2004 Preston City Council election

Main article: Preston City Council elections

Map of the results of the 2004 Preston council election. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow and independent in light grey. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2004.

This article shows the results of local elections for Preston City Council, in Lancashire held on 10 June 2004

Preston Council is elected "in thirds" which means there is an all out election in one year followed by single-member elections in subsequent years in which one councillor from each of the three-member wards and one councillor from selected two-member wards defend their seat. In these elections in 2004 the share of the vote is compared with the 2003 elections, whilst any gain or loss of a seat is compared with the all out 2002 elections.

Those councillors elected in 2004 will defend their seats in 2008.

In summary, Labour won 7 wards, with a total of 10,445 votes (28% across the city), the Conservatives 7 wins, with 14,754 votes in total, 39% across the city. The Liberal Democrats won 3 wards, gaining 9,181 (24%) votes across the city, whilst an independent won one seat. Candidates from Respect, and the England First party, failed to win seats in 2004.

In an Election Commission trial this was an "all postal" vote.

Preston City Council Elections: Ashton Ward 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Sedgewick	612	41.9	−12.4
	Labour	Mark Routledge	561	38.4	−7.2
	Liberal Democrats	George Nash	289	19.8	N/A
Majority			51
Turnout			1,481	43.0	+10.0

Preston City Council Elections: Brookfield ward 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jonathan Harish Saksena	815	41.1	−12.6
	Conservative	David Johnston	550	27.7	−18.6
	England First	Lee Worthington	368	18.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Newsham	252	12.7	N/A
Majority			265
Turnout			1,998	37	+15

Preston City Council Elections: Cadley ward 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Onyon	1,084	52.1
	Conservative	David Hammond	755	36.3
	Labour	Ian Walton	252	11.6
Majority			329
Turnout			2,096	54

Preston City Council Elections: Deepdale ward 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent (politician)	Terry Cartright	921	46.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Samir Vohra	700	35.0	N/A
	Labour	Marcus Quick	220	11.0	−11.8
	Conservative	Robert Cartright	157	7.9	−4.4
Majority			221
Turnout			2,026	52	+16

Preston City Council Elections: Fishwick ward 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sharon Riley	517	37.9
	Labour	Ismail Patel	476	34.9
	Respect	Sabiha Vorajee	370	27.1
Majority			41
Turnout			1,388	38
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Preston City Council Elections: Garrison ward 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stuart Greenhalgh	1,227	53.5	−9.4
	Liberal Democrats	Gregory Vickers	577	25.2	+6.7
	Labour	Paul Jackson	489	21.3	+2.8
Majority			650
Turnout			2,314	45

Preston City Council Elections: Greyfriars ward 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffery Driver	1,939	62.6
	Liberal Democrats	John Porter	797	25.9
	Labour	Alan Woods	343	11.1
Majority			1,142
Turnout			3,097	58

Preston City Council Elections: Ingol ward 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	June Dodd	1,057	47.7
	Conservative	Mary Robinson	677	30.6
	Labour	Marcus Johnston	481	21.7
Majority			380	39
Turnout			2,251

Preston City Council Elections: Larches ward 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Danny Gallagher	902	41.1
	Labour	Allan Foster	765	34.9
	Conservative	Susan Hudson	526	24.0
Majority			137
Turnout			2,222	40

Preston City Council Elections: Lea ward 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Norman Abram	1,084	53.0
	Conservative	Sheila Hays	685	33.0
	Labour	Marie Johnson	285	13.9
Majority			409
Turnout			2,063	49

Preston City Council Elections: Preston Rural East ward 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Davies	1,152	67.8
	Liberal Democrats	David Elvis Leeming	324	19.1
	Labour	Jennifer Mein	223	13.1
Majority			828
Turnout			1,711	55

Preston City Council Elections: Preston Rural North ward 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Gornall	2,092	75.3
	Liberal Democrats	Raymond Sudlow	424	15.3
	Labour	Pauline Jackson	261	9.4
Majority			1,668
Turnout			2,801	52

Preston City Council Elections: Ribbleton ward 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nicholas Pomfret	1,017	59.3
	Conservative	Paul Balshaw	386	22.5
	Liberal Democrats	Alastair Thomas	313	18.2
Majority			631
Turnout			1,741	31

Preston City Council Elections: Riversway ward 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jack Davenport	600	34.8
	Respect	Elaine Abbot	415	24.0
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Jewell	394	22.8
	Conservative	Anne-Marie Hunter	317	18.4
Majority			185
Turnout			1,753	36

Preston City Council Elections: Sharoe Green ward 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Thompson	1,311	52.6
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Hopkin	672	27.0
	Labour	Terrence Mattinson	508	20.4
Majority			639
Turnout			2,518	49

Preston City Council Elections: St George's ward 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Younus Khan	477	45.1
	Conservative	Gulam Hussain Mulla	292	27.6
	Respect	David Eaton	289	27.3
Majority			185
Turnout			1,058	33

Preston City Council Elections: St Matthew's ward 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Veronica Afrin	786	45.2
	Respect	Sumera Rizwan	587	33.8
	Conservative	Ronald Smith	365	21.0
Majority			199
Turnout			1,774	36

Preston City Council Elections: Town Centre Ward 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kenneth Cole	904	39.9
	Respect	Mukhtar Master	762	33.6
	Liberal Democrats	Liam Pennington	312	13.8
	Conservative	Andrew Dowellian	261	11.5
Majority			142
Turnout			2,267	43.0

Preston City Council Elections: Tulketh ward 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Matthew Brown	982	51.3
	Conservative	Margaret McManus	933	48.7
Majority			49
Turnout			1,966	36

References

• Preston election result 2004
• Ward results

See also

• Preston local elections
• Preston (UK Parliament constituency)
• Fulwood, Lancashire
• 2006 United Kingdom local elections