1996 Preston Borough Council election

The 1996 Preston Borough Council election for the Preston Borough Council Elections was held in May 1996. One third of the council was up for election.^[1]

Preston City Council Elections: Ashton Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M Routledge	1,093	52.12
	Conservative	K Peet	1,004	47.88

Preston City Council Elections: Avenham Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ken Cole	961	68.59
	Conservative	Sheila Heys	231	16.49
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Marshall	209	14.91

Preston City Council Elections: Brookfield Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J Browne	844	69.69
	Conservative	Keith Sedgewick	270	22.30
	Liberal Democrats	M Middleton	97	8.01

Preston City Council Elections: Cadley Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	W Borrow	1,555	62.50
	Conservative	S Bentham	801	32.19
	Labour	J Swindells	132	5.31

Preston City Council Elections: Central Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S Natha	1,008	84.1
	Liberal Democrats	A Yusuf	190	15.9

Preston City Council Elections: Deepdale Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A Jones	877	62.0
	Liberal Democrats	Y Zinga	537	38.0

Preston City Council Elections: Fishwick Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harold Parker	866	71.28
	Conservative	S Brown	185	15.3
	Liberal Democrats	Wilf Gavin	164	13.50

Preston City Council Elections: Greyfriars Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J Hood	1,386	51.87
	Liberal Democrats	C Spencer	1,141	42.70
	Labour	A Milne-Picken	145	5.43

Preston City Council Elections: Ingol Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	William Chadwick	1,163	71.31
	Labour	C Abbot	327	20.05
	Conservative	D Barber	141	8.65

Preston City Council Elections: Larches Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	A Foster	818	46.58
	Labour	G Walmsley	667	37.98
	Conservative	M Gildert	271	15.43

Preston City Council Elections: Moor Park Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H Evans	1,027	58.42
	Conservative	P Balshaw	468	26.62
	Liberal Democrats	P Rainford	263	14.96

Preston City Council Elections: Rural East Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G Swarbrick	1,261	69.78
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Rowland	276	15.27
	Labour	M Campbell	270	14.94

Preston City Council Elections: Rural West Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	M Basford	1,308	49.92
	Conservative	W Hunter	1,019	38.89
	Labour	M Clegg	293	11.18

Preston City Council Elections: Ribbleton Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Rankin	922	75.64
	Conservative	Jane Balshaw	182	14.93
	Liberal Democrats	K Nash	115	9.43

Preston City Council Elections: Riversway Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A Reid	1,018	67.33
	Conservative	M Taylor	269	17.79
	Liberal Democrats	J Abram	225	14.88

Preston City Council Elections: Sharoe Green Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	J Whittle	953	44.08
	Conservative	A Scott	875	40.47
	Labour	P Malliband	334	15.45

Preston City Council Elections: Sherwood Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J Parry	1,141	49.72
	Labour	J Morley	29.80	9.97
	Labour	M Maritan	470	20.48

Preston City Council Elections: St Matthews Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Veronica Afrin	949	73.62
	Conservative	P Pugh	226	17.53
	Liberal Democrats	C Fell	114	8.84

Preston City Council Elections: Tulketh Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Valerie Wise	1,180	53.11
	Conservative	Stanley Baines	1,042	46.89