The 2015 by-thirds election to Preston City Council took place on 7 May 2015 as part of the 2015 United Kingdom local elections on the same day (and in the same polling places) as the general election to elect approximately one-third of councillors for a four-year term.[1][2]
Councillors elected in 2011 Preston City Council election defended their seats this time. Each ward's election can be directly compared with the 2011 elections or indirectly compared looking at councillors' and candidates' correlations in their own party results to the 2014 Preston City Council election.
Results edit
All percentage changes are based on the last election for this group of Councillors, which was the 2011 Preston City Council election.[3]
This election's effects on the composition of the council combined with the totals and percentages of votes for the third elected is as follows:[4]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 44 | 23055 | ||
Conservative | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 34 | 17778 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 3673 | ||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 158 | ||
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4014 | ||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3357 | ||
Deepdale Independent (politician) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | N/A |
Ward by ward edit
Ashton edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mark Routledge | 1,001 | 47.68 | -5.92 | |
Conservative | April Dwyer | 710 | 33.82 | -3.18 | |
Green | Angela Milne-Picken | 264 | 12.57 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Luke Bosman | 124 | 5.90 | -3.54 | |
Majority | 291 | 13.86 | -2.79 | ||
Turnout | 2,099 |
Brookfield edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Nerys Eaves | 1,360 | 51.10 | -3.8 | |
UKIP | David Dawson | 651 | 24.46 | -8.54 | |
Conservative | Daryl Bamber | 552 | 20.74 | +8.64 | |
Green | Kevin Mahy | 98 | 3.68 | N/A | |
Majority | 709 | 26.64 | |||
Turnout | 2,661 |
College edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Harry Seddon | 886 | 43.51 | -5.79 | |
Labour | John Wilson | 836 | 41.06 | +7.16 | |
Green | Martin Pilkington | 158 | 7.76 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Mike Turner | 156 | 7.66 | -9.14 | |
Majority | 50 | 2.46 | -12.88 | ||
Turnout | 2,036 |
Deepdale edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ismail "Issi" Bax | 2,000 | 81.59 | +20.99 | |
Green | Geoffrey Cross | 233 | 9.50 | N/A | |
Conservative | Erol Huseynov | 218 | 8.89 | N/A | |
Majority | 1767 | 72.09 | +50.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,451 |
Garrison edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Christine Thomas | 1,753 | 48.64 | -4.26 | |
Labour | Gillian Mascord | 1,350 | 37.45 | +4.25 | |
Green | Bill Houghton | 274 | 7.60 | +1.00 | |
Liberal Democrats | Hans Voges | 227 | 6.29 | -1.00 | |
Majority | 403 | 11.19 | -8.48 | ||
Turnout | 3,604 |
Greyfriars edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Rowena Edmondson | 2,118 | 55.75 | -4.35 | |
Labour | Alan Woods | 1,028 | 27.06 | +1.76 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Holt-Mylroie | 411 | 10.82 | -3.68 | |
Green | Ian McCormick | 242 | 6.37 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,090 | 28.69 | -6.11 | ||
Turnout | 3,799 |
Ingol edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Jason Jeffrey | 922 | 30.28 | -12.42 | |
Labour | John Rochford | 909 | 29.86 | -4.44 | |
UKIP | Christopher Rigby | 627 | 20.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | Peter Henry | 586 | 19.25 | -3.75 | |
Majority | 13 | 0.43 | -8.01 | ||
Turnout | 3,044 |
Larches edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Rebecca Yates | 1,670 | 51.51 | +4.71 | |
