2022 Preston City Council election

The 2022 Preston City Council election took place on 5 May 2022 to elect members of Preston City Council.^[1] happened on the same day as other local elections.

Council elections for the Preston City Council were previously held in 2021 as part of the 2021 United Kingdom local elections. The council underwent a wholesale boundary revision in 2020, reducing the number of both Councillors and electoral wards, resulting in the first 'all out' election since 2002 Preston Council election.

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.

Council composition

Prior to the election the composition of the council is:

Labour Party: 28
Conservative Party: 11
Liberal Democrats: 7
Independent: 1
Vacant: 1

Results summary

2022 Preston City Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	11		64.7	19	30	62.5	13,890	48.4%	+5.9%
	Conservative	3		17.6	8	11	22.9	8,089	28.2%	-6.4%
	Liberal Democrats	3		17.6	4	7	14.6	6,360	22.1%	+8.0%
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	178	0.6%	-4.0%

Ward results

Ashton

Ashton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Boswell	1,249	64.6	+26.7
	Conservative	Tracy Slater	490	25.3	+6.1
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Dable	208	9.5	+5.5
Majority			740	39.3	+33.7
Turnout			1,934	31	−5.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+10.3

Brookfield

Brookfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mel Close	793	67.3	+7.1
	Labour	Naoimh McMahon	723	61.4	+1.2
	Conservative	Mary Kudi	272	23.0	−11.2
	Conservative	Bowen Perryman	258	21.9	−12.3
	Liberal Democrats	Sandra Finch	126	10.7	+5.1
	Liberal Democrats	Christina Mylroie	88	7.5	+1.9
Majority
Turnout			1178	20.89	−1.8
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Cadley

Cadley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Phoenix Adair	1,069	50.6	+12.4
	Labour	Takhsin Akhtar	542	25.7	+0.4
	Conservative	Paul Balshaw	500	23.7	−8.7
Majority			527	24.9	+19.1
Turnout			2111	34.6	−1.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+9.6

City Centre

City Centre
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lynne Brooks	1,099	71.2	+13.2
	Conservative	Andy Pratt	308	20.0	−2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Finch	136	8.8	+1.4
Majority			791	51.2	+15.4
Turnout			1,543	17.7	−3.3
	Labour hold		Swing	+7.7

Deepdale

Deepdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Zafar Coupland	1,664	89.6	+7.2
	Conservative	Nilli Williamson	104	5.6	−4.9
	Liberal Democrats	Jurgan Voges	87	4.7	−2.8
Majority			1560	84.0	12.1
Turnout			1857	29.2	+0.02
	Labour hold		Swing	6.1

Fishwick and Frenchwood

Fishwick and Frenchwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Valerie Wise	1,375	80.4	+0.8
	Conservative	Ishaq Vaez	235	13.7	−0.5
	Liberal Democrats	John David Rutter	101	5.9	−0.2
Majority			1140	66.7	+1.3
Turnout			1711	29.3	+1.4
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.7

Garrison

Garrison
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Amber Afzal	1,218	55.5	+3.3
	Conservative	Lakwinder Singh	614	28.0	−10.4
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Turner	361	16.5	+6.1
Majority			604	27.5	+13.7
Turnout			2194	33.6	−2.5
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.9

Greyfriars

Greyfriars
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Fiona Duke	1,206	46.5	+15.1
	Conservative	Geoffrey Aldridge	817	31.5	−9.5
	Labour	Mark Routledge	572	22.0	+0.4
Majority			389	15.0	N/A
Turnout			2596	41.3	−0.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+12.3

Ingol and Cottam

Ingol and Cottom
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Darby	1,283	55.3	+18.9
	Conservative	Carolyn Gibson	694	29.9	−14.5
	Labour	Connor Dwyer	346	14.9	−4.3
Majority			589	+25.4	N/A
Turnout			2322	34.3	+1.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+16.7

Lea and Larches

Lea and Larches
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Borrow	961	59.2	+20.5
	Conservative	Scott Paul Rainford	472	29.0	+3.7
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Craven	190	11.7	+2.2
Majority			489	30.2	+16.7
Turnout			1624	25.8	−1.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+8.4

Plungington

Plungington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pav Akhtar	814	70.7	+7.6
	Conservative	Pamela Homer	207	18.0	−4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Rebecca Potter	136	11.3	+5.5
Majority			607	52.7	+12.1
Turnout			1,151	13.8	−3.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.1

Preston Rural East

Preston Rural East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Whittam	1,188	57.0	−8.1
	Labour	James Ahmed	543	26.1	+6.1
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Lawrence	351	16.8	+10.1
Majority			645	30.9	−14.2
Turnout			2084	32.5	−5.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	-7.1

Preston Rural North

Preston Rural North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Thompson	941	56.0	−10.1
	Labour	Adam Sarwar	417	24.8	+2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Guise	323	19.2	+7.6
Majority			524	31.2	−13.6
Turnout			1700	30.1	−5.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	-6.3

Ribbleton

Ribbleton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jonathan Saksena	664	63.8	+6.6
	Conservative	Jonty Campbell	251	24.1	+4.1
	Liberal Democrats	Luke Bosman	125	12.0	+8.6
Majority			413	39.7	+2.5
Turnout			1040	18.4	−1.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.3

Sharoe Green

Sharoe Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Maxwell Green	853	36.6	−12.6
	Labour	Samir Vohra	690	29.6	+4.3
	Liberal Democrats	George Kulbacki	611	26.2	+10.3
	Green	Helen Disley	178	7.6	+0.02
Majority			163	7.0	−16.9
Turnout			2332	37.5	−1.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	-8.5

St. Matthew's

St Matthew’s
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jade Morgan	963	81.7	+6.4
	Conservative	Colin Homer	143	12.1	−4.9
	Liberal Democrats	Joanne Joyner	72	6.1	−1.6
Majority			820	69.6	+11.3
Turnout			1178	20.5	−2.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.7

References

^ Elections 2022 Preston City Council

[1] Elections 2022 Preston City Council

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