Preston Council election, 1999

Elections to Preston Council were held on 6 May, 1999. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council after a Liberal Democrat councillor defected to them on the night of the counting of the votes.

After the election, the composition of the council was
*Labour 29
*Liberal Democrat 13
*Conservative 13
*Independent 2

Election result

Election Summary Party
party = Labour Party (UK)
seats = 9
gain =
loss =
net = -1
seats % = 45.0
votes % =
votes = 12,098
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 6
gain =
loss =
net = 0
seats % = 30.0
votes % =
votes = 9,878
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats = 4
gain =
loss =
net = 0
seats % = 20.0
votes % =
votes = 8,927
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Independent (politician)
seats = 1
gain =
loss =
net = +1
seats % = 5.0
votes % =
votes = 1,277
plus/minus =

Ward results

The 1999 and 2000 results are for the electoral wards prior to the boundary changes which took place for the 2002 "all out" elections.

Ashton

This north west suburban ward was barely changed in the subsequent boundary changes put in place for 2002. This mix of housing and shopping areas includes a couple of popular schools and commuting bases.

Election box begin
title=Preston City Council Elections: Ashton WardElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = William Tyson
votes = 1,016
percentage = 59.17
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Stacey Borrow
votes = 550
percentage = 32.03
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Alfred Wild
votes = 149
percentage = 8.68
change =

Avenham

This troubled of high-rise flats and council housing, and private houses in the Frenchwood area on the banks of the River Ribble, would be merged with some areas of Preston's then town centre in the subsequent boundary review.

Election box begin
title=Preston City Council Elections: Avenham WardElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Musa Ahmed Jiwa
votes = 794
percentage = 65.84
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Margaret Marshall
votes = 207
percentage = 17.16
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Paul Hammond
votes = 202
percentage = 16.75
change =

Brookfield

A ward in the north east of the town with a mix of social housing and a suburban outer core.

Election box begin
title=Preston City Council Elections: Brookfield WardElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Jonathan Harish Chandra Saksena
votes = 638
percentage = 62.86
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Keith Sedgewick
votes = 243
percentage = 23.94
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Mavis Cooper
votes = 131
percentage = 12.91
change =

Cadley

Placed on the outer fringes of Fulwood this is a box-shaped urban ward of middle-class and retired population with a sizable commuting base.

Election box begin
title=Preston City Council Elections: Cadley WardElection box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Michael Onyon
votes = 1,300
percentage = 62.08
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Paul Balshaw
votes = 658
percentage = 31.42
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Carruthers
votes = 132
percentage = 6.30
change =

Central

Based on the area surrounding the growing University and St Walberg's Church, this ward would be divided amongst a number of wards in the boundary review in place for the 2002 elections.

Election box begin
title=Preston City Council Elections: Central WardElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Carl Crompton
votes = 790
percentage = 68.16
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Simon Moore
votes = 190
percentage = 16.39
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = James Seddon
votes = 178
percentage = 15.36
change =

Deepdale

This ward of terraced housing and Preston North End football club was once recorded as the most deprived in the country.

Election box begin
title=Preston City Council Elections: Deepdale WardElection box candidate
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Joyce Cartwright
votes = 984
percentage = 52.00
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Henry Heaps
votes = 543
percentage = 28.70
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Anne Hammond
votes = 196
percentage = 10.36
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Bernadette Jones
votes = 157
percentage = 8.30
change =

Fishwick

The troubled Callan estate and great swathes of comfortable housing makes up the Fishwick ward in the southwest of the town, up against the South Ribble border.

Election box begin
title=Preston City Council Elections: Fishwick WardElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Ian Hall
votes = 615
percentage = 62.25
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David Hammond
votes = 214
percentage = 21.66
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Wilf Gavin
votes = 152
percentage = 15.38
change =

Greyfriars

In the north of the town, this ward named after a private house is a central element of Fulwood and spans the A6 road from Preston to Lancaster.

Election box begin
title=Preston City Council Elections: Greyfriars WardElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Geoff Driver
votes = 1,354
percentage = 52.97
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Raymond Askew
votes = 1,069
percentage = 41.82
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Terence Mattinson
votes = 126
percentage = 4.93
change =

Ingol

In the north west of the town, the Ingol and Tanterton areas bring together a notable amount of retirement homes and comfortable properties up against the Lancaster Canal and social housing.

