Preston Borough Council election, 2000

Elections to Preston Borough 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:

Party		Seats	±
	Labour	24	-4
	Conservative	17	+4
	Liberal Democrat	12	+1
	Independent	4	-1

Election result

Preston Local Election Result 2000
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	7			+4	35.00	41.78	12,108	+11.68
	Labour	7			-4	35.00	28.84	8,358	-8.75
	Liberal Democrat	5			+1	25.00	25.57	7,411	-2.17
	Independent	1			-1	5.00	3.80	1,101	-0.17

Ward results

This election was the last to be held before a boundary review increased the number of electoral wards and redistributed the councillors.

Ashton

Preston City Council Elections: Ashton Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Sedgewick	838	49.03	-10.14
	Labour	Mark Routledge	669	39.15	+7.12
	Independent	Stanley Baines	197	11.56	+11.56

Avenham

Preston City Council Elections: Avenham Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ken Cole	755	67.41	+1.57
	Conservative	Anne Hammond	218	19.46	+2.71
	Liberal Democrat	Anne-Marie Riedel	141	12.59	-4.57

Brookfield

Preston City Council Elections: Brookfield Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Browne	523	60.60
	Conservative	Paul Hammond	336	39.40

Cadley

Preston City Council Elections: Cadley Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Bill Borrow	1,113	51.15
	Conservative	Stephen Bentham	949	43.61
	Labour	Michael Carruthers	111	5.10

Central

Preston City Council Elections: Central Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Siraz Ali Natha	590	67.97
	Conservative	Susan Browm	271	32.03

Deepdale

Preston City Council Elections: Deepdale Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Paul Malliband	778	48.44
	Labour	Derek Barton	507	31.57
	Conservative	Thomas Davies	320	19.93

Fishwick

Preston City Council Elections: Fishwick Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harold Parker	612	65.38
	Conservative	David Hammond	320	34.62

Greyfriars

Preston City Council Elections: Greyfriars Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joseph Hood	1,594	69.00
	Liberal Democrat	Raymond Askew	623	26.97
	Labour	Angela Milne-Pickin	89	4.03

Ingol

Preston City Council Elections: Ingol Ward (2 members)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	William Chadwick	921	38.44
	Liberal Democrat	Margaret Marshall	838	34.97
	Conservative	Sheila Heys	238	9.93
	Conservative	Shaun Turner	199	8.31
	Labour	Julie Humphrey	175	7.30
	Independent	Bernadette Jones	25	1.04

Larches

Preston City Council Elections: Larches Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Kathleen Derbyshire	665	57.68
	Labour	Allan Foster	285	24.72
	Conservative	David Sharp	128	11.10
	Independent	Lee Forshaw	72	6.24

Moor Park

Preston City Council Elections: Moor Park Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Collins	729	43.16
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Turner	641	37.95
	Conservative	Paul Balshaw	306	18.12

Rural East

Preston City Council Elections: Rural East Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoff Swarbrick	1,335	81.35
	Liberal Democrat	John Bruton	210	12.80
	Labour	Pauline Sanderson	91	5.55

Rural West

Preston City Council Elections: Rural West Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kathryn Calder	1,281	52.82
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Basford	951	39.22
	Labour	James Hull	189	7.79

Ribbleton

Preston City Council Elections: Ribbleton Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Campbell	483	71.03
	Conservative	Jane Balshaw	193	28.97

Riversway

Preston City Council Elections: Riversway Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Valentine	648	43.52
	Labour	Irene Black	624	41.91
	Conservative	Jonathan MacKie	180	12.09
	Independent	Kristian Forshaw	29	1.95

Sharoe Green

Preston City Council Elections: Sharoe Green Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rowena Edmondson	1,155	68.75
	Liberal Democrat	Alistair Thomas	299	17.80
	Labour	Kevin Ellard	224	13.33

Sherwood

Preston City Council Elections: Sherwood Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stuart Greenhalgh	1,219	62.67
	Liberal Democrat	Margaret Maritan	361	18.56
	Labour	Terence Mattinson	360	18.56

St Matthews

Preston City Council Elections: St Matthews Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Veronica Afrin	624	68.87
	Conservative	Elaine Pugh	282	31.13

Tulketh

Preston City Council Elections: Tulketh Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margaret McManus	746	50.96
	Labour	Valerie Wise	718	49.04

References

• 2000 Preston election result