Preston City Council elections
One third of Preston City Council in Lancashire, England is elected each year, followed by one year without election to allow for the Lancashire County Council elections.
Political control
Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[1]
Party in control | Years | |
---|---|---|
Labour | 1973–1976 | |
Conservative | 1976–1980 | |
Labour | 1980–1999 | |
No overall control | 1999–2011 | |
Labour | 2011 – present |
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 | 31 | 18 | 8 | |||||||||
1996 | 32 | 13 | 12 | |||||||||
1998 | 29 | 13 | 13 | 2† | ||||||||
1999 | 28 | 13 | 14 | 2* | ||||||||
2000 | 24 | 17 | 12 | 4^ | ||||||||
2002 | 25 | 19 | 11 | 2* | ||||||||
2003 | 25 | 18 | 10 | 4# | ||||||||
2004 | 24 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 4# | |||||||
2006 | 24 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 2* | |||||||
2007 | 24 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 2* | |||||||
2008 | 24 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 2α | |||||||
2010 | 24 | 22 | 8 | 3β | ||||||||
2011 | 29 | 21 | 6 | 1γ | ||||||||
2012 | 31 | 19 | 5 | 2** | ||||||||
2014 | 32 | 19 | 5 | 1γ | ||||||||
2015 | 32 | 19 | 5 | 1γ | ||||||||
2016 | 33 | 19 | 5 | |||||||||
2018 | 35 | 17 | 5 |
Notes
- † Independent 1, Labour Independent 1
- * Labour Independent 2
- ^ Labour Independent 3, People's Party 1
- # Independent 2, Labour Independent 2
- α Deepdale Independent 2
- β Deepdale Independent 2, Independent Socialist 1
- γ Deepdale Independent 1
- ** Independent 1, Deepdale Independent 1
Current composition
- Labour - 35 councillors
- Conservative - 15 councillors
- Liberal Democrats - 5 councillors
- Independent Conservative - 2 councillors
Council elections
- Preston Borough Council election, 1973
- Preston Borough Council election, 1975
- Preston Borough Council election, 1976 (New ward boundaries)[2]
- Preston Borough Council election, 1978
- Preston Borough Council election, 1979
- Preston Borough Council election, 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, 1990 (New ward boundaries)[3]
- Preston Borough Council election, 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, 2000
- Preston Borough Council election, 2002 (New ward boundaries)[4][5]
- Preston City Council election, 2003
- Preston City Council election, 2004
- Preston City Council election, 2006
- Preston City Council election, 2007 (Some new ward boundaries)[6]
- Preston City Council election, 2008
- Preston City Council election, 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
District result maps
- 2002 results map
- 2003 results map
- 2004 results map
- 2006 results map
- 2007 results map
- 2008 results map
- 2010 results map
- 2011 results map
Changes between elections
1990 boundaries
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Veronica Afrin | 617 | 41.5 | -28.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | 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 | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Harry Landless | 903 | 82.1 | +2.4 | |
Liberal Democrat | 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 | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peter Ward | 501 | 48.8 | +24.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | 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 Democrat | Swing | +23.9 | |||
2007 boundaries
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peter Rankin | 423 | 34.3 | -6.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | 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 | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jennifer Mein | 656 | 55.7 | +13.2 | |
Conservative | Sharon Riley | 283 | 24.0 | +3.9 | |
Liberal Democrat | Luke Bosman | 239 | 20.3 | +1.3 | |
Majority | 373 | 31.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,178 | 30.9 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +8.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Linda Crompton | 890 | 66.72 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Stephen Wilkinson | 388 | 29.09 | ||
Green | Adam Vardey | 56 | 4.20 | ||
Majority | 502 | 37.63 | |||
Turnout | 1,334 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | +8.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | 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 Democrat hold | Swing | -3.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Liz Atkins | 648 | 47.89 | +3.29 | |
Conservative | Michael Balshaw | 477 | 35.25 | +2.28 | |
Liberal Democrat | 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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ron Woollam | 987 | 69.46 | -0.84 | |
Labour | Joshua Mascord | 216 | 15.20 | -14.50 | |
Liberal Democrat | 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).[13] The seat (term ending 2019 due to boundary changes[14] trigger a full election) was filled in a double election for Greyfriars on 3 May.[15]
References
- ↑ "Preston". BBC News Online. 19 April 2008. Retrieved 2009-10-26.
- ↑ 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 2009-10-26.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "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
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2010. Preston City Council
- ↑ Walker, Ed. Blog Preston http://www.blogpreston.co.uk/2017/05/preston-by-election-results-who-won-in-ashton-and-preston-rural-east/. Retrieved 6 May 2017. Missing or empty
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(help) - ↑ Walker, Ed. Blog Preston http://www.blogpreston.co.uk/2017/05/preston-by-election-results-who-won-in-ashton-and-preston-rural-east/. Retrieved 6 May 2017. Missing or empty
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(help) - ↑ "They break ties in Ockendon | LocalCouncils.co.uk". localcouncils.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-03-31.
- ↑ "Local Government Boundary Commission for England Consultation Portal". consultation.lgbce.org.uk. Retrieved 2018-03-31.
- ↑ th.palin, ,. "Elections 2018 | Preston City Council". www.preston.gov.uk. Retrieved 2018-03-31.
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