
Council elections for thePreston City Council were held on 2 May 2019 as part of the2019 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 since2002 Preston Council election.
All locallyregistered electors (British,Irish,Commonwealth andEuropean 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]
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 | |||
| Ashton | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Brookfield | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Cadley | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| City Centre | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Deepdale | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Fishwick and Frenchwood | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Garrison | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Greyfriars | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Ingol and Cottam | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Lea and Larches | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Plungington | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Preston Rural East | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Preston Rural North | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Ribbleton | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Sharoe Green | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| St Matthew’s | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 30 | -5 | -5 | 62.5 | 47.62 | 37,565 | -11,230 | ||
| Conservative | 9 | -8 | -8 | 18.75 | 27.62 | 21,790 | -13,064 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | 9 | +4 | +4 | 18.75 | 20.00 | 15,776 | +4,296 | ||
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.27 | 1,789 | -4,842 | |||
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.52 | 413 | -3,288 | |||
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.79 | 620 | +620 | |||
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.77 | 607 | +607 | |||
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.41 | 324 | +324 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Elizabeth Atkins | 932 | 45.13 | ||
| Labour | Robert Boswell | 884 | 42.81 | ||
| Labour | Mark Routledge | 871 | 42.18 | ||
| Independent | Beth Balshaw | 620 | 30.02 | ||
| Independent | Mike Balshaw | 607 | 29.39 | ||
| Conservative | Luke Walmsley | 314 | 15.21 | ||
| Conservative | David Dwyer | 299 | 14.48 | ||
| UKIP | Simon Platt | 282 | 13.66 | ||
| Conservative | Tes Slater | 275 | 13.32 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Jeremy Dable | 222 | 10.75 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Rebecca Potter | 197 | 9.54 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Christopher Finch | 148 | 7.17 | ||
| Turnout | 2,065 | 32.9 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Browne | 781 | 57.22 | ||
| Labour | Philip Corker | 730 | 53.48 | ||
| Labour | Nerys Eaves | 685 | 50.18 | ||
| UKIP | Anthony Helps | 356 | 26.08 | ||
| Conservative | Mary Kennedy | 255 | 18.68 | ||
| Conservative | Bowan Perryman | 211 | 15.46 | ||
| Conservative | Andrew Pratt | 162 | 11.87 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Fiona Duke | 155 | 11.36 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Jurgen Voges | 127 | 9.30 | ||
| Turnout | 1,365 | 23.9 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Spillman | 483 | 23.19 | ||
| Labour | James Hull | 480 | 23.04 | ||
| Labour | Robert Wood | 462 | 22.18 | ||
| Conservative | Paul Balshaw | 421 | 20.21 | ||
| Conservative | Jim Witherington | 365 | 17.52 | ||
| Conservative | Simon Crowe | 342 | 16.42 | ||
| Turnout | 2,083 | 34.3 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Carol Henshaw | 1,201 | 70.23 | ||
| Labour | Peter Moss | 1,167 | 68.25 | ||
| Labour | Salim Desai | 1,162 | 67.95 | ||
| Conservative | Pamela Homer | 237 | 13.86 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Harshad Chauhan | 229 | 13.39 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Ennis O'Donnell | 221 | 12.92 | ||
| Conservative | Connor Rumble | 212 | 12.40 | ||
| Conservative | Munirah Patel | 199 | 11.64 | ||
| Turnout | 1,710 | 24.9 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Issi Bax | 1,775 | 87.44 | ||
| Labour | Zafar Coupland | 1,699 | 83.69 | ||
| Labour | Siraz Natha | 1,677 | 82.61 | ||
| Conservative | Keith Sedgwick | 144 | 7.09 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen Mullen | 140 | 6.90 | ||
| Conservative | William King | 135 | 6.65 | ||
| Conservative | Deborah Bellevue de Sylva | 134 | 6.60 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Benjamin Ward | 100 | 4.93 | ||
| Turnout | 2,030 | 32.9 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Yakub Patel | 1,382 | 80.16 | ||
| Labour | Whitney Hawkins | 1,233 | 71.52 | ||
| Labour | Martyn Rawlinson | 1,193 | 69.20 | ||
| Conservative | Danielle Butler | 208 | 12.06 | ||
| Conservative | Colin Homer | 162 | 9.40 | ||
| Conservative | Fay Whittam | 162 | 9.40 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Newsham | 152 | 8.82 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Yates | 121 | 7.02 | ||
| Turnout | 1,724 | 30.5 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Freddie Bailey | 1,294 | 56.46 | ||
| Labour | Lynne Brooks | 1,073 | 46.82 | ||
| Labour | Peter Kelly | 1,013 | 44.20 | ||
| Conservative | Stuart Greenhalgh | 819 | 35.73 | ||
| Conservative | Paul Whalley | 748 | 32.64 | ||
