Preston City Council elections

Preston shown within the non-metropolitan county of Lancashire (Unitary authorities excluded)

Preston City Council elections are generally held three years out of every four, with a third of the council elected each time. Preston City Council is the local authority for the non-metropolitan district of Preston in Lancashire, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2019, 48 councillors have been elected from 16 wards.[1]

Coat of Arms of the City Council

Council elections

Year Labour Conservative Liberal Liberal Democrats Reform UK Green Respect Independent
1973 38 19 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A 0
1974 38 19 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A 0
1975 38 19 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A 0
1976 13 43 1 N/A N/A 0 N/A 0
1978 18 37 2 N/A N/A 0 N/A 0
1979 26 30 1 N/A N/A 0 N/A 0
1980 31 25 1 N/A N/A 0 N/A 0
1982 30 24 3 N/A N/A 0 N/A 0
1983 30 24 3 N/A N/A 0 N/A 0
1984 31 21 5 N/A N/A 0 N/A 0
1985 31 21 5 N/A N/A 0 N/A 0
1986 34 18 5 N/A N/A 0 N/A 0
1987 35 16 6 N/A N/A 0 N/A 0
1988 36 16 N/A[a] 5 N/A 0 N/A 0
1990 35 16 N/A 6 N/A 0 N/A 0
1991 34 17 N/A 6 N/A 0 N/A 0
1992 32 20 N/A 5 N/A 0 N/A 0
1994 31 19 N/A 7 N/A 0 N/A 0
1995 31 18 N/A 8 N/A 0 N/A 0
1996 32 13 N/A 12 N/A 0 N/A 0
1997 29 13 N/A 13 N/A 0 N/A 2[b]
1998 30 13 N/A 13 N/A 0 N/A 1[c]
1999[d] 28 13 N/A 14 N/A 0 N/A 2[e]
2000 24 17 N/A 12 N/A 0 N/A 4[f]
2002 25 19 N/A 11 N/A 0 N/A 2[e]
2003 25 18 N/A 10 N/A 0 N/A 4[g]
2004 24 18 N/A 10 N/A 0 1 4[g]
2006 24 17 N/A 12 N/A 0 2 2[e]
2007 24 20 N/A 10 N/A 0 1 2[e]
2008[h] 24 21 N/A 9 N/A 0 1 2[i]
2010 24 22 N/A 8 N/A 0 0 3[j]
2011 29 21 N/A 6 N/A 0 0 1[k]
2012 31 19 N/A 5 N/A 0 0 2[l]
2014 32 19 N/A 5 N/A 0 0 1[k]
2015 32 19 N/A 5 N/A 0 0 1[k]
2016 33 19 N/A 5 N/A 0 0 0
2018[m] 35 17 N/A 5 N/A 0 N/A 0
2019[n] 30 9 N/A 9 N/A 0 N/A 0
2021 30 11 N/A 7 N/A 0 N/A 0
2022 30 11 N/A 7 N/A 0 N/A 0
2023 31 10 N/A 7 N/A 0 N/A 0
2024 30 6 N/A 12 N/A 0 N/A 0
2026 21 3 N/A 14 5 2 N/A 3

District result maps

Changes between elections

1990 boundaries

St Matthews By-Election 1 October 1998[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Veronica Afrin 617 41.5 −28.6
Liberal Democrats 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
Central By-Election 20 January 2000
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
Rural East By-Election 20 January 2000
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Harry Landless 903 82.1 +2.4
Liberal Democrats 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
Larches By-Election 29 March 2001
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Ward 501 48.8 +24.0
Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats Swing +23.9

