Mascord 216 15.20 -14.50
Liberal Democrats David Callaghan 160 11.26 N/A
UKIP Kieran Aspden 58 4.08 N/A
Majority 771 54.26
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]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "The Preston (Electoral Changes) Order 2017", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2018/548, retrieved 24 August 2022
  2. ^ a b c d "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. ^ . Preston City Council. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 26 October 2009.
  10. ^ . Preston City Council. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 3 October 2009.
  11. ^ Statement of Persons Nomination 28 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine Preston City Council
  12. ^ . Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2010. Preston City Council
  13. ^ a b 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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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 Preston shown within the non metropolitan county of Lancashire Unitary authorities excluded Coat of Arms of the City CouncilYear Labour Conservative Liberal Liberal Democrats Respect Independent1973 38 191974 38 191975 38 191976 13 43 11978 18 37 21979 26 30 11980 31 25 11982 30 24 31983 30 24 31984 31 21 51985 31 21 51986 34 18 51987 35 16 61988 36 16 51990 35 16 61991 34 17 61992 32 20 51994 31 19 71995 Preston Borough Council election 31 18 81996 Preston Council election 32 13 121997 Preston Council election 29 13 13 2 1998 Preston Borough Council election 30 13 13 1i1999 Preston Borough Council election1 28 13 14 2 2000 Preston Borough Council election 24 17 12 4 2002 Preston Borough Council election 25 19 11 2 2003 Preston City Council election 25 18 10 4 2004 Preston City Council election 24 18 10 1 4 2006 Preston City Council election 24 17 12 2 2 2007 Preston City Council election 24 20 10 1 2 2008 Preston City Council election2 24 21 9 1 2a2010 Preston City Council election 24 22 8 3b2011 Preston City Council election 29 21 6 1g2012 Preston City Council election 31 19 5 2 2014 Preston City Council election 32 19 5 1g2015 Preston City Council election 32 19 5 1g2016 Preston City Council election 33 19 52018 Preston City Council election3 35 17 52019 Preston City Council election4 30 9 92021 Preston City Council election 30 11 72022 Preston City Council election 30 11 72023 Preston City Council election 31 10 7Notes 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 a Deepdale Independent 2 b Deepdale Independent 2 Independent Socialist 1 g 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 Contents 1 Council elections 1 1 1970s 1 2 1980s 1 3 1990s 1 4 2000s 1 5 2010s 1 6 2020s 2 District result maps 3 Changes between elections 3 1 1990 boundaries 3 2 2007 boundaries 4 References 5 External linksCouncil elections edit1970s edit 1973 Preston Borough Council election 1975 Preston Borough Council election 1976 Preston Borough Council election New ward boundaries 3 1978 Preston Borough Council election 1979 Preston Borough Council election1980s edit 1980 Preston Borough Council election 1982 Preston Borough Council election 1983 Preston Borough Council election 1984 Preston Borough Council election 1986 Preston Borough Council election 1987 Preston Borough Council election 1988 Preston Borough Council election1990s edit 1990 Preston Borough Council election New ward boundaries 4 1991 Preston Borough Council election 1992 Preston Borough Council election 1994 Preston Borough Council election 1995 Preston Borough Council election 1996 Preston Borough Council election 1998 Preston Borough Council election 1999 Preston Borough Council election2000s edit 2000 Preston Borough Council election 2002 Preston Borough Council election New ward boundaries 5 6 2003 Preston City Council election 2004 Preston City Council election 2006 Preston City Council election 2007 Preston City Council election Some new ward boundaries 7 2008 Preston City Council election2010s edit 2010 Preston City Council election 2011 Preston City Council election 2012 Preston City Council election 2014 Preston City Council election 2015 Preston City Council election 2016 Preston City Council election 2018 Preston City Council election 2019 Preston City Council election New ward boundaries 1 2020s edit 2021 Preston City Council election 2022 Preston City Council election 2023 Preston City Council electionDistrict result maps edit nbsp 2002 results map nbsp 2003 results map nbsp 2004 results map nbsp 2006 results map nbsp 2007 results map nbsp 2008 results map nbsp 2010 results map nbsp 2011 results map nbsp 2019 results map nbsp 2021 results map nbsp 2022 results map nbsp 2023 