| Conservative | Mehfuz Dasu Patel | 676 | 29.49 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Turner | 293 | 12.78 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Pamela Potter | 290 | 12.65 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Hans Voges | 237 | 10.34 | ||
| Turnout | 2,292 | 34.8 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Cox | 754 | 29.02 | ||
| Conservative | Graham Jolliffe | 684 | 26.33 | ||
| Conservative | Lakwinder Singh | 684 | 26.33 | ||
| Labour | Alan Woods | 561 | 21.59 | ||
| Labour | Ted Smith | 487 | 18.75 | ||
| Labour | Stacey Thoburn | 441 | 16.97 | ||
| Independent | Rowena Edmondson | 324 | 12.47 | ||
| Turnout | 2,598 | 41.3 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Pauline Brown | 871 | 44.58 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Neil Darby | 861 | 44.06 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Mark Jewell | 758 | 38.79 | ||
| Conservative | Trevor Hart | 625 | 31.99 | ||
| Conservative | Judith Parker | 577 | 29.53 | ||
| Conservative | Martin McKeever | 513 | 26.25 | ||
| Labour | Julie Humphrey | 331 | 16.94 | ||
| Labour | Barry McLoughlin | 295 | 15.10 | ||
| Labour | Joseph Maclaren | 287 | 14.69 | ||
| UKIP | Nicola Suggate | 275 | 14.07 | ||
| Turnout | 1,954 | 30.4 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Phil Crowe | 735 | 44.87 | ||
| Labour | David Borrow | 731 | 44.63 | ||
| Labour | Jennifer Mein | 684 | 41.76 | ||
| Conservative | David Callaghan | 403 | 24.60 | ||
| Conservative | James Doyle | 359 | 21.92 | ||
| UKIP | Mark Kingsley | 352 | 21.49 | ||
| Conservative | Monwara Amin | 326 | 19.90 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Edward Craven | 282 | 17.22 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Jason Higham | 258 | 15.75 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Jeffrey Jason | 179 | 10.93 | ||
| Turnout | 1,638 | 25.2 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Matthew Brown | 941 | 70.70 | ||
| Labour | Pav Akhtar | 868 | 65.21 | ||
| Labour | Nweeda Khan | 822 | 61.76 | ||
| Conservative | Pauline Littlefair | 201 | 15.10 | ||
| Conservative | Jonty Campbell | 191 | 14.35 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Graham Briggs | 176 | 13.22 | ||
| Conservative | Jayne Tully | 171 | 12.85 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Ian McDougall | 140 | 10.52 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Holt-Mylroie | 139 | 10.44 | ||
| Turnout | 1,331 | 20.7 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Harry Landless | 1,245 | 64.27 | ||
| Conservative | Ron Woollam | 1,188 | 61.33 | ||
| Conservative | Ian Donnell | 999 | 51.57 | ||
| Labour | Susan Crawshaw | 335 | 17.29 | ||
| Labour | George Tait | 322 | 16.62 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Joanne Joyner | 303 | 15.64 | ||
| Labour | Andrew MacLaren | 299 | 15.44 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Edgar Arbidans | 270 | 13.94 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Lawrence | 239 | 12.34 | ||
| Turnout | 1,937 | 34.0 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Sue Whittam | 885 | 58.73 | ||
| Conservative | Charles Latchford | 846 | 56.14 | ||
| Conservative | Keith Middlebrough | 842 | 55.87 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Sandra Finch | 230 | 15.26 | ||
| UKIP | Craig Easton | 224 | 14.86 | ||
| Labour | Rebecca Boswell | 221 | 14.66 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Johnstone | 216 | 14.33 | ||
| Labour | Alan Dent | 209 | 13.87 | ||
| Labour | Michael Farrington | 204 | 13.54 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Matthew Raisbeck | 198 | 13.14 | ||
| Turnout | 1,507 | 33.9 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Nick Pomfret | 655 | 48.23 | ||
| Labour | Jonathan Saksena | 551 | 40.57 | ||
| Labour | Brian Rollo | 547 | 40.28 | ||
| UKIP | Andrew Watt | 300 | 22.09 | ||
| Conservative | Robert Jones | 188 | 13.84 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Luke Bosman | 146 | 10.75 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Ash | 136 | 10.01 | ||
| Conservative | Mary Kudi | 133 | 9.79 | ||
| Conservative | Issa Dasu Patel | 115 | 8.47 | ||
| Turnout | 1,358 | 23.4 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Daniel Duckworth | 1,036 | 44.18 | ||
| Conservative | Maxwell Green | 1,003 | 42.77 | ||
| Conservative | David Walker | 960 | 40.94 | ||
| Labour | Kathleen Atkins | 839 | 35.78 | ||
| Labour | Craig Forrest | 764 | 32.58 | ||
| Labour | Samir Vohra | 698 | 29.77 | ||
| Green | Helen Disley | 413 | 17.61 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | George Kulbacki | 287 | 12.24 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Thomas Hackett | 268 | 11.43 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Gregory Vickers | 215 | 9.17 | ||
| Turnout | 2,345 | 37.9 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Javed Iqbal | 903 | 80.41 | ||
| Labour | Jade Morgan | 836 | 74.40 | ||
| Labour | Jono Grisdale | 822 | 73.20 | ||
| Conservative | Frank Parker | 162 | 14.43 | ||
| Conservative | Parviz Shahsvar | 111 | 9.88 | ||
| Conservative | Sharon Shahsvar | 109 | 9.71 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Basford | 102 | 9.08 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Jeffrey Abram | 99 | 8.82 | ||
| Turnout | 1,123 | 20.5 | |||
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