The 2015 by-thirds election to Preston City Council took place on 7 May 2015 as part of the 2015 United Kingdom local elections on the same day (and in the same polling places) as the general election to elect approximately one-third of councillors for a four-year term.[1][2]

Councillors elected in 2011 Preston City Council election defended their seats this time. Each ward's election can be directly compared with the 2011 elections or indirectly compared looking at councillors' and candidates' correlations in their own party results to the 2014 Preston City Council election.

Results

All percentage changes are based on the last election for this group of Councillors, which was the 2011 Preston City Council election.[3]

This election's effects on the composition of the council combined with the totals and percentages of votes for the third elected is as follows:[4]

Preston City Council Election, 2015
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 32 0 0 0 56 44 23055
  Conservative 19 0 0 0 33 34 17778
  Liberal Democrats 5 0 0 0 9 7 3673
  Independent 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 158
  UKIP 0 0 0 0 0 8 4014
  Green 0 0 0 0 0 6 3357
  Deepdale Independent (politician) 1 0 0 0 2 0 N/A

Ward by ward

Ashton

Preston City Council Elections: Ashton ward, 2015
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mark Routledge 1,001 47.68 -5.92
Conservative April Dwyer 710 33.82 -3.18
Green Angela Milne-Picken 264 12.57 N/A
Liberal Democrats Luke Bosman 124 5.90 -3.54
Majority 291 13.86 -2.79
Turnout 2,099

Brookfield

Preston City Council Elections: Brookfield ward, 2015
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Nerys Eaves 1,360 51.10 -3.8
UKIP David Dawson 651 24.46 -8.54
Conservative Daryl Bamber 552 20.74 +8.64
Green Kevin Mahy 98 3.68 N/A
Majority 709 26.64
Turnout 2,661

College

Preston City Council Elections: College ward, 2015
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Harry Seddon 886 43.51 -5.79
Labour John Wilson 836 41.06 +7.16
Green Martin Pilkington 158 7.76 N/A
Liberal Democrats Mike Turner 156 7.66 -9.14
Majority 50 2.46 -12.88
Turnout 2,036

Deepdale

Preston City Council Elections: Deepdale ward, 2015
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ismail "Issi" Bax 2,000 81.59 +20.99
Green Geoffrey Cross 233 9.50 N/A
Conservative Erol Huseynov 218 8.89 N/A
Majority 1767 72.09 +50.8
Turnout 2,451

Garrison

Preston City Council Elections: Garrison ward, 2015
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Christine Thomas 1,753 48.64 -4.26
Labour Gillian Mascord 1,350 37.45 +4.25
Green Bill Houghton 274 7.60 +1.00
Liberal Democrats Hans Voges 227 6.29 -1.00
Majority 403 11.19 -8.48
Turnout 3,604

Greyfriars

Preston City Council Elections: Greyfriars ward, 2015
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rowena Edmondson 2,118 55.75 -4.35
Labour Alan Woods 1,028 27.06 +1.76
Liberal Democrats Peter Holt-Mylroie 411 10.82 -3.68
Green Ian McCormick 242 6.37 N/A
Majority 1,090 28.69 -6.11
Turnout 3,799

Ingol

Preston City Council Elections: Ingol ward, 2015
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jason Jeffrey 922 30.28 -12.42
Labour John Rochford 909 29.86 -4.44
UKIP Christopher Rigby 627 20.6 N/A
Conservative Peter Henry 586 19.25 -3.75
Majority 13 0.43 -8.01
Turnout 3,044

Larches

Preston City Council Elections: Larches ward, 2015
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rebecca Yates 1,670 51.51 +4.71
Conservative Linda Hubberstey 816 25.17 +7.97
Liberal Democrats Rebecca Finch 499 15.39 -20.61
Green Kallum Poole 257 7.93 N/A
Majority 854 26.34 +15.54
Turnout 3,242