2007 boundaries

Tulketh by-election 14 February 2008[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Rankin 423 34.3 −6.8
Liberal Democrats 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
Fishwick by-election 1 October 2009[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jennifer Mein 656 55.7 +13.2
Conservative Sharon Riley 283 24.0 +3.9
Liberal Democrats Luke Bosman 239 20.3 +1.3
Majority 373 31.7
Turnout 1,178 30.9
Labour hold Swing +8.6
Riversway by-election 15 July 2010 [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Linda Crompton 890 66.72
Liberal Democrats Stephen Wilkinson 388 29.09
Green Adam Vardey 56 4.20
Majority 502 37.63
Turnout 1,334
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing +8.6
Cadley by-election 16 September 2010 [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats hold Swing -3.6
Ashton by-election, 4 May 2017[8] (term ends 2020)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Liz Atkins 648 47.89 +3.29
Conservative Michael Balshaw 477 35.25 +2.28
Liberal Democrats 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 +0.51
Preston Rural East by-election, 4 May 2017[8] (term ends 2018)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ron Woollam 987 69.46 −0.84
Labour Joshua Mascord 216 15.20 −14.50
Liberal Democrats 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 +6.83

Conservative councillor Damien Moore (Greyfriars) resigned from the council in March 2018 (he was elected Member of Parliament for Southport in 2017).[9] The seat (term ending 2019 due to boundary changes[10] trigger a full election) was filled in a double election for Greyfriars on 3 May.[11]

2019 boundaries

Lea and Larches by-election, 4 July 2024 (term ends 2026)[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Sean Little 1,210 38.8 +2.6
Labour Mark Routledge 1,077 34.5 −0.9
Independent Ann Cowell 467 15.0 −4.1
Conservative Daniel Duckworth 364 11.7 +2.5
Majority 133 4.3
Turnout 3,118
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Ashton by-election, 16 October 2025 (term ends 2026)[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Ronan Hodgson 659 35.5 +14.0
Reform Lee Slater 548 29.5 +29.5
Labour Mark Routledge 429 23.1 −35.7
Independent Ann Cowell 101 5.4 +5.4
Conservative Kevin Brockbank 61 3.3 −16.4
Independent Aran Bailey 60 3.2 +3.2
Majority 111 6.0
Turnout 1,858
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing

Notes

  1. ↑ The Liberal Party was dissolved 2 March 1988.
  2. ↑ Independent 1, Labour Independent 1
  3. ↑ Independent 1
  4. ↑ During September 1999 two councillors formed "The People's Party"[2]
  5. 1 2 3 4 Labour Independent 2
  6. ↑ Labour Independent 3, People's Party 1
  7. 1 2 Independent 2 (one elected as Socialist Alliance Against the War[2]), Labour Independent 2
  8. ↑ During November 2008 one councillor changed his designation from the Respect Party to Independent Socialist[2]
  9. ↑ Deepdale Independent 2
  10. ↑ Deepdale Independent 2, Independent Socialist 1
  11. 1 2 3 Deepdale Independent 1
  12. ↑ Independent 1, Deepdale Independent 1
  13. ↑ During August 2018 two councillors formed an Independent Conservatives group.[2]
  14. ↑ During May 2020 one councillor resigned their seat, which remained vacant until restrictions in place due to the COVID-19 pandemic are lifted.

References

  1. ↑ "The Preston (Electoral Changes) Order 2017", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2018/548, retrieved 24 August 2022
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Political history composition of Preston City Council" (PDF). Preston City Council. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  3. ↑ Afrin predicts nasty campaign in by-election Lancashire Telegraph (written 10 September 1998)
  4. ↑ "Tulketh by-election". Preston City Council. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 26 October 2009.
  5. ↑ "Fishwick by-election". Preston City Council. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 3 October 2009.
  6. ↑ Statement of Persons Nomination Archived 28 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine Preston City Council
  7. ↑ "Preston City Council • Elections". Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2010. Preston City Council
  8. 1 2 Walker, Ed. "Preston by-election results: Who won in Ashton and Preston Rural East?". Blog Preston. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
  9. ↑ "They break ties in Ockendon | LocalCouncils.co.uk". localcouncils.co.uk. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  10. ↑ "Local Government Boundary Commission for England Consultation Portal". consultation.lgbce.org.uk. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  11. ↑ th.palin. "Elections 2018 | Preston City Council". www.preston.gov.uk. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  12. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Lea and Larches Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
  13. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Ashton Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
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