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
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

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Ward results

Ashton
Preston City Council Election, 2019: Ashton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Elizabeth Atkins 932 47.55
Labour Robert Boswell 884
Labour Mark Routledge 871
Independent Beth Balshaw 620 21.71
Independent Mike Balshaw 607
Conservative Luke Walmsley 314
Conservative David Dwyer 299
UKIP Simon Platt 282 4.99
Conservative Tes Slater 275
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Dable 222 10.03
Liberal Democrats Rebecca Potter 197
Liberal Democrats Christopher Finch 148

Brookfield
Preston City Council election, 2019: Brookfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Browne 781 63.44
Labour Philip Corker 730
Labour Nerys Eaves 685
UKIP Anthony Helps 356 10.28
Conservative Mary Kennedy 255 18.14
Conservative Bowan Perryman 211
Conservative Andrew Pratt 162
Liberal Democrats Fiona Duke 155 8.15
Liberal Democrats Jurgen Voges 127

Cadley
Preston City Council election, 2019: Cadley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats John Potter 1,173 56.93
Liberal Democrats Claire Craven 1,125
Liberal Democrats Debbie Shannon 1,077
Labour Harry Spillman 483 24.04
Labour James Hull 480
Labour Robert Wood 462
Conservative Paul Balshaw 421 19.03
Conservative Jim Witherington 365
Conservative Simon Crowe 342

City Centre
Preston City Council election, 2019: City Centre
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Carol Henshaw 1,201 76.27
Labour Peter Moss 1,167
Labour Salim Desai 1,162
Conservative Pamela Homer 237 14.00
Liberal Democrats Harshad Chauhan 229 9.72
Liberal Democrats Ennis O'Donnell 221
Conservative Connor Rumble 212
Conservative Munirah Patel 199

Deepdale
Preston City Council election, 2019: Deepdale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Issi Bax 1,775 87.45
Labour Zafar Coupland 1,699
Labour Siraz Natha 1,677
Conservative Keith Sedgwick 144 7.94
Liberal Democrats Stephen Mullen 140 4.61
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 82.55
Labour Whitney Hawkins 1,233
Labour Martyn Rawlinson 1,193
Conservative Danielle Butler 208 11.53
Conservative Colin Homer 162
Conservative Fay Whittam 162
Liberal Democrats Peter Newsham 152 5.92
Liberal Democrats Michael Yates 121

Garrison
Preston City Council election, 2019: Garrison
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Freddie Bailey 1,294 52.46
Labour Lynne Brooks 1,073
Labour Peter Kelly 1,013
Conservative Stuart Greenhalgh 819 34.81
Conservative Paul Whalley 748
Conservative Mehfuz Dasu Patel 676
Liberal Democrats Michael Turner 293 12.73
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 46.65
Liberal Democrats Daniel Gregg 1,151
Liberal Democrats Alexander Warren 1,069
Conservative Tim Cox 754 28.77
Conservative Graham Jolliffe 684
Conservative Lakwinder Singh 684
Labour Alan Woods 561 20.19
Labour Ted Smith 487
Labour Stacey Thoburn 441
Independent Rowena Edmondson 324 4.39

Ingol and Cottam
Preston City Council election, 2019: Ingol and Cottam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Pauline Brown 871 46.17
Liberal Democrats Neil Darby 861
Liberal Democrats Mark Jewell 758
Conservative Trevor Hart 625 31.80
Conservative Judith Parker 577
Conservative Martin McKeever 513
Labour Julie Humphrey 331 16.93
Labour Barry McLoughlin 295
Labour Joseph Maclaren 287
UKIP Nicola Suggate 275 5.10

Lea and Larches
Preston City Council election, 2019: Lea and Larches
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Phil Crowe 735 49.90
Labour David Borrow 731
Labour Jennifer Mein 684
Conservative David Callaghan 403 25.25
Conservative James Doyle 359
UKIP Mark Kingsley 352 8.17
Conservative Monwara Amin 326
Liberal Democrats Edward Craven 282 16.69
Liberal Democrats Jason Higham 258
Liberal Democrats Jeffrey Jason 179

Plungington
Preston City Council election, 2019: Plungington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Matthew Brown 941 72.10
Labour Pav Akhtar 868
Labour Nweeda Khan 822
Conservative Pauline Littlefair 201 15.43
Conservative Jonty Campbell 191
Liberal Democrats Graham Briggs 176 12.47
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 66.00
Conservative Ron Woollam 1,188
Conservative Ian Donnell 999
Labour Susan Crawshaw 335 18.38
Labour George Tait 322
Liberal Democrats Joanne Joyner 303 15.62
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 63.14
Conservative Charles Latchford 846
Conservative Keith Middlebrough 842
Liberal Democrats Sandra Finch 230 15.80
UKIP Craig Easton 224 5.50
Labour Rebecca Boswell 221 15.56
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 63.26
Labour Jonathan Saksena 551
Labour Brian Rollo 547
UKIP Andrew Watt 300 10.83
Conservative Robert Jones 188 15.73
Liberal Democrats Luke Bosman 146 10.18
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 46.26
Conservative Maxwell Green 1,003
Conservative David Walker 960
Labour Kathleen Atkins 839 35.49
Labour Craig Forrest 764
Labour Samir Vohra 698
Green Helen Disley 413 6.37
Liberal Democrats George Kulbacki 287 11.88
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 76.24
Labour Jade Morgan 836
Labour Jono Grisdale 822
Conservative Frank Parker 162 12.15
Conservative Parviz Shahsvar 111
Conservative Sharon Shahsvar 109
Liberal Democrats Michael Basford 102 6.39
Liberal Democrats Jeffrey Abram 99

References
  1. Walker, Ed. "Here's the final recommendations for Preston's boundaries". Blog Preston. Blog Preston. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  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.
  4. Elections 2019 Preston City Council
  5. Preston local election 2019 candidates confirmed BlogPreston
  6. Elections 2019 Preston City Council
  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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