2023 Preston City Council election

2023 English local election

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4 May 2023 (2023-05-04)

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17 of 48 seats on Preston City Council
25 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Leader	Matthew Brown	Susan Whittam
Party	Labour	Conservative
Seats before	29	11
Seats won	11	3
Seats after	31	10

	Third party	Fourth party

Leader	John Potter
Party	Liberal Democrats	Independent
Seats before	7	1
Seats won	3	0
Seats after	7	0

Winner of each seat at the 2023 Preston City Council election

Leader before election

Matthew Brown
Labour

Leader after election

Matthew Brown
Labour

The 2023 Preston City Council election took place on 4 May 2023, to elect 17 members of Preston City Council in Lancashire, England, being the usual third of the council plus a by-election in Preston Rural East ward.

Labour retained its majority on the council.

Results summary

2023 Preston City Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	11	1	64.7	20	31	64.6	14,616	52.4
	Conservative	3	1	17.6	7	10	20.8	7,942	28.5
	Liberal Democrats	3		17.6	4	7	14.6	7,134	25.6	+3.5
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	123	0.4	-0.2

Ward results

The results for each ward were as follows:

Ashton

Ashton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elizabeth Atkins	1,114	62.8	−1.8
	Conservative	Tes Slater	374	21.2	−4.1
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Dable	208	11.7	+2.2
	ADF	David Brooks	68	3.8	N/A
Majority			740	41.6	+2.3
Turnout			1,774	27.8	−3.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.15

Brookfield

Brookfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Naoimh McMahon	817	71.6	+10.2
	Conservative	Kevin Brockbank	218	19.1	−3.9
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Craven	99	8.7	−2.0
Majority			599	52.5	+14.1
Turnout			1141	20.13	−0.76
	Labour hold		Swing	7.05

Cadley

Cadley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Potter	1,103	55.5	+4.9
	Labour	Cirenia Navarro	544	27.4	+1.7
	Conservative	Daniel Nuttall	337	17.0	−6.7
Majority			559	28.1	+3.2
Turnout			1,988	31.7	−2.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+1.6

City Centre

City Centre
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Carol Henshaw	1,035	66.5	−4.7
	Conservative	Andy Pratt	241	15.5	−4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Peak	146	9.4	+0.6
	Green	Dan Thompson	123	7.9	New
Majority			794	51.0	−0.2
Turnout			1,557	19.4	+1.7
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.1

Deepdale

Deepdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Samir Vohra	1,470	86.3	−3.3
	Liberal Democrats	Rebecca Potter	112	6.6	+1.9
	Conservative	Nilli Williamson	104	6.1	+0.5
Majority			1358	79.9	−4.3
Turnout			1703	26.7	−2.55
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.15

Fishwick and Frenchwood

Fishwick and Frenchwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Yakub Patel	1,165	71.8	−8.6
	Conservative	Ishaq Vaez	365	22.5	+8.8
	Liberal Democrats	Jurgan Voges	92	5.7	−0.2
Majority			800	49.0	−17.8
Turnout			1,632	27.6	−1.7
	Labour hold		Swing	-8.9

Garrison

Garrison
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Freddie Bailey	1,363	61.6	+6.1
	Conservative	Adam Bhailok	502	22.7	−5.3
	Liberal Democrats	Claire Craven	334	15.1	−1.4
Majority			861	38.9	+11.4
Turnout			2,213	33.46	—1.5
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.7

Greyfriars

Greyfriars
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Raisbeck	1,128	48.4	+2.9
	Conservative	Chris Hamilton	613	26.3	−5.2
	Labour	Mark Routledge	572	25.0	+3.0
Majority			515	22.1	7.1
Turnout			2332	37.2	−4.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+4.05

Ingol and Cottam

Ingol and Cottom
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Rutter	981	48.7	−6.6
	Conservative	Carolyn Gibson	626	31.0	+1.1
	Labour	Taylor Donoughue-Smith	389	19.3	+4.4
Majority			355	17.7	−7.7
Turnout			2014	28.3	−6.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-3.85

Lea and Larches

Lea and Larches
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Phil Crowe	896	64.2	+5.0
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Jewell	281	20.1	+8.4
	Conservative	Monwara Amin	199	14.3	−14.7
Majority			615	44.1	+13.9
Turnout			1,395	21.85	−3.95
	Labour hold		Swing	+9.85

Plungington

Plungington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Matthew Brown	896	76.1	+5.4
	Conservative	Pamela Homer	172	14.6	−3.4
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Johnstone	98	8.3	−3.0
Majority			724	61.5	+8.8
Turnout			1,178	15.5	+1.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.4

Preston Rural East

Preston Rural East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Harry Landless	1,164	51.3	−13.0
	Conservative	Mark Bell	1,150	50.7	−14.3
	Labour	Victoria Blundall	663	29.2	+11.9
	Labour	Andrew Maclaren	616	27.2	+7.2
	Liberal Democrats	Joanna Joyner	416	18.4	+2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Benjamin Noble	327	14.4	+5.3
Majority			501	22.1	−8.8
Turnout			2267	32.02	−0.5
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Compared with last time seat up for election. The vote share for Landless is compared to 2019, while Bell’s is compared to 2021 when the seat was last contested.

Preston Rural North

Preston Rural North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sue Whittam	848	43.6	−12.4
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Guise	744	38.2	+19.0
	Labour	Adam Sarwar	382	19.6	−5.2
Majority			104	5.4	−25.8
Turnout			1947	31.2	+1.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	-15.7

Ribbleton

Ribbleton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pat Varty	725	72.9	+9.1
	Conservative	Frankie Kennedy	251	17.8	−6.3
	Liberal Democrats	Kathyrn Bosman	92	9.3	−2.7
Majority			548	55.1	+15.4
Turnout			1004	17.7	−0.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+7.7

Sharoe Green

Sharoe Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Connor Dwyer	996	39.4	+9.8
	Liberal Democrats	George Kulbacki	878	34.7	+8.5
	Conservative	Daniel Duckworth	644	25.5	−11.1
Majority			118	4.7
Turnout			2530	40.6	+3.1
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	10.45

St. Matthew's

St Matthew’s
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Javed Iqbal	973	80.4	−1.3
	Conservative	Colin Homer	134	11.1	−1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Lawrence	95	7.9	+1.8
Majority			839	69.3	−0.3
Turnout			1,210	20.77	+0.27
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.15

References

Including one vacancy in Preston Rural East ward previously held by Conservative councillor Graham Joliffe prior to his resignation in March 2023.

Boothroyd, David (17 March 2023). "Ace for Tories in Murray's home town". Local Councils. Thorncliffe. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
"Local elections 2023: Labour narrowly fails to take control of Burnley". BBC News. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
"Election results - 4 May 2023". Preston City Council. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
Moffatt, Andy (5 May 2023). "Preston local election results 2023: full results in as Labour maintains its control over city council". Lancashire Post. Retrieved 26 June 2023.

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