2018 Preston City Council election

Council elections for the City of Preston, Lancashire were held on 3 May 2018^[1] as part of the 2018 United Kingdom local elections. Due to the "in thirds" system employed in Preston local elections, the previous elections to Preston council occurred in the 2014 Preston City Council election, consequently this means gains, losses, and vote share comparisons this year are with those fought in 2014.

All locally registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who are aged 18 or over on polling day are entitled to vote in the local elections.

Election result

Preston Local Election Result 2018
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	14	+2		+2	73.68	50.50	13,121	-710
Conservative	3		-2	-2	15.79	33.18	8,620	+384
Liberal Democrats	2			N/C	10.53	14.31	3,718	+936
UKIP					0	1.91	495
TUSC				0	0	0.10	26	N/A

Ward results

Brookfield

Preston Council election, 2018: Brookfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Browne	804	65.4	+10.5
	Conservative	Bowen Perryman	274	22.3	+10.2
	UKIP	Derek Killeen	152	12.4	−20.6
Majority			530	43.1	+21.2
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Cadley

Preston Council elections, 2018: Cadley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Claire Craven	966	58.5	+14.4
	Conservative	Mehfuz Dasu Patel	353	21.4	−8.4
	Labour	Joshua Mascord	333	20.2	−5.9
Majority			613	37.1	+19.0
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

College

Preston Council election, 2018: College
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Freddie Bailey	734	56.2	+17.7
	Conservative	Paul Balshaw	500	38.3	−4.9
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Turner	72	5.5	−2.2
Majority			234	17.9	+13.3
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Fishwick

Preston Council election, 2018: Fishwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Whitney Hawkins	734	75.1	−5.3
	Conservative	Munirah Dasu Patel	152	15.6	−4.0
	Liberal Democrats	Luke Bosman	65	6.7	N/A
	TUSC	Thomas Costello	26	2.7	N/A
Majority			582	59.6	−1.1
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Garrison

Preston Council election, 2018: Garrison
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anna Hindle	811	48.4	+20.8
	Conservative	Paul Whalley	744	44.4	+6.6
	Liberal Democrats	Hans Voges	122	7.3	+1.1
Majority			67	4.0	−6.2
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Greyfriars

Due to the resignation of Damien Moore there will be a double election making direct comparison with 2014 impossible.^[2]

Preston Council election, 2018: Greyfriars
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robert Jolliffe	1,072	46.9
	Conservative	Ian Donnell	1,054	46.1
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Lodge	682	29.9
	Labour	Alan Woods	534	23.4
	Labour	Iain Hams	524	22.9
	Liberal Democrats	Deborah Shannon	501	21.9
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ingol

Preston Council election, 2018: Ingol
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Darby	763	51.7	+17.2
	Labour	Christopher Berry	375	25.4	−0.3
	Conservative	Tim Cox	265	17.9	+6.2
	UKIP	Samuel Furr	74	5.0	−23.1
Majority			388	26.3	+19.9
Turnout			1,477
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Larches

Preston Council election, 2018: Larches
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Phil Crowe	769	51.0	+8.4
	Conservative	Beth Helen Balshaw	463	30.7	−9.8
	Liberal Democrats	Ed Craven	197	13.1	+6.7
	UKIP	Mark Kingsley	78	5.2	N/A
Majority				20.31
Turnout			1,507
	Labour hold		Swing

Lea

Preston Council election, 2018: Lea
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Martin McKeever	775	48.9	+11.8
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Jewell	462	29.2	+6.7
	Labour	Alan Dent	347	21.9	+3.8
Majority				27.0%
Turnout			1,584

Moor Park

Preston Council election, 2018: Moor Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nweeda Khan	655	79.0	+5.7
	Conservative	Simon Crowe	174	21.0	+5.7
Majority
Turnout			829

Preston Rural North

Preston Council election, 2018: Preston Rural North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sue Whittam	1,549	72.0	+16.1
	Labour	Gillian Mascord	414	19.2	+6.1
	Liberal Democrats	Fiona Duke	188	8.7	+2.7
Majority
Turnout			2,151

Ribbleton

Preston Council election, 2018: Ribbleton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jonathan Saksena	784	66.8	+12.9
	Conservative	Rob Jones	274	23.4	+10.9
	UKIP	Anthony James	115	9.8	−22.9
Majority
Turnout			1,173

Riversway

Preston Council election, 2018: Riversway
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Kelly	1,054	80.2	−0.7
	Conservative	Connor Rumble	261	19.8	+0.7
Majority
Turnout			1,315

Sharoe Green

Preston Council election, 2018: Sharoe Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Sedgewick	922	52.8	+16.6
	Labour	Simon Fullalove	652	37.3	+5.4
	Liberal Democrats	Rebecca Potter	172	9.9	+4.6
Majority
Turnout			1,746

St George's

Preston Council election, 2018: St George's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Hull	752	87.0	−0.9
	Conservative	Danielle Mayor	112	13.0	+0.9
Majority
Turnout			864

St Matthew's

Preston Council election, 2018: St Matthew's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jono Grisdale	957	87.6	+0.9
	Conservative	Mike Balshaw	136	12.4	−0.9
Majority
Turnout			1,093

Town Centre

Preston Council election, 2018: Town Centre ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Salim Desai	1,194	82.8	*N/A*
	Conservative	Yusuf Mitha	248	17.2	N/A
Majority
Turnout

Tulketh

Preston Council election, 2018: Tulketh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Carol Henshaw	827	64.8	+9.6
	Conservative	Jonty Campbell	254	19.9	+5.6
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Yates	119	9.9	N/A
	UKIP	Simon Platt	76	6.0	−16.8
Majority
Turnout			1,276

University

Preston Council election, 2018: University
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Carl Crompton	396	79.7	+1.1
	Conservative	Luke Walmsley	101	20.3	−1.1
Majority
Turnout			497

References

^ Elections 2018 Archived 12 March 2018 at the Wayback Machine Preston City Council
^ Election 2018 Archived 12 March 2018 at the Wayback Machine Preston City Council

[1] Elections 2018 Archived 12 March 2018 at the Wayback Machine Preston City Council

[2] Election 2018 Archived 12 March 2018 at the Wayback Machine Preston City Council

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