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2024 Preston City Council election

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2024 Preston City Council election

← 2023 2 May 2024 (2024-05-02) 2025 →

16 out of 48 seats to Preston City Council
25 seats needed for a majority
Turnout107,500, 25.9% [1]
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Leader Matthew Brown John Potter Susan Whittam
Party Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative
Last election 31 seats, 64.6% 7 seats, 14.6% 10 seats, 20.8%
Seats before 31 7 10
Seats after 30 12 6
Seat change Decrease1 Increase5 Decrease4
Popular vote 11222 8094 5961
Percentage 40.3 29.1 21.4
Swing Decrease12.2 Increase3.5 Decrease6.9

Results by ward

Leader before election

Matthew Brown
Labour

Leader after election

Matthew Brown
Labour

The 2024 Preston City Council election took place on 2 May 2024 to elect members of Preston City Council in Lancashire, England.[2] This was on the same day as other local elections across England, and Lancashire's Police and Crime Commissioner election.

As is typical for Preston's council elections, sixteen seats of the forty-eight total were contested.[3] Labour have had majority control of the council for most of the council's existence, including from 2011 following a period of no overall control. Labour retained their control with a comfortable majority at this election. However, the Liberal Democrats enjoyed a successful election, nearly doubling their seat count after taking several seats from the Conservatives[4] and becoming the main opposition in Preston City Council. In addition, in a shock result the Liberal Democrats took a seat from Labour in the Lea and Larches ward, unseating then-cabinet member for health and wellbeing (and acting county council Labour opposition group leader) Jennifer Mein by a mere 13 votes following a recount.[5]

The majority of contested seats were fought only by Labour, the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats; however in five wards, independent runners or the parities Reform UK and the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition also stood although none of these were successful in gaining a seat. Unlike last year, the Green Party did not stand in any seats.

Following the election the leader of the Preston Conservatives Sue Whittam announced her resignation as leader.[6]

Election results

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Preston City Council's composition following the 2024 elections.
2024 Preston City Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Labour 9 Decrease 1 56.25 21 30 62.5
  Liberal Democrats 6 Increase 5 37.50 6 12 25.0
  Conservative 1 Decrease 4 6.25 5 6 12.5
  Independent 0 Steady 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
  Reform UK 0 Steady 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
  TUSC 0 Steady 0 0.0 0 0 0.0

Ward Results

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The Statements of Persons Nominated was released by Preston Council on 8 April 2024 following the close of nominations.[2] The results were announced a day after the election.[1] Incumbent councillors that stood for re-election are marked with an asterisk (*).

Ashton Ward

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Ashton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Hull* 1,012 58.8 −4.0
Liberal Democrats Rebecca Potter 369 21.5 +9.8
Conservative Daniel Duckworth 339 19.7 −1.5
Rejected ballots 41 2.3
Majority
Turnout 1,762 27.20
Labour hold Swing

Brookfield Ward

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Brookfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sara Holmes 673 66.5 −5.1
Liberal Democrats Edward Craven 198 19.6 +10.9
Conservative Al-Yasa Khan 141 13.9 −5.2
Rejected ballots 55 5.1
Majority
Turnout 1,070 18.81
Labour hold Swing

Cadley Ward

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Cadley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Julie van Mierlo 908 48.3 −7.2
Labour Jono Grisdale 497 26.4 −1.0
Conservative Sarah Hart 319 17.0 ±0.0
Independent Paul Balshaw 156 8.3 N/A
Rejected ballots 26 1.4
Majority
Turnout 1,906 29.75
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

City Centre Ward

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City Centre
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Salim Desai* 880 58.4 −8.1
Conservative Andy Pratt 318 21.1 +5.6
Liberal Democrats Peter Lawrence 308 20.5 +11.1
Rejected ballots 110 6.8
Majority
Turnout 1,616 18.95
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Deepdale Ward

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Deepdale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Siraz Natha* 849 50.9 −35.4
TUSC Hasan Tunay 522 31.3 N/A
Liberal Democrats Jurgen Voges 176 10.6 +4.0
Conservative Nilli Williamson 120 7.2 +1.1
Rejected ballots 195 10.5
Majority
Turnout 1,863 28.13
Labour hold Swing

