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16 out of 48 seats to Preston City Council 25 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 107,500, 25.9% [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
2024 Preston City Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Labour | 9 | 1 | 56.25 | 21 | 30 | 62.5 | ||||
Liberal Democrats | 6 | 5 | 37.50 | 6 | 12 | 25.0 | ||||
Conservative | 1 | 4 | 6.25 | 5 | 6 | 12.5 | ||||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||
Reform UK | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||
TUSC | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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 (*).
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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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]
2024 Preston City Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Labour | 9 | 1 | 56.25 | 21 | 30 | 62.5 | ||||
Liberal Democrats | 6 | 5 | 37.50 | 6 | 12 | 25.0 | ||||
Conservative | 1 | 4 | 6.25 | 5 | 6 | 12.5 | ||||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||
Reform UK | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||
TUSC | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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 (*).
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |