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Local Election Results 2008

Preston

One-third of council up for election. No elections this year in College, Moor Park or University.

EFP = England First Party
Left = Left List

Other results for Preston: 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
By-elections for Preston (may be incomplete): 14th February 2008 (Tulketh) — 1st October 2009 (Fishwick) — 15th July 2010 (Riversway) — 16th September 2010 (Cadley) — 4th May 2017 (Ashton; Preston Rural E.) — 4th July 2024 (Lea & Larches)
Results for Lancashire county council: 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021

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Consolidated results — Preston 2008

Party Votes Percent Seats
Conservative 12423 40.9% 8
Labour 8503 28.0% 7
Liberal Democrat 7297 24.0% 3
Independent 1836 6.1% 1
England First Party 109 0.4% 0
Left List 99 0.3% 0
Green Party 75 0.2% 0

Ashton

Keith Sedgewick C 657 54.7%
Phil Crowe Lab 544 45.3%

Brookfield [C gain from Lab]

Robert Cartwright C 788 53.1%
Jonathan Saksena Lab 697 46.9%

Cadley

Michael Onyon LD 1010 57.1%
Steven Johnston C 624 35.3%
William Burke Lab 136 7.7%

Deepdale

Terry Cartwright Ind 891 57.4%
Anis Faruki Lab 543 35.0%
Sheila Heys C 118 7.6%

Fishwick [Lab gain from C]

Martyn Rawlinson Lab 609 48.1%
Sharon Riley LD 550 43.4%
Peter Agland Ind 107 8.5%

Garrison

Stuart Greenhalgh C 1207 66.8%
Bert Williams Lab 324 17.9%
Stephen Wilkinson LD 276 15.3%

Greyfriars

Geoffrey Driver C 1678 71.3%
John Porter LD 441 18.7%
Alan Woods Lab 236 10.0%

Ingol

Pauline Brown LD 838 48.9%
June Dodd C 684 39.9%
Shahzad Malik Lab 191 11.2%

Larches

Danny Gallagher LD 1011 61.7%
Drew Gale Lab 627 38.3%

Lea [C gain from LD]

Trevor Hart C 892 48.6%
Julie Voges LD 804 43.8%
Dave Wilson Lab 141 7.7%

Preston Rural East

Thomas Davies C 1019 73.9%
Liz Richardson LD 234 17.0%
Pauline Jackson Lab 126 9.1%

Preston Rural North

Anthony Gornall C 1894 81.8%
Chris Richardson LD 266 11.5%
Derek Barton Lab 156 6.7%

Ribbleton

Nicholas Pomfret Lab 735 57.0%
Christine Sharp C 354 27.5%
Rebecca Finch LD 200 15.5%

Riversway

Jack Davenport Lab 569 41.9%
John Potter LD 318 23.4%
Ronald Smith C 187 13.8%
Mark Cotterill EFP 109 8.0%
Elaine Abbot Left 99 7.3%
Kizzi Murtagh Grn 75 5.5%

St George's

James Hull Lab 415 52.1%
Hussain Mulla C 242 30.4%
Tracy Singleton LD 140 17.6%

St Matthew's

Veronica Afrin Lab 780 63.9%
Julian Sedgewick C 201 16.5%
Liam Pennington LD 179 14.7%
Danielle Field Ind 61 5.0%

Sharoe Green

Terence Thompson C 1178 62.5%
Fiona Wren LD 391 20.7%
Terry Mattinson Lab 316 16.8%

Town Centre

Salim Desai Lab 851 40.9%
Mukhtar Master Ind 777 37.3%
Alun Roberts C 268 12.9%
Jenny Buxton LD 186 8.9%

Tulketh

Matthew Brown Lab 507 36.4%
Rick Seymour LD 453 32.5%
Paul Balshaw C 432 31.0%

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