Preston local elections

One third of Preston City Council in Lancashire, England is elected each year, followed by one year without election.

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:

Party in control	Years
Labour	1973–1976
Conservative	1976–1980
Labour	1980–1999
No overall control	1999–2011
Labour	2011 - Present

Year		Labour		Conservative		Liberal		Liberal Democrats		Respect		Independent
1973	38		19		0
1974	38		19		0
1975	38		19		0
1976	13		43		1
1978	18		37		2
1979	26		30		1
1980	31		25		1
1982	30		24		3
1983	30		24		3
1984	31		21		5
1985	31		21		5
1986	34		18		5
1987	35		16		6
1988	36		16				5
1990	35		16				6
1991	34		17				6
1992	32		20				5
1994	31		19				7
1995	31		18				8
1996	32		13				12
1997	32		13				12
1998	29		13				13				2†
1999	28		13				14				2*
2000	24		17				12				4^
2002	25		19				11				2*
2003	25		18				10				4#
2004	24		18				10		1		4#
2006	24		17				12		2		2*
2007	24		20				10		1		2*
2008	24		21				9		1		2α
2010	24		22				8				3β
2011	29		21				6				1γ

Notes

^† Independent 1, Labour Independent 1

^* Labour Independent 2

^{^} Labour Independent 3, People's Party 1

^# Independent 2, Labour Independent 2

^α Deepdale Independent 2

^β Deepdale Independent 2, Independent Socialist 1

^γ Deepdale Independent 1

Current composition

• Labour - 29 councillors
• Conservative - 20 councillors
• Liberal Democrat - 6 councillors
• Deepdale Independent - 1 councillor
• Sharoe Green Independent - 1 councillor

• Source : Your councillors at Preston City Council

Council elections

Preston Council election, 1998
Preston Council election, 1999
Preston Council election, 2000
Preston Council election, 2002 - (whole council elected after boundary changes)
Preston Council election, 2003	Seats defended at the Preston Council election, 2007	and subsequently at Preston Council election, 2011
Preston Council election, 2004	Seats defended at the Preston Council election, 2008	and subsequently at Preston Council election, 2012
Preston Council election, 2006	Seats defended at the Preston Council election, 2010

By-election results

1997–2001

St Matthews By-Election 1 October 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Veronica Afrin	617	41.5	-28.6
	Liberal Democrat	Anna Riedel	383	25.8	+13.2
	Independent		278	18.7	+18.7
	Conservative	Elaine Pugh	179	12.0	-5.2
	Independent		30	2.0	+2.0
Majority			234	15.7
Turnout			1,487	30.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Central By-Election 20 January 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		361	64.6	-3.6
	Conservative		134	24.0	+8.6
	Independent		64	11.5	+11.5
Majority			227	40.6
Turnout			559	8.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Rural East By-Election 20 January 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		903	82.1	+2.4
	Liberal Democrat		153	13.9	+2.9
	Labour		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 Democrat	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 Democrat		Swing	+23.9

2007–2011

Tulketh by-election 14 February 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Rankin	423	34.3	-6.8
	Liberal Democrat	Rick Seymour	400	32.4	+21.5
	Conservative	Paul Balshaw	292	23.6	-6.7
	No Label	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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jennifer Mein	656	55.7	+13.2
	Conservative	Sharon Riley	283	24.0	+3.9
	Liberal Democrat	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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Linda Crompton	890	66.72
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Wilkinson	388	29.09
	Green	Adam Vardey	56	4.20
Majority			502	37.63
Turnout			1,334
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing	+8.6

Cadley by-election 16 September 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat hold		Swing	-3.6

References

• By-election results

External links

• Preston Council