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