2003 Preston City Council election

Main article: Preston City Council elections

This article details the results of Elections to Preston City Council held in May 2003

Map of the results of the 2003 Preston council election. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow, independent in light grey and Socialist Alliance in light red. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2003.

Preston Council is elected "in thirds", which means in 2002 the entire council was up for election and in subsequent years one councillor from the three-member wards and one councillor from selected two-member wards defend their seat. In these result tables, the share of the vote is blank as the 2002 elections cannot be fairly compared. Any gain or loss can be recorded as each year the councillors are defending their ward results.

For more results see Preston local elections

Ward Results

Ashton

Preston City Council Elections: Ashton Ward 2003

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Tyson	605	54.3
	Labour	Mark Routledge	509	45.6
Majority			96
Turnout			1,130	33

Brookfield

Preston City Council Elections: Brookfield ward 2003

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nerys Eaves	637	53.7
	Conservative	David Johnston	549	46.3
Majority			88
Turnout			1,196	22

College

Preston City Council Elections: College ward 2003

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jill Truby	676	55.2
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Turner	377	30.8
	Labour	Paul Jackson	171	14.0
Majority			299
Turnout			1,186	38

Deepdale

Preston City Council Elections: Deepdale ward 2003

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	No description	Joyce Cartright	870	64.9
	Labour	Javed Iqbal	306	22.8
	Conservative	Peter McElhone	165	12.3
Majority			564
Turnout			1,356	36

Garrison

Preston City Council Elections: Garrison ward 2003

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marie Francoise Milne	869	62.9
	Labour	Marcus Quick	256	18.5
	Liberal Democrats	Gregory Vickers	256	18.5
Majority			613
Turnout			1,386	27

Greyfriars

Preston City Council Elections: Greyfriars ward 2003

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Horton	1,592	62.9
	Liberal Democrats	John Porter	636	26.1
	Labour	Alan Woods	213	8.7
Majority			956
Turnout			2,447	46

Ingol

Preston City Council Elections: Ingol ward 2003

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Pringle	594
	Liberal Democrats	William Shannon	501
	Conservative	Kathryn Calder	432
	Conservative	Susan Hudson	430
	Labour	Alan Foster	336
	Labour	Ian Walton	292
Majority			162 & 71
Turnout			2,590 [votes]	46

Larches

Preston City Council Elections: Larches ward 2003

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Martyn Rawlinson	571	38.5
	Liberal Democrats	David Bastable	526	35.4
	Conservative	Jane Balshaw	388	26.1
Majority			45
Turnout			1,149	27

Lea

Preston City Council Elections: Lea ward 2003

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Pauline Brown	652	48.9
	Conservative	Pilar Maria Sanz-Moreno	493	37.0
	Labour	Marie Johnson	189	14.2
Majority			159
Turnout			1,342	30

Moor Park

Preston City Council Elections: Moor Park ward 2003

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Francesco de Molfetta	650	71.43
	Conservative	Yvonne Driver	260	28.57
Majority			390
Turnout			910	24

Preston Rural East

Preston City Council Elections: Preston Rural East ward 2003

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Neil Cartright	842	78.8
	Labour	John Houghton	226	21.2
Majority			616
Turnout			1,078	35

Ribbleton

Preston City Council Elections: Ribbleton ward 2003

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Rollo	674	65.2
	Conservative	Paul Balshaw	359	34.8
Majority			315
Turnout			1,046	19

Riversway

Preston City Council Elections: Riversway ward 2003

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bhikhu Patel	577	47.6
	Liberal Democrats	Mavis Cooper	331	27.3
	Conservative	Ann-Marie Hunter	305	25.1
Majority			246
Turnout			1,225	26

Sharoe Green

Preston City Council Elections: Sharoe Green ward 2003

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eric Fazackerley	960	59.7
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Newsham	346	21.5
	Labour	Terrence Mattinson	301	18.7
Majority			614
Turnout			1,611	31

St George's

Preston City Council Elections: St George's ward 2003

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Thomas Hull	411	62.7
	Conservative	Gulam Hussain Mulla	245	37.3
Majority			166	25.3
Turnout			656	20.7

St Matthew's

Preston City Council Elections: St Matthew's ward 2003

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Hall	788	72.5
	Conservative	Thomas George Whalley	299	27.5
Majority			489
Turnout			1,112	23

Town Centre

Preston City Council Elections: Town Centre Ward 2003

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Socialist Alliance	Michael Lavalette	546	37.81
	Labour	Musa Ahmed Jiwa	440	30.47
	Conservative	Julian Sedgewick	228	15.79
	Liberal Democrats	Liam Pennington	220	15.24
Majority			106	1.34
Turnout			1,444	28.0
	Socialist Alliance gain from Labour		Swing

Tulketh

Preston City Council Elections: Tulketh ward 2003

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Steven Brooks	791	50.9
	Conservative	Margaret McManus	764	49.1
Majority			27
Turnout			1,571	30
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

University

Preston City Council Elections: University ward 2003

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Swindells	278	59.0
	Conservative	Andrew Dowellian	193	41.0
Majority			85
Turnout			476	22.0

References

• 2003 Preston election result
• Ward results

See also

• Preston local elections
• City of Preston, Lancashire
• Fulwood, Lancashire
• Lea, Lancashire
• Preston (UK Parliament constituency)