Every candidate in the Preston City Council elections on 6th May
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At the last poll in 2019, Labour secured 30 of the authority’s 48 seats, with the Conservative and Liberal Democrat groups winning nine each. After an all-out election that year because of boundary changes, the council returns to electing a third of its seats on rotation, with 16 up for grabs this year.
Here is a list of all the candidates standing across the city:
ASHTON
Michael Balshaw - Independent
Jeremy Dable - Liberal Democrats
James Hull - Labour Party
Tes Slater - Conservative Party
Anne-Marie Walsh - Green Party
BROOKFIELD
Nerys Eaves - Labour Party
Bowen Perryman - Conservative Party
Andrew Stevenson - Liberal Democrats
CADLEY
Daniel Burt - Green Party
Jono Grisdale - Labour Party
Debbie Shannon - Liberal Democrats
Stephen Whittam - Conservative Party
CITY CENTRE
Salim Desai - Labour Party
Fiona Duke - Liberal Democrats
James Elliot - Heritage Party: Free Speech and Liberty
David Nicholson - Green Party
Andy Pratt - Conservative Party
DEEPDALE
Siraz Natha - Labour Party
Kevin Rigotti - Green Party
Jurgen Voges - Liberal Democrats
Nilli Williamson - Conservative Party
FISHWICK AND FRENCHWOOD
Frankie Kennedy - Conservative Party
Rebecca Potter - Liberal Democrats
Martyn Rawlinson - Labour and Co-operative Party
GARRISON
Peter Kelly - Labour Party
Lakwinder Singh - Conservative Party
Mike Turner - Liberal Democrats
GREYFRIARS
Geoffrey Aldridge - Conservative Party
Andy Burt - Green Party
Faiz Jethwa - Liberal Democrats
Edward Smith - Labour Party
INGOL AND COTTAM
Trevor Hart - Conservative Party
Julie Humphrey - Labour Party
Mark Jewell - Liberal Democrats
LEA AND LARCHES
Monwara Amin - Conservative Party
Beth Balshaw - Independent
Edward Craven - Liberal Democrats
Jennifer Mein - Labour Party
Luke Parkinson - Independent
PLUNGINGTON
Catherine Bissell - Green Party
Taylor Donoughue-Smith - Liberal Democrats
Pamela Homer - Conservative Party
Nweeda Khan - Labour Party
PRESTON RURAL EAST
Graham Jolliffe - Conservative Party
Peter Lawrence - Liberal Democrats
Andrew Maclaren - Labour Party
Heidi Physick - Green Party
PRESTON RURAL NORTH
Connor Dwyer - Labour Party
Daniel Guise - Liberal Democrats
Keith Middlebrough - Conservative Party
RIBBLETON
Luke Bosman - Liberal Democrats
Mark Cotterill - Independent
Anna Hindle - Labour and Co-operative Party
Mary Kudi - Conservative Party
Sonia Phillips - Green Party
SHAROE GREEN
Helen Disley - Green Party
George Kulbacki - Liberal Democrats
Samir Vohra - Labour Party
David Walker - Conservative Party
John Wilson - Reform UK
ST. MATTHEWS
Thomas Hackett - Liberal Democrats
Colin Homer - Conservative Party
Suleman Sarwar - Labour Party
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