Lea

Preston City Council Elections: Lea ward, 2015
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Daniel Dewhurst 1,589 52.12 -0.28
Labour Lynne Wallace 964 31.62 +9.32
Liberal Democrats Joe Young 496 16.27 -8.93
Majority 685 22.47 -4.70
Turnout 3,049

Moor Park

Preston City Council Elections: Moor Park ward, 2015
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Borrow 1,034 59.29 -13.61
Conservative Jonty Campbell 278 15.94 -3.76
UKIP Andrew Watt 251 14.39 N/A
Green Jonathan Rawstrone 181 10.38 N/A
Majority 756 43.35 -9.84
Turnout 1,744

Preston Rural East

Preston City Council Elections: Rural East ward, 2015
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Neil Cartright 1,809 70.89 +5.39
Labour Gerard Parke-Hatton 743 29.11 +3.71
Majority 1,066 41.77 +1.57
Turnout 2,552

Preston Rural North

Preston City Council Elections: Rural North ward, 2015
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stephen Thompson 2,410 61.57 -10.03
UKIP Kate Walsh 636 16.25 N/A
Liberal Democrats Peter Lawrence 570 14.56 +4.06
Labour George Tait 298 7.61 -10.29
Majority 1,774 45.32 -8.28
Turnout 3,914

Ribbleton

Preston City Council Elections: Ribbleton ward, 2015
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Brian Rollo 1,588 55.88 -8.32
UKIP Tony Helps 683 24.03 N/A
Conservative Stephen Kay 441 15.52 -4.68
Green Matthew Wilson 130 4.57 N/A
Majority 905 31.84 -12.16
Turnout 2,842

Riversway

Preston City Council Elections: Riversway ward, 2015
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Moss 1,373 55.81 -15.09
Conservative Matthew Hargreaves 471 19.15 +5.25
Green Alasdair Bremner 350 14.23 N/A
UKIP Maureen Watt 266 10.81 N/A
Majority 902 36.67 -19.13
Turnout 2,460

Sharoe Green

Preston City Council Elections: Sharoe Green ward, 2015
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sonia Gildert 1,471 44.02 -9.18
Labour Dave Wilson 1,196 35.79 +3.09
Liberal Democrats Greg Vickers 268 8.02 -6.08
Green Helen Disley 249 7.45 N/A
Independent Les Nyogeri 158 4.73 N/A
Majority 275 8.23 -12.27
Turnout 3,342

St Matthews

Preston City Council Elections: St Matthews ward, 2015
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Javed Iqbal 1,670 73.18 -10.82
UKIP Mark Kingsley 370 16.21 N/A
Conservative Sheila Heys 242 10.60 -5.4
Majority 1,300 56.97 -10.93
Turnout 2,282

Town Centre

Preston City Council Elections: Town Centre ward, 2015
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Yakub Patel 2,002 67.16 +21.46
Conservative Michael Balshaw 520 17.44 +2.94
Green Alex Walker 459 15.40 N/A
Majority 1,482 49.71 +43.81
Turnout 2,981

Tulketh

Preston City Council Elections: Tulketh ward, 2015
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert Boswell 1,406 50.12 -8.18
Conservative Bowen Perryman 655 23.35 +7.35
UKIP Paul Barker 530 18.89 N/A
Green Mary Roberts 214 7.63 N/A
Majority 751 26.77 -5.83
Turnout 2,805

University

Preston City Council Elections: University ward, 2015
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Swindells 627 55.59 -13.41
Conservative Stephanie Short 253 22.43 +2.13
Green Vanessa Silva 248 21.99 N/A
Majority 374 33.16 -15.64
Turnout 1,128

References

  1. ^ "Elections". Preston City Council. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  2. ^ "General Election 2015". Preston City Council. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  3. ^ Local Elections 2015 Preston City Council
  4. ^ Councillors as at 10 May 2015 Preston City Council. Accessed 25 May 2015.

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