Fishwick and Frenchwood Ward

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Fishwick and Frenchwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Martyn Rawlinson* 924 61.1 −10.7
Liberal Democrats Alana Mullen 387 25.6 +19.9
Conservative Ishaq Vaez 201 13.3 −9.2
Rejected ballots 151 9.1
Majority
Turnout 1,663 27.54
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Garrison Ward

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Garrison
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Kelly* 967 53.8 −7.8
Liberal Democrats Claire Craven 465 25.9 +10.8
Conservative Lakwinder Singh 365 20.3 −2.4
Rejected ballots 190 9.6
Majority
Turnout 1,986 30.02
Labour hold Swing

Greyfriars Ward

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Greyfriars
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Michael Peak 1,029 47.4 −1.0
Conservative Dave Leme Da Silva 624 28.7 +2.4
Labour Avery Greatorex 519 23.9 −1.1
Rejected ballots 85 3.8
Majority
Turnout 2,257 35.73
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Ingol and Cottam Ward

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Ingol and Cottam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Ben Ward 861 43.7 −5.0
Conservative Trevor Hart* 550 27.9 −3.1
Labour Adam Malik 354 18.0 −1.3
Reform UK David Preston 204 10.4 N/A
Rejected ballots 10 0.5
Majority
Turnout 1,979 26.30
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Lea and Larches Ward

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Lea and Larches
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Mark Jewell 578 36.2 +16.1
Labour Jenny Mein* 565 35.4 −28.8
Independent Ann Cowell 305 19.1 N/A
Conservative Tracy Slater 147 9.2 −5.1
Rejected ballots 8 0.5
Majority
Turnout 1,603 25.03
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing

Plungington Ward

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Plungington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Nweeda Khan* 838 62.1 −14.0
Conservative Martin McKeever 203 15.0 +0.4
Liberal Democrats Cristina Mylroie 172 12.7 +4.4
TUSC Joel Patton 137 10.1 N/A
Rejected ballots 41 2.9
Majority
Turnout 1,391 17.28
Labour hold Swing

Preston Rural East Ward

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Preston Rural East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mark Bell* 1,056 48.5 −2.2
Labour Victoria Blundell 698 32.0 +2.8
Liberal Democrats Joanne Joyner 425 19.5 +1.1
Rejected ballots 36 1.6
Majority
Turnout 2,215 28.01
Conservative hold Swing

Preston Rural North Ward

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Preston Rural North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Daniel Guise 869 47.9 +9.7
Conservative Keith Middlebrough* 640 35.3 −8.3
Labour Taylor Donoughue-Smith 304 16.8 −2.8
Rejected ballots 22 1.2
Majority
Turnout 1,835 27.48
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Ribbleton Ward

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Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Anna Hindle* 595 65.2 −7.7
Conservative Mary Kennedy 163 17.9 +0.1
Liberal Democrats Kate Bosman 155 17.0 +7.7
Rejected ballots 28 3.0
Majority
Turnout 941 16.45
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Sharoe Green Ward

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Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats George Kulbacki 1,050 43.6 +8.9
Labour Mark Routledge 833 34.6 −4.8
Conservative David Walker* 523 21.7 −3.8
Rejected ballots 76 3.1
Majority 217
Turnout 2,482 39.32
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

St. Matthews Ward

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Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Suleman Sarwar* 714 64.3 −16.1
Liberal Democrats Rene van Mierlo 244 22.0 +14.1
Conservative Sohaib Ashraf 152 13.7 +2.6
Rejected ballots 146 11.6
Majority
Turnout 1,256 20.24
Labour Co-op hold Swing

References

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  1. ^ a b "Election results - 2 May 2024". Preston City Council. 3 May 2024. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Elections 2024". Preston City Council. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Preston City Council local elections 2024: All the candidates who want your vote". LancsLive. 10 April 2024. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
  4. ^ Beardsworth, Luke (3 May 2024). "Preston City Council local elections 2024 rolling results updates". Blog Preston. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
  5. ^ Faulkner, Paul (3 May 2024). "Preston election results 2024: Lib Dems become main opposition as Tories trounced & Labour lose cabinet member". Lancashire Post. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
  6. ^ Preston local elections 2024 - Preston Conservatives leader Sue Whittam. Retrieved 2024-05-06 – via www.youtube.com.