Preston Council election, 2000

Elections to Preston Council were held on 7 May, 2000. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.

After the election, the composition of the council was
*Labour 24
*Conservative 17
*Liberal Democrat 12
*Independent 4

Election result

Election Summary Party
party = Labour Party (UK)
seats = 7
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net = -4
seats % = 35.0
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 7
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net = +4
seats % = 35.0
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats = 5
gain =
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net = +1
seats % = 25.0
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party = Independent (politician)
seats = 1
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seats % = 5.0
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Ward results

This election was the last to be held before a boundary review increased the number of electoral wards and redistributed the councillors. The "all out" elections were held in 2002.

In these result boxes, the change in vote calculation is the comparison between this year and 1999.

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title=Preston City Council Elections: Ashton WardElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Keith Sedgewick
votes = 838
percentage = 49.03
change = -10.14Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Mark Routledge
votes = 669
percentage = 39.15
change = +7.12Election box candidate
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Stanley Baines
votes = 197
percentage = N/A
change =

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title=Preston City Council Elections: Avenham WardElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Ken Cole
votes = 755
percentage = 67.41
change = +1.57Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Anne Hammond
votes = 218
percentage = 19.46
change = +2.71Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Anne-Marie Riedel
votes = 141
percentage = 12.59
change = -4.57

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title=Preston City Council Elections: Brookfield WardElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Browne
votes = 523
percentage = 60.60
change = -2.26Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Paul Hammond
votes = 336
percentage = 39.40
change = +15.46

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title=Preston City Council Elections: Cadley WardElection box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Bill Borrow
votes = 1,113
percentage = 51.15
change = -10.93Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Stephen Bentham
votes = 949
percentage = 43.61
change = +12.19Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Carruthers
votes = 111
percentage = 5.10
change = -1.20

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title=Preston City Council Elections: Central WardElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Siraz Ali Natha
votes = 590
percentage = 67.97
change = -0.19Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Susan Browm
votes = 271
percentage = 32.03
change = +16.67

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title=Preston City Council Elections: Deepdale WardElection box candidate
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Paul Malliband
votes = 778
percentage = 48.44
change = N/AElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Derek Barton
votes = 507
percentage = 31.57
change = +2.87Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Thomas Davies
votes = 320
percentage = 19.93
change = +9.57

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title=Preston City Council Elections: Fishwick WardElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Harold Parker
votes = 612
percentage = 65.38
change = +3.13Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David Hammond
votes = 320
percentage = 34.62
change = +12.96

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title=Preston City Council Elections: Greyfriars WardElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Joseph Hood
votes = 1,594
percentage = 69.00
change = +16.03Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Raymond Askew
votes = 623
percentage = 26.97
change = -14.85Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Angela Milne-Pickin
votes = 89
percentage = 4.03
change = -0.90

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title=Preston City Council Elections: Ingol Ward (2 members)Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = William Chadwick
votes = 921
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Margaret Marshall
votes = 838
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sheila Heys
votes = 238
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Shaun Turner
votes = 199
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Julie Humphrey
votes = 175
percentage = 4.03
change = -0.90Election box candidate
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Bernadette Jones
votes = 25
percentage =
change =

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title=Preston City Council Elections: Larches WardElection box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Kathleen Derbyshire
votes = 665
percentage = 57.68
change = +6.94Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Allan Foster
votes = 285
percentage = 24.72
change = -15.44Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David Sharp
votes = 128
percentage = 11.10
change = +2.07Election box candidate
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Lee Forshaw
votes = 72
percentage = 6.24
change = N/A

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title=Preston City Council Elections: Moor Park WardElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Collins
votes = 729
percentage = 43.16
change = -8.24Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Michael Turner
votes = 641
percentage = 37.95
change = +12.25Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Paul Balshaw
votes = 306
percentage = 18.12
change = -4.18

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title=Preston City Council Elections: Rural East WardElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Geoff Swarbrick
votes = 1,335
percentage = 81.35
change = +1.57Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = John Bruton
votes = 210
percentage = 12.80
change = +1.79Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Pauline Sanderson
votes = 91
percentage = 5.55
change = -3.71

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title=Preston City Council Elections: Rural West WardElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Kathryn Calder
votes = 1,281
percentage = 52.82
change = +9.13Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Michael Basford
votes = 951
percentage = 39.22
change = -6.62Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = James Hull
votes = 189
percentage = 7.79
change = -2.51

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title=Preston City Council Elections: Ribbleton WardElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Andrew Campbell
votes = 483
percentage = 71.03
change = +17.43Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Jane Balshaw
votes = 193
percentage = 28.97
change = +12.59

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title=Preston City Council Elections: Riversway WardElection box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Alan Valentine
votes = 648
percentage = 43.52
change = -1.16Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Irene Black
votes = 624
percentage = 41.91
change = -4.81Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Jonathan MacKie
votes = 180
percentage = 12.09
change = +3.69Election box candidate
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Kristian Forshaw
votes = 29
percentage = 1.95
change =

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title=Preston City Council Elections: Sharoe Green WardElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Rowena Edmondson
votes = 1,155
percentage = 68.75
change = +8.95Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Alistair Thomas
votes = 299
percentage = 17.80
change = -10.42Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Kevin Ellard
votes = 224
percentage = 13.33
change = +1.46

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title=Preston City Council Elections: Sherwood WardElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Stuart Greenhalgh
votes = 1,219
percentage = 62.67
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Margaret Maritan
votes = 361
percentage = 18.56
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Terence Mattinson
votes = 360
percentage = 18.56
change =

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title=Preston City Council Elections: St Matthews WardElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Veronica Afrin
votes = 624
percentage = 68.87
change = +9.68Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Elaine Pugh
votes = 282
percentage = 31.13
change = +15.17

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title=Preston City Council Elections: Tulketh WardElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Margaret McManus
votes = 746
percentage = 50.96
change = +8.39Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Valerie Wise
votes = 718
percentage = 49.04
change = +1.91

References

* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/uk_politics/vote2000/locals/88.stm 2000 Preston election result]

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