2018 Preston City Council election

Council elections for the City of Preston, Lancashire were held on 3 May 2018^[1] as part of the 2018 United Kingdom local elections. Due to the "in thirds" system employed in Preston local elections, the previous elections to Preston council occurred in the 2014 Preston City Council election, consequently this means gains, losses, and vote share comparisons this year are with those fought in 2014.

All locally registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who are aged 18 or over on polling day are entitled to vote in the local elections.

	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	14	+2		+2	73.68	50.50	13,121	-710
Conservative	3		-2	-2	15.79	33.18	8,620	+384
Liberal Democrats	2			N/C	10.53	14.31	3,718	+936
UKIP					0	1.91	495
TUSC				0	0	0.10	26	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Browne	804	65.4	+10.5
	Conservative	Bowen Perryman	274	22.3	+10.2
	UKIP	Derek Killeen	152	12.4	−20.6
Majority			530	43.1	+21.2
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Claire Craven	966	58.5	+14.4
	Conservative	Mehfuz Dasu Patel	353	21.4	−8.4
	Labour	Joshua Mascord	333	20.2	−5.9
Majority			613	37.1	+19.0
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Freddie Bailey	734	56.2	+17.7
	Conservative	Paul Balshaw	500	38.3	−4.9
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Turner	72	5.5	−2.2
Majority			234	17.9	+13.3
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Whitney Hawkins	734	75.1	−5.3
	Conservative	Munirah Dasu Patel	152	15.6	−4.0
	Liberal Democrats	Luke Bosman	65	6.7	N/A
	TUSC	Thomas Costello	26	2.7	N/A
Majority			582	59.6	−1.1
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Election result

Preston Council election, 2018: Garrison
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anna Hindle	811	48.4	+20.8
	Conservative	Paul Whalley	744	44.4	+6.6
	Liberal Democrats	Hans Voges	122	7.3	+1.1
Majority			67	4.0	−6.2
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Preston Council election, 2018: Greyfriars
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robert Jolliffe	1,072	46.9
	Conservative	Ian Donnell	1,054	46.1
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Lodge	682	29.9
	Labour	Alan Woods	534	23.4
	Labour	Iain Hams	524	22.9
	Liberal Democrats	Deborah Shannon	501	21.9
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Preston Council election, 2018: Ingol
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Darby	763	51.7	+17.2
	Labour	Christopher Berry	375	25.4	−0.3
	Conservative	Tim Cox	265	17.9	+6.2
	UKIP	Samuel Furr	74	5.0	−23.1
Majority			388	26.3	+19.9
Turnout			1,477
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Preston Council election, 2018: Larches
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Phil Crowe	769	51.0	+8.4
	Conservative	Beth Helen Balshaw	463	30.7	−9.8
	Liberal Democrats	Ed Craven	197	13.1	+6.7
	UKIP	Mark Kingsley	78	5.2	N/A
Majority				20.31
Turnout			1,507
	Labour hold		Swing