results mapChanges between elections edit1990 boundaries edit St Matthews By Election 1 October 1998 8 Party Candidate Votes Labour Veronica Afrin 617 41 5 28 6Liberal Democrats Anna Riedel 383 25 8 13 2Independent Paul Malliband 278 18 7 N AConservative Elaine Pugh 179 12 0 5 2Independent Gerald Kerrone 30 2 0 N AMajority 234 15 7Turnout 1 487 30 1Labour hold SwingCentral By Election 20 January 2000 Party Candidate Votes Labour John Swindells 361 64 6 3 6Conservative David Hammond 134 24 0 8 6Independent Bernadette Jones 64 1 5 N AMajority 227 40 6Turnout 559 8 6Labour hold SwingRural East By Election 20 January 2000 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Harry Landless 903 82 1 2 4Liberal Democrats John Bruton 153 13 9 2 9Labour Terry Mattinson 44 4 0 5 3Majority 750 68 2Turnout 1 100 21 0Conservative hold SwingLarches By Election 29 March 2001 Party Candidate Votes Labour Peter Ward 501 48 8 24 0Liberal Democrats Danny Gallagher 349 34 0 23 8Conservative R Turner 110 10 7 0 4Independent I Heywood 67 6 5 0 2Majority 152 14 8Turnout 1 027 23 7Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing 23 92007 boundaries edit Tulketh by election 14 February 2008 9 Party Candidate Votes Labour Peter Rankin 423 34 3 6 8Liberal Democrats Rick Seymour 400 32 4 21 5Conservative Paul Balshaw 292 23 6 6 7No description Barry Hill 84 6 8 N AGreen Kizzi Murtagh 36 2 9 N AMajority 23 1 9Turnout 1 235Labour hold Swing 14 2Fishwick by election 1 October 2009 10 Party Candidate Votes Labour Jennifer Mein 656 55 7 13 2Conservative Sharon Riley 283 24 0 3 9Liberal Democrats Luke Bosman 239 20 3 1 3Majority 373 31 7Turnout 1 178 30 9Labour hold Swing 8 6Riversway by election 15 July 2010 11 Party Candidate Votes Labour Co op Linda Crompton 890 66 72Liberal Democrats Stephen Wilkinson 388 29 09Green Adam Vardey 56 4 20Majority 502 37 63Turnout 1 334Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing 8 6Cadley by election 16 September 2010 12 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Democrats John Potter 721 43 1 14 0Labour John Young 476 28 5 20 8Conservative David Walker 465 28 4 6 9Majority 245 14 7 141Turnout 1 672Liberal Democrats hold Swing 3 6Ashton by election 4 May 2017 13 term ends 2020 Party Candidate Votes Labour Liz Atkins 648 47 89 3 29Conservative Michael Balshaw 477 35 25 2 28Liberal Democrats Jeremy Dable 166 12 27 4 15UKIP Simon Platt 62 4 58 3 37Majority 171 12 64 1 01Turnout 1 353Labour hold SwingPreston Rural East by election 4 May 2017 13 term ends 2018 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Ron Woollam 987 69 46 0 84Labour Joshua Mascord 216 15 20 14 50Liberal Democrats David Callaghan 160 11 26 N AUKIP Kieran Aspden 58 4 08 N AMajority 771 54 26Turnout 1 421Conservative hold SwingConservative 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 References edit a b The Preston Electoral Changes Order 2017 legislation gov uk The National Archives SI 2018 548 retrieved 24 August 2022 a b c d Political history composition of Preston City Council PDF Preston City Council Retrieved 5 June 2020 The Borough of Preston Electoral Arrangements Order 1975 legislation gov uk The Borough of Preston Electoral Arrangements Order 1989 Retrieved on 4 November 2015 Preston BBC News Online Retrieved 26 October 2009 legislation gov uk The Borough of Preston Electoral Changes Order 2001 Retrieved on 4 October 2015 legislation gov uk The Preston Electoral Changes Order 2007 Retrieved on 3 November 2015 Afrin predicts nasty campaign in by election Lancashire Telegraph written 10 September 1998 Tulketh by election Preston City Council Archived from the original on 16 July 2011 Retrieved 26 October 2009 Fishwick by election Preston City Council Archived from the original on 16 July 2011 Retrieved 3 October 2009 Statement of Persons Nomination Archived 28 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine Preston City Council Preston City Council Elections Archived from the original on 28 September 2011 Retrieved 6 August 2010 Preston City Council a b Walker Ed Preston by election results Who won in Ashton and Preston Rural East Blog Preston Retrieved 6 May 2017 They break ties in Ockendon LocalCouncils co uk localcouncils co uk Retrieved 31 March 2018 Local Government Boundary Commission for England Consultation Portal consultation lgbce org uk Retrieved 31 March 2018 th palin Elections 2018 Preston City Council www preston gov uk Retrieved 31 March 2018 By election resultsExternal links editPreston Council Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Preston City Council elections amp oldid 1204923472, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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