Conservative | Linda Hubberstey | 816 | 25.17 | +7.97 | |
Liberal Democrats | Rebecca Finch | 499 | 15.39 | -20.61 | |
Green | Kallum Poole | 257 | 7.93 | N/A | |
Majority | 854 | 26.34 | +15.54 | ||
Turnout | 3,242 |
Lea edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Daniel Dewhurst | 1,589 | 52.12 | -0.28 | |
Labour | Lynne Wallace | 964 | 31.62 | +9.32 | |
Liberal Democrats | Joe Young | 496 | 16.27 | -8.93 | |
Majority | 685 | 22.47 | -4.70 | ||
Turnout | 3,049 |
Moor Park edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Borrow | 1,034 | 59.29 | -13.61 | |
Conservative | Jonty Campbell | 278 | 15.94 | -3.76 | |
UKIP | Andrew Watt | 251 | 14.39 | N/A | |
Green | Jonathan Rawstrone | 181 | 10.38 | N/A | |
Majority | 756 | 43.35 | -9.84 | ||
Turnout | 1,744 |
Preston Rural East edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Neil Cartright | 1,809 | 70.89 | +5.39 | |
Labour | Gerard Parke-Hatton | 743 | 29.11 | +3.71 | |
Majority | 1,066 | 41.77 | +1.57 | ||
Turnout | 2,552 |
Preston Rural North edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stephen Thompson | 2,410 | 61.57 | -10.03 | |
UKIP | Kate Walsh | 636 | 16.25 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Lawrence | 570 | 14.56 | +4.06 | |
Labour | George Tait | 298 | 7.61 | -10.29 | |
Majority | 1,774 | 45.32 | -8.28 | ||
Turnout | 3,914 |
Ribbleton edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Brian Rollo | 1,588 | 55.88 | -8.32 | |
UKIP | Tony Helps | 683 | 24.03 | N/A | |
Conservative | Stephen Kay | 441 | 15.52 | -4.68 | |
Green | Matthew Wilson | 130 | 4.57 | N/A | |
Majority | 905 | 31.84 | -12.16 | ||
Turnout | 2,842 |
Riversway edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peter Moss | 1,373 | 55.81 | -15.09 | |
Conservative | Matthew Hargreaves | 471 | 19.15 | +5.25 | |
Green | Alasdair Bremner | 350 | 14.23 | N/A | |
UKIP | Maureen Watt | 266 | 10.81 | N/A | |
Majority | 902 | 36.67 | -19.13 | ||
Turnout | 2,460 |
Sharoe Green edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sonia Gildert | 1,471 | 44.02 | -9.18 | |
Labour | Dave Wilson | 1,196 | 35.79 | +3.09 | |
Liberal Democrats | Greg Vickers | 268 | 8.02 | -6.08 | |
Green | Helen Disley | 249 | 7.45 | N/A | |
Independent | Les Nyogeri | 158 | 4.73 | N/A | |
Majority | 275 | 8.23 | -12.27 | ||
Turnout | 3,342 |
St Matthews edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Javed Iqbal | 1,670 | 73.18 | -10.82 | |
UKIP | Mark Kingsley | 370 | 16.21 | N/A | |
Conservative | Sheila Heys | 242 | 10.60 | -5.4 | |
Majority | 1,300 | 56.97 | -10.93 | ||
Turnout | 2,282 |
Town Centre edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Yakub Patel | 2,002 | 67.16 | +21.46 | |
Conservative | Michael Balshaw | 520 | 17.44 | +2.94 | |
Green | Alex Walker | 459 | 15.40 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,482 | 49.71 | +43.81 | ||
Turnout | 2,981 |
Tulketh edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert Boswell | 1,406 | 50.12 | -8.18 | |
Conservative | Bowen Perryman | 655 | 23.35 | +7.35 | |
UKIP | Paul Barker | 530 | 18.89 | N/A | |
Green | Mary Roberts | 214 | 7.63 | N/A | |
Majority | 751 | 26.77 | -5.83 | ||
Turnout | 2,805 |
University edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Swindells | 627 | 55.59 | -13.41 | |
Conservative | Stephanie Short | 253 | 22.43 | +2.13 | |
Green | Vanessa Silva | 248 | 21.99 | N/A | |
Majority | 374 | 33.16 | -15.64 | ||
Turnout | 1,128 |
References edit
- ^ "Elections". Preston City Council. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
- ^ "General Election 2015". Preston City Council. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
- ^ Local Elections 2015 Preston City Council
- ^ Councillors as at 10 May 2015 Preston City Council. Accessed 25 May 2015.