Election box begin
title=Preston City Council Elections: Ingol WardElection box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Ann Green
votes = 899
percentage = 66.84
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Julie Humphrey
votes = 239
percentage = 18.60
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Shiela Hays
votes = 202
percentage = 15.02
change =

Larches

Based on two post-war overspill estates of Larches and Savick

Election box begin
title=Preston City Council Elections: Larches WardElection box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Joe Fitzgerald
votes = 652
percentage = 50.74
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Swindells
votes = 516
percentage = 40.16
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Julie Milne
votes = 116
percentage = 9.03
change =

Moor Park

In the central area of Preston this ward is based on Plungington and the terraces near Moor Park itself. The ward cut into the southern parts of Fulwood which would be transferred in the subsequent boundary review to the new College ward.

Election box begin
title=Preston City Council Elections: Moor Park WardElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Francesco di Molfetta
votes = 860
percentage = 51.40
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = John Monk
votes = 430
percentage = 25.70
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Rowena Edmonson
votes = 373
percentage = 22.30
change =

Preston Rural East

This expanse of rural villages and farming communities includes the Broughton and Goosnargh.

Election box begin
title=Preston City Council Elections: Rural East WardElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = George Gates
votes = 1,464
percentage = 79.78
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Edward Rowland
votes = 202
percentage = 11.01
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Williams
votes = 170
percentage = 9.26
change =

Preston Rural West

Largely based on the Woodplumpton and Lea and Cottam areas to the west of the town towards the Fylde border.

Election box begin
title=Preston City Council Elections: Rural West WardElection box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Christine Abram
votes = 1,112
percentage = 45.84
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = George Wilkins
votes = 1,060
percentage = 43.69
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Collins
votes = 250
percentage = 10.30
change =

Ribbleton

In the east of the town this ward has a high percentage of social housing.

Election box begin
title=Preston City Council Elections: Ribbleton WardElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Glenys di Cioccio
votes = 432
percentage = 53.60
change = Election box candidate
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Ronald Yates
votes = 156
percentage = 19.35
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Jane Balshaw
votes = 132
percentage = 16.38
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Heather Drury
votes = 85
percentage = 10.55
change =

Riversway

A growing ward with Broadgate against the River Ribble and the redeveloped Marina complex.

Election box begin
title=Preston City Council Elections: Riversway WardElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Marcus Johnstone
votes = 734
percentage = 46.72
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Alan Valentine
votes = 702
percentage = 44.68
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Susan Brown
votes = 132
percentage = 8.40
change =

haroe Green

Based on the urban environs around the Sharoe Green hospital in the southern part of Fulwood

Election box begin
title=Preston City Council Elections: Sharoe Green WardElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Eric Fazackerley
votes = 1,083
percentage = 59.80
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Michael Turner
votes = 511
percentage = 28.22
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Pauline Sanderson
votes = 215
percentage = 11.87
change =

herwood

In the east of the town, against the rural border of Ribble Valley this ward of semi-rural housing and out-of-town industrial development was split in the subsequent boundary review.

Election box begin
title=Preston City Council Elections: Sherwood Ward (2 member election)Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Marie Milne
votes = 1,291
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Stuart Greenhalgh
votes = 1,288
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Angela Milne-Picken
votes = 403
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Houghton
votes = 388
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Margaret Maritan
votes = 349
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = John Smith
votes = 324
percentage =
change =

t Matthews

The built up terraces and urban sprawl between the centre and the eastern extremities of Ribbleton. HMP Preston is in this ward.

Election box begin
title=Preston City Council Elections: St Matthews WardElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Rose Kinsella
votes = 686
percentage = 59.19
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Elaine Pugh
votes = 185
percentage = 15.96
change = Election box candidate
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Paul Malliband
votes = 137
percentage = 11.82
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Anne-Marie Riedel
votes = 136
percentage = 11.73
change =

Tulketh

A ward in the central west of the town crossing the main east/west Blackpool road.

Election box begin
title=Preston City Council Elections: Tulketh WardElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Jean al-Serraj
votes = 787
percentage = 47.13
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Stanley Baines
votes = 711
percentage = 42.57
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = James MacGregor
votes = 170
percentage = 10.18
change =

References

* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote_99/locals_99/html/constituency/186.stm 1999 Preston election result]

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