Preston City Council local elections - full results
The final result is in for the Preston City Council elections - and the authority has slipped into no overall control.
Labour remains the largest party, but no longer has an outright majority. The Lib Dems stay as the official opposition at the town hall, while Reform now has five councillors - up from just one - and the Greens have secured their first two.
More to follow, including reaction.
FINAL RESULTS TOTAL:
The live results tally across the 16 seats that were being contested at Thursday’s polls:
Conservatives: 0
Green Party: 2
Labour: 4
Liberal Democrats: 5
Independents: 0
Reform UK: 5
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition: 0
OVERALL COUNCIL COMPOSITION
The
Labour - 21
Liberal Democrats - 14
Reform UK - 5
Conservatives - 3
Independents - 3
Green Party 2
WARD-BY-WARD RESULTS
Key
Victor in bold
* denotes incumbent councillor in that ward
Note: gains and holds are based on a comparison with the last time that the same tranche of seats up for grabs this week was last elected back in 2022 - disregarding any by-elections or defections since.
Ashton
LIB DEM GAIN FROM LAB
RACHEL GILL - Green Party - 373
RONAN HODGSON* - Liberal Democrats - 836
ANDREW MACLAREN - Labour Party - 428
KEITH SEDGEWICK - Conservative Party - 136
LEE SLATER - Reform UK - 723
Brookfield
REFORM GAIN FROM LAB
MEL CLOSE* - Labour Party - 437
DANIEL DUCKWORTH - Conservative Party - 118
REBECCA POTTER - Liberal Democrats - 106
ROB WALSH - Reform UK - 665
ROBIN WESTON - Green Party - 237
Cadley
LIB DEM HOLD
FLO EMMANUEL - Reform UK - 762
DANIEL GREGG* - Liberal Democrats - 1,037
JONO GRISDALE - Green Party - 282
ISAAC OLUWASUJI OMOPARIOLA - Labour Party - 304
LAKWINDER SINGH - Conservative Party - 192
City Centre
GREEN GAIN FROM LAB
TINA BALMER - Green Party - 821
LORENZO MORE - Reform UK - 357
ANDY PRATT - Conservative Party - 199
ARK FRANCIS ROUTLEDGE - Labour Party - 572
SAM ZHANG-PEAK - Liberal Democrats - 119
Deepdale
LAB HOLD
NATHALIE CAIN - Liberal Democrats - 87
ZAFAR COUPLAND* - Labour Party - 1,219
JOHN KNIGHT - Reform UK - 231
NIGEL ANTONY LISTER - Conservative Party - 82
KEVIN DAVID RIGOTTI - Green Party - 636
Fishwick and Frenchwood
LAB HOLD
STEPHEN GREGSON - Reform UK - 298
ASH JARIWALA - Conservative Party - 115
JOANNE JOYNER - Liberal Democrats - 73
CHRISTOPHER SOAMES - Green Party - 594
VALERIE WISE* - Labour and Co-operative Party - 846
Garrison
LAB HOLD
AMBER AFZAL* - Labour Party - 983
ARAN BAILEY - Independent - 64
CLAIRE CRAVEN - Liberal Democrats - 239
HELEN DISLEY - Green Party - 356
SIMON HOLMES - Reform UK - 774
AL-YASA KHAN - Conservative Party - 254
Greyfriars
LIB DEM HOLD
JOANNE BLACK - Labour Party - 309
ANDREW BIELAS-BARNES - Conservative Party - 309
JACOB BILSBORROW - Green Party - 294
SIMON CROWE - Reform UK - 622
FIONA DUKE* - Liberal Democrats - 1,258
Ingol and Cottam
LIB DEM HOLD
DEREK BARTON - Labour Party - 163
NEIL DARBY* - Liberal Democrats - 1,248
SARAH JANE HART - Conservative Party - 281
DAVID PRESTON - Reform UK - 821
TOBY WORTH - Green Party - 249
Lea and Larches
REFORM GAIN FROM LAB
BILL ADAMS - Labour Party - 222
KEITH BERRY - Green Party -162
SEAN LITTLE* - Liberal Democrats 823
JAVARIS MAHARAJ - Conservative Party - 79
JEMMA LOUISE RUSHE - Reform UK - 829
Plungington
GREEN GAIN FROM LAB
PAV AKHTAR* - Labour Party - 538
SUSAN BROWN - Reform UK - 438
PENELOPE DAWBER - Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition - 22
FRANKIE KENNEDY - Conservative Party - 81
GABIE LOWE - Green Party - 641
RUTH VAN MIERLO - Liberal Democrats - 108
Preston Rural East
REFORM GAIN FROM CON
KAREN KENDALL - Green Party - 523
BETH MOORE - Labour Party - 345
DANIEL NUTTALL - Reform UK - 1,172
STEVE WHITTAM* - Conservative Party - 980
LIAM YIP - Liberal Democrats - 610
Preston Rural North
REFORM GAIN FROM CON
DANIEL BENNETT - Green Party - 244
LYNNE BROOKS - Labour Party - 212
STEPHEN THOMPSON* - Reform UK - 983
RENE VAN MIERLO - Liberal Democrats - 932
FAY WHITTAM - Conservative Party 515
Ribbleton
REFORM GAIN FROM LAB
VASILE ALECU - Reform UK -625
EDWARD CRAVEN - Liberal Democrats - 72
MICHAEL MCGOWAN - Labour Party - 340
TES SLATER - Conservative Party - 89
DANIEL THOMPSON - Green Party - 200
Sharoe Green
LIB DEM GAIN FROM CON
MAXWELL GREEN* - Conservative Party - 552
BRIAN OLLERTON - Reform UK - 638
RICK SEYMOUR - Labour Party - 323
JACK SINGH - Liberal Democrats - 975
AMY STRETTLE - Green Party - 351
St. Matthew’s
LAB HOLD
WAQAS AHMED - Independent - 396
TAKHSIN AKHTAR - Labour Party - 618
GARETH BASTERFIELD - Green Party - 217
CHARLIE FITZPATRICK - Reform UK - 297
TAYO KOREDE - Conservative Party - 71
ANITA MURRAY - Liberal Democrats - 59