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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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Year | Labour | Conservative | Liberal | Liberal Democrats | Respect | Independent | ||||||
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1973 | 38 | 19 | 0 | N/A | N/A | 0 | ||||||
1974 | 38 | 19 | 0 | N/A | N/A | 0 | ||||||
1975 | 38 | 19 | 0 | N/A | N/A | 0 | ||||||
1976 | 13 | 43 | 1 | N/A | N/A | 0 | ||||||
1978 | 18 | 37 | 2 | N/A | N/A | 0 | ||||||
1979 | 26 | 30 | 1 | N/A | N/A | 0 | ||||||
1980 | 31 | 25 | 1 | N/A | N/A | 0 | ||||||
1982 | 30 | 24 | 3 | N/A | N/A | 0 | ||||||
1983 | 30 | 24 | 3 | N/A | N/A | 0 | ||||||
1984 | 31 | 21 | 5 | N/A | N/A | 0 | ||||||
1985 | 31 | 21 | 5 | N/A | N/A | 0 | ||||||
1986 | 34 | 18 | 5 | N/A | N/A | 0 | ||||||
1987 | 35 | 16 | 6 | N/A | N/A | 0 | ||||||
1988 | 36 | 16 | N/A[a] | 5 | N/A | 0 | ||||||
1990 | 35 | 16 | N/A | 6 | N/A | 0 | ||||||
1991 | 34 | 17 | N/A | 6 | N/A | 0 | ||||||
1992 | 32 | 20 | N/A | 5 | N/A | 0 | ||||||
1994 | 31 | 19 | N/A | 7 | N/A | 0 | ||||||
1995 | 31 | 18 | N/A | 8 | N/A | 0 | ||||||
1996 | 32 | 13 | N/A | 12 | N/A | 0 | ||||||
1997 | 29 | 13 | N/A | 13 | N/A | 2[b] | ||||||
1998 | 30 | 13 | N/A | 13 | N/A | 1[c] | ||||||
1999[d] | 28 | 13 | N/A | 14 | N/A | 2[e] | ||||||
2000 | 24 | 17 | N/A | 12 | N/A | 4[f] | ||||||
2002 | 25 | 19 | N/A | 11 | N/A | 2[e] | ||||||
2003 | 25 | 18 | N/A | 10 | N/A | 4[g] | ||||||
2004 | 24 | 18 | N/A | 10 | 1 | 4[g] | ||||||
2006 | 24 | 17 | N/A | 12 | 2 | 2[e] | ||||||
2007 | 24 | 20 | N/A | 10 | 1 | 2[e] | ||||||
2008[h] | 24 | 21 | N/A | 9 | 1 | 2[i] | ||||||
2010 | 24 | 22 | N/A | 8 | 0 | 3[j] | ||||||
2011 | 29 | 21 | N/A | 6 | 0 | 1[k] | ||||||
2012 | 31 | 19 | N/A | 5 | 0 | 2[l] | ||||||
2014 | 32 | 19 | N/A | 5 | 0 | 1[k] | ||||||
2015 | 32 | 19 | N/A | 5 | 0 | 1[k] | ||||||
2016 | 33 | 19 | N/A | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
2018[m] | 35 | 17 | N/A | 5 | N/A[n] | 0 | ||||||
2019[o] | 30 | 9 | N/A | 9 | N/A | 0 | ||||||
2021 | 30 | 11 | N/A | 7 | N/A | 0 | ||||||
2022 | 30 | 11 | N/A | 7 | N/A | 0 | ||||||
2023 | 31 | 10 | N/A | 7 | N/A | 0 | ||||||
2024 | 30 | 6 | N/A | 12 | N/A | 0 |
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]- 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 election
2000s
[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 election
2010s
[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 election
- 2024 Preston City Council election
District result maps
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2002 results map
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2003 results map
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2004 results map
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2006 results map
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2007 results map
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2008 results map
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2010 results map
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2011 results map
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2019 results map
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2021 results map
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2022 results map
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2023 results map
Changes between elections
[edit]1990 boundaries
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | +0.51 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | +6.83 |
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]
2019 boundaries
[edit]Lea and Larches ward, 2024
[edit]A by-election is due to be held for the Lea and Larches ward following the resignation of Labour councillor David Borrow on 24 May 2024,[17] with no official reason being given for the councillor's departure. The by-election will be contested 4 July 2024, the same day as the UK general election.[18]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Ann Cowell | ||||
Labour | Mark Routledge | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Sean Little | ||||
Conservative | Daniel Duckworth | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
Notes
[edit]- ^ The Liberal Party was dissolved 2 March 1988.
- ^ Independent 1, Labour Independent 1
- ^ Independent 1
- ^ During September 1999 two councillors formed "The People's Party"[2]
- ^ a b c d Labour Independent 2
- ^ Labour Independent 3, People's Party 1
- ^ a b Independent 2 (one elected as Socialist Alliance Against the War[2]), Labour Independent 2
- ^ During November 2008 one councillor changed his designation from the Respect Party to Independent Socialist[2]
- ^ Deepdale Independent 2
- ^ Deepdale Independent 2, Independent Socialist 1
- ^ a b c Deepdale Independent 1
- ^ Independent 1, Deepdale Independent 1
- ^ During August 2018 two councillors formed an Independent Conservatives group.[2]
- ^ The Respect Party was dissolved 18 August 2016.
- ^ During May 2020 one councillor resigned their seat, which remained vacant until restrictions in place due to the COVID-19 pandemic are lifted.
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.
- ^ Beardsworth, Luke (24 May 2024). "Prominent Preston City Council Labour councillor David Borrow resigns triggering by-election for Lea and Larches". Blog Preston. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
- ^ "By Election - Lea and Larches Ward". Preston City Council. Retrieved 9 June 2024.