2019 Preston City Council election

Council elections for the Preston City Council were held on 2 May 2019 as part of the 2019 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 since 2002 Preston Council election.

Main article: Preston City Council elections

All locally registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European 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]

Results summary

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

Election Result[7]
Preston Local Election 2019
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

Ward results

Ashton
Preston City Council Election, 2019: Ashton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Elizabeth Atkins 932 16
Labour Robert Boswell 884 16
Labour Mark Routledge 871 15
Independent Beth Balshaw 620 11
Independent Mike Balshaw 607 11
Conservative Luke Walmsley 314 6
Conservative David Dwyer 299 5
UKIP Simon Platt 282 5
Conservative Tes Slater 275 5
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Dable 222 5
Liberal Democrats Rebecca Potter 197 3
Liberal Democrats Christopher Finch 148 3

Brookfield
Preston City Council election, 2019: Brookfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour John Browne 781 23
Labour Philip Corker 730 21
Labour Nerys Eaves 685 20
UKIP Anthony Helps 356 10
Conservative Mary Kennedy 255 7
Conservative Bowan Perryman 211 6
Conservative Andrew Pratt 162 5
Liberal Democrats Fiona Duke 155 4
Liberal Democrats Jurgen Voges 127 4

Cadley
Preston City Council election, 2019: Cadley
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrats John Potter 1,173 20
Liberal Democrats Claire Craven 1,125 19
Liberal Democrats Debbie Shannon 1,077 18
Labour Harry Spillman 483 8
Labour James Hull 480 8
Labour Robert Wood 462 8
Conservative Paul Balshaw 421 7
Conservative Jim Witherington 365 6
Conservative Simon Crowe 342 6

City Centre
Preston City Council election, 2019: City Centre
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Carol Henshaw 1,201 26
Labour Peter Moss 1,167 25
Labour Salim Desai 1,162 25
Conservative Pamela Homer 237 5
Liberal Democrats Harshad Chauhan 229 5
Liberal Democrats Ennis O'Donnell 221 5
Conservative Connor Rumble 212 5
Conservative Munirah Patel 199 4

Deepdale
Preston City Council election, 2019: Deepdale
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Issi Bax 1,775
Labour Zafar Coupland 1,699
Labour Siraz Natha 1,677
Conservative Keith Sedgwick 144
Liberal Democrats Stephen Mullen 140
Conservative William King 135
Conservative Deborah Bellevue de Sylva 134
Liberal Democrats Benjamin Ward 100

Fishwick and Frenchwood
Preston City Council election, 2019: Fishwick and Frenchwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Yakub Patel 1,382
Labour Whitney Hawkins 1,233
Labour Martyn Rawlinson 1,193
Conservative Danielle Butler 208
Conservative Colin Homer 162
Conservative Fay Whittam 162
Liberal Democrats Peter Newsham 152
Liberal Democrats Michael Yates 121

Garrison
Preston City Council election, 2019: Garrison
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Freddie Bailey 1,294
Labour Lynne Brooks 1,073
Labour Peter Kelly 1,013
Conservative Stuart Greenhalgh 819
Conservative Paul Whalley 748
Conservative Mehfuz Dasu Patel 676
Liberal Democrats Michael Turner 293
Liberal Democrats Pamela Potter 290
Liberal Democrats Hans Voges 237

Greyfriars
Preston City Council election, 2019: Greyfriars
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrats Tony Raisbeck 1,221
Liberal Democrats Daniel Gregg 1,151
Liberal Democrats Alexander Warren 1,069
Conservative Tim Cox 754
Conservative Graham Jolliffe 684
Conservative Lakwinder Singh 684
Labour Alan Woods 561
Labour Ted Smith 487
Labour Stacey Thoburn 441
Independent Rowena Edmondson 324

Ingol and Cottam
Preston City Council election, 2019: Ingol and Cottam
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrats Pauline Brown 871
Liberal Democrats Neil Darby 861
Liberal Democrats Mark Jewell 758
Conservative Trevor Hart 625
Conservative Judith Parker 577
Conservative Martin McKeever 513
Labour Julie Humphrey 331
Labour Barry McLoughlin 295
Labour Joseph Maclaren 287
UKIP Nicola Suggate 275

Lea and Larches
Preston City Council election, 2019: Lea and Larches
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Phil Crowe 735
Labour David Borrow 731
Labour Jennifer Mein 684
Conservative David Callaghn 403
Conservative James Doyle 359
UKIP Mark Kingsley 352
Conservative Monwara Amin 326
Liberal Democrats Edward Craven 282
Liberal Democrats Jason Higham 258
Liberal Democrats Jeffrey Jason 179

Plungington
Preston City Council election, 2019: Plungington
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Matthew Brown 941
Labour Pav Akhtar 868
Labour Nweeda Khan 822
Conservative Pauline Littlefair 201
Conservative Jonty Campbell 191
Liberal Democrats Graham Briggs 176
Conservative Jayne Tully 171
Liberal Democrats Ian McDougall 140
Liberal Democrats Peter Holt-Mylroie 139

Preston Rural East
Preston City Council election, 2019: Preston Rural East
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Harry Landless 1,245
Conservative Ron Woollam 1,188
Conservative Ian Donnell 999
Labour Susan Crawshaw 335
Labour George Tait 322
Liberal Democrats Joanne Joyner 303
Labour Andrew MacLaren 299
Liberal Democrats Edgar Arbidans 270
Liberal Democrats Peter Lawrence 239

Preston Rural North
Preston City Council election, 2019: Preston Rural North
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Sue Whittam 885
Conservative Charles Latchford 846
Conservative Keith Middlebrough 842
Liberal Democrats Sandra Finch 230
UKIP Craig Easton 224
Labour Rebecca Boswell 221
Liberal Democrats Peter Johnstone 216
Labour Alan Dent 209
Labour Michael Farrington 204
Liberal Democrats Matthew Raisbeck 198

Ribbleton
Preston City Council election, 2019: Ribbleton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Nick Pomfret 655
Labour Jonathan Saksena 551
Labour Brian Rollo 547
UKIP Andrew Watt 300
Conservative Robert Jones 188
Liberal Democrats Luke Bosman 146
Liberal Democrats Robert Ash 136
Conservative Mary Kudi 133
Conservative Issa Dasu Patel 115

Sharoe Green
Preston City Council election, 2019: Sharoe Green
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Daniel Duckworth 1,036
Conservative Maxwell Green 1,003
Conservative David Walker 960
Labour Kathleen Atkins 839
Labour Craig Forrest 764
Labour Samir Vohra 698
Green Helen Disley 413
Liberal Democrats George Kulbacki 287
Liberal Democrats Thomas Hackett 268
Liberal Democrats Gregory Vickers 215

St. Matthew's
Preston City Council election, 2019: St. Matthew's
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Javed Iqbal 903
Labour Jade Morgan 836
Labour Jono Grisdale 822
Conservative Frank Parker 162
Conservative Parviz Shahsvar 111
Conservative Sharon Shahsvar 109
Liberal Democrats Michael Basford 102
Liberal Democrats Jeffrey Abram 99

References
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  2. "Final Recommendations - Preston with labels". Final Recommendations - Preston with labels. Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  3. "The Preston (Electoral Changes) Order 2018". Legislation.gov. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
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  7. Walker, Ed (3 May 2019). "Preston local election results 2019: Labour retain their grip on power in the city". Blog Preston.
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