2016 Preston City Council election

2016 UK local government election January 2020 January 2020 thumb|Results of the 2016 Preston City Council election Preston City Council elections 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. Summary Council Composition Prior to the election, the composition of the council was: + ↓ 32 20 5 1 Labour Conservative LibDem Ind After the election, the composition was: + ↓ 33 19 5 Labour Conservative LibDem Ward results Ashton Preston City Council Elections: Ashton ward 2016 Labour Party (UK) Angela Vodden 533 44.6 -10.7 Conservative Party (UK) Michael Balshaw 394 32.97 -5.93 Liberal Democrats (UK) Mark Jewell 97 8.12 +2.32 UK Independence Party Graeme Moitie 95 7.95 N/A Green Party of England and Wales Alasdair Bremner 76 6.36 N/A 139 11.63 1195 Brookfield Preston City Council Elections: Brookfield ward 2016 Labour Party (UK) Philip Corker 793 61.14 -14.46 UK Independence Party Neil Graham 319 24.6 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Daryl Bamber 185 14.26 -10.14 474 36.55 1,297 −3.85 Cadley Preston City Council Elections: Cadley ward 2016 Liberal Democrats (UK) John Potter 1,023 59.86 +9.66 Labour Party (UK) Suleman Sarwar 312 18.26 -6.54 Conservative Party (UK) Jim Witherington 231 13.52 -11.48 UK Independence Party Royston Banks 143 8.37 N/A 711 41.6 1709 3.74 Deepdale Preston City Council Elections: Deepdale ward 2016 Labour Party (UK) Lynne Wallace 1,150 83.88 +38.78 Conservative Party (UK) Jonathan Campbell 122 8.90 +7.4 UK Independence Party Derek Killen 99 7.22 N/A 1,028 74.98 1,371 Labour Party (UK) Independent politician Fishwick Preston City Council Elections: Fishwick ward 2016 Labour Party (UK) Martyn Rawlinson 832 84.81 +0.51 Conservative Party (UK) Emma Fielding 149 15.19 -0.51 683 69.62 981 Garrison Preston City Council Elections: Garrison ward 2016 Conservative Party (UK) Stuart Greenhalgh 902 50.39 +0.19 Labour Party (UK) Nweeda Khan 688 38.44 +4.14 Liberal Democrats (UK) Hans Voges 200 11.17 +4.57 214 11.96 1,790 Greyfriars Preston City Council Elections: Greyfriars ward 2016 Conservative Party (UK) Damien Moore 1,319 58.62 +3.52 Labour Party (UK) John Wilson 530 23.55 -4.55 Liberal Democrats (UK) Claire Craven 401 17.82 +1.02 789 35.06 2,250 Ingol Preston City Council Elections: Ingol ward 2016 Liberal Democrats (UK) Pauline Brown 860 49.17 +5.87 Labour Party (UK) John Rochford 372 21.27 -14.23 UK Independence Party Kieran Aspden 288 16.47 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Anthony Smith 229 13.09 -8.11 488 27.90 1,749 Larches Preston City Council Elections: Larches ward 2016 Labour Party (UK) Mark Yates 793 47.6 -0.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Callaghan 332 19.9 -20.9 UK Independence Party David Dawson 284 17.1 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Alice Buchanan 256 15.4 +4.4 461 27.7 1,665 29.8 Lea Preston City Council Elections: Lea ward 2016 Conservative Party (UK) Trevor Hart 683 43.7 -6.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Rebecca Potter 374 23.9 -0.04 Labour Party (UK) Samir Vohra 276 17.7 -8.4 UK Independence Party Mark Kingsley 229 14.7 N/A 309 19.8 1,562 33.7 Rural East Preston City Council Elections: Preston Rural East ward 2016 Conservative Party (UK) Thomas Davies 833 70.3 +7.9 Labour Party (UK) Stephen Smith 352 29.7 +6.7 481 40.6 1,185 33.8 Rural North Preston City Council Elections: Preston Rural North ward 2016 Conservative Party (UK) Lona Smith 1,358 63.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Alex Warren 456 21.4 Labour Party (UK) Robert Cross 312 14.7 Ribbleton Preston City Council Elections: Ribbleton ward 2016 Labour Party (UK) Nicholas Pomfret 854 62.2 +4.1 UK Independence Party Anthony Helps 321 23.4 +23.4 1373 Conservative Party (UK) Stephen Kay 145 10.6 -1.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Robert Ash 53 3.9 N/A 533 38.8 1,373 24.2 Riversway Preston City Council Elections: Riversway ward 2016 Labour Party (UK) Linda Crompton 978 70.0 -10.1 Conservative Party (UK) Victoria Bamber 171 12.2 +1.7 Green Party of England and Wales Alex Walker 128 9.2 +9.2 UK Independence Party Maureen Watt 120 8.6 N/A 807 57.8 1,397 34.7 Sharoe Green Preston City Council Elections: Sharoe Green ward 2016 Conservative Party (UK) David Walker 831 44.9 -0.7 Labour Party (UK) Jonathan Grisdale 676 36.5 -2.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Greg Vickers 204 11.0 -3.8 Green Party of England and Wales Helen Disley 140 7.6 -0.5 155 8.4 1,851 39.2 St George's There was no election in St George's ward because of an uncontested poll.Labour candidate wins St Georges ward after NO ONE stands against him Blog Preston St Matthew's Preston City Council Elections: St Matthews ward 2016 Labour Party (UK) Jade Morgan 1,018 87.8 -1.5 Conservative Party (UK) James Shuttleworth 141 12.2 +1.5 877 75.6 1,159 24.7 Town Centre Preston City Council Elections: Town Centre ward 2016 Labour Party (UK) Drew Gale 1,299 81.4 +37.6 Conservative Party (UK) Matthew Hargreaves 296 18.6 +10.9 1,003 62.8 1,595 31.3 Tulketh Preston City Council Elections: Tulketh ward 2016 Labour Party (UK) Matthew Brown 831 61.3 +4.2 UK Independence Party Andrew Watt 224 16.5 +16.5 Conservative Party (UK) Bowen Perryman 211 15.6 +4.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Edward Craven 89 6.6 -23.3 607 44.8 1,355 27.9 External links Local Elections 2016 Preston City Council References Preston 2016 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