2016 Preston City Council election

Elections to Preston City Council took place on 5 May 2016, the same day as other local elections. The council is elected in thirds, which means one councillor from each three-member ward and selected councillors from a number of two-member wards are elected each year, followed by one year free from any elections to ensure all councillors serve a full term.

Main article: Preston City Council elections

Due to the "in thirds" system, the 2016 election results below are directly compared with the corresponding elections in 2012, with the change in vote share calculated on this basis.

Council Composition

Prior to the election, the composition of the council was:

↓
32 20 5 1
Labour Conservative Lib
Dem		 Ind

After the election, the composition was:

↓
33 19 5
Labour Conservative Lib
Dem

Ward results

Ashton
Preston City Council Elections: Ashton ward 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Angela Vodden 533 44.6 -10.7
Conservative Michael Balshaw 394 32.97 -5.93
Liberal Democrats Mark Jewell 97 8.12 +2.32
UKIP Graeme Moitie 95 7.95 N/A
Green Alasdair Bremner 76 6.36 N/A
Majority 139 11.63
Turnout 1195

Brookfield
Preston City Council Elections: Brookfield ward 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Philip Corker 793 61.14 -14.46
UKIP Neil Graham 319 24.6 N/A
Conservative Daryl Bamber 185 14.26 -10.14
Majority 474 36.55
Turnout 1,297 −3.85

Cadley
Preston City Council Elections: Cadley ward 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats John Potter 1,023 59.86 +9.66
Labour Suleman Sarwar 312 18.26 -6.54
Conservative Jim Witherington 231 13.52 -11.48
UKIP Royston Banks 143 8.37 N/A
Majority 711 41.6
Turnout 1709 3.74

Deepdale
Preston City Council Elections: Deepdale ward 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lynne Wallace 1,150 83.88 +38.78
Conservative Jonathan Campbell 122 8.90 +7.4
UKIP Derek Killen 99 7.22 N/A
Majority 1,028 74.98
Turnout 1,371
Labour gain from Independent Swing {{{swing}}}

Fishwick
Preston City Council Elections: Fishwick ward 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Martyn Rawlinson 832 84.81 +0.51
Conservative Emma Fielding 149 15.19 -0.51
Majority 683 69.62
Turnout 981

Garrison
Preston City Council Elections: Garrison ward 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stuart Greenhalgh 902 50.39 +0.19
Labour Nweeda Khan 688 38.44 +4.14
Liberal Democrats Hans Voges 200 11.17 +4.57
Majority 214 11.96
Turnout 1,790

Greyfriars
Preston City Council Elections: Greyfriars ward 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Damien Moore 1,319 58.62 +3.52
Labour John Wilson 530 23.55 -4.55
Liberal Democrats Claire Craven 401 17.82 +1.02
Majority 789 35.06
Turnout 2,250

Ingol
Preston City Council Elections: Ingol ward 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Pauline Brown 860 49.17 +5.87
Labour John Rochford 372 21.27 -14.23
UKIP Kieran Aspden 288 16.47 N/A
Conservative Anthony Smith 229 13.09 -8.11
Majority 488 27.90
Turnout 1,749

Larches
Preston City Council Elections: Larches ward 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mark Yates 793 47.6 -0.6
Liberal Democrats David Callaghan 332 19.9 -20.9
UKIP David Dawson 284 17.1 N/A
Conservative Alice Buchanan 256 15.4 +4.4
Majority 461 27.7
Turnout 1,665 29.8

Lea
Preston City Council Elections: Lea ward 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Trevor Hart 683 43.7 -6.3
Liberal Democrats Rebecca Potter 374 23.9 -0.04
Labour Samir Vohra 276 17.7 -8.4
UKIP Mark Kingsley 229 14.7 N/A
Majority 309 19.8
Turnout 1,562 33.7

Rural East
Preston City Council Elections: Preston Rural East ward 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Thomas Davies 833 70.3 +7.9
Labour Stephen Smith 352 29.7 +6.7
Majority 481 40.6
Turnout 1,185 33.8

Rural North
Preston City Council Elections: Preston Rural North ward 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lona Smith 1,358 63.9
Liberal Democrats Alex Warren 456 21.4
Labour Robert Cross 312 14.7

Ribbleton
Preston City Council Elections: Ribbleton ward 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Nicholas Pomfret 854 62.2 +4.1
UKIP Anthony Helps 321 23.4 +23.4
Conservative Stephen Kay 145 10.6 -1.3
Liberal Democrats Robert Ash 53 3.9 N/A
Majority 533 38.8
Turnout 1,373 24.2

Riversway
Preston City Council Elections: Riversway ward 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Linda Crompton 978 70.0 -10.1
Conservative Victoria Bamber 171 12.2 +1.7
Green Alex Walker 128 9.2 +9.2
UKIP Maureen Watt 120 8.6 N/A
Majority 807 57.8
Turnout 1,397 34.7

Sharoe Green
Preston City Council Elections: Sharoe Green ward 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Walker 831 44.9 -0.7
Labour Jonathan Grisdale 676 36.5 -2.6
Liberal Democrats Greg Vickers 204 11.0 -3.8
Green Helen Disley 140 7.6 -0.5
Majority 155 8.4
Turnout 1,851 39.2

St George's

There was no election in St George's ward because of an uncontested poll.[1]

St Matthew's
Preston City Council Elections: St Matthews ward 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jade Morgan 1,018 87.8 -1.5
Conservative James Shuttleworth 141 12.2 +1.5
Majority 877 75.6
Turnout 1,159 24.7

Town Centre
Preston City Council Elections: Town Centre ward 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Drew Gale 1,299 81.4 +37.6
Conservative Matthew Hargreaves 296 18.6 +10.9
Majority 1,003 62.8
Turnout 1,595 31.3

Tulketh
Preston City Council Elections: Tulketh ward 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Matthew Brown 831 61.3 +4.2
UKIP Andrew Watt 224 16.5 +16.5
Conservative Bowen Perryman 211 15.6 +4.7
Liberal Democrats Edward Craven 89 6.6 -23.3
Majority 607 44.8
Turnout 1,355 27.9

References
  1. Labour candidate wins St Georges ward after NO ONE stands against him Blog Preston
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