2016 UK local government 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.
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 [ edit ]
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:
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33
19
5
Labour
Conservative
Lib Dem
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
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
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
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
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
There was no election in St George's ward because of an uncontested poll.[ 1]
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
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
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