# 2002 Preston Borough Council election

Elections were held for Preston Borough Council in North West England, in May 2002. Held prior to the town being awarded city status, these elections took place following a boundary review which introduced new electoral wards as a consequence of population increase. Therefore, all councillors were up for election in the new wards for the first time.
For other elections to Preston Town Hall, both as a Borough and City council, see Preston local elections.

## Ward Results
### Ashton

Preston City Council Elections: Ashton Ward (2 members) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | Keith Sedgewick | 579 | 27.56 |
| Conservative | William Tyson | 558 | 26.56 |
| Labour | Stacy Borrow | 395 | 18.80 |
| Labour | Andrew Maclaren | 382 | 18.18 |
| Liberal Democrats | Mavis Cooper | 187 | 8.90 |

### Brookfield

Preston City Council Elections: Brookfield Ward (3 members) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | John Browne | 871 | 22.65 |
| Labour | Jonathan Saksena | 804 | 20.90 |
| Labour | Nerys Eaves | 728 | 18.93 |
| Conservative | Yvonne Driver | 412 | 10.71 |
| Conservative | Jean Swarbrick | 389 | 10.11 |
| Conservative | Susan Hudson | 370 | 9.62 |
| Socialist Alliance | Paul Malliband | 272 | 7.07 |

### Cadley

Preston City Council Elections: Cadley Ward (2 members) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Liberal Democrats | Alan Hackett | 1,070 | 28.42 |
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Onyon | 880 | 23.37 |
| Conservative | Stephen Bentham | 677 | 17.98 |
| Conservative | George Wilkins | 559 | 14.85 |
| Labour | Mark O'Brien | 279 | 7.41 |

### College

Preston City Council Elections: College Ward (2 members) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | Kathleen Cartright | 731 | 27.57 |
| Conservative | Jill Truby | 680 | 25.65 |
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Turner | 427 | 16.11 |
| Liberal Democrats | William Shannon | 361 | 13.62 |
| Labour | George Tait | 234 | 8.83 |
| Labour | Rosemary Tait | 218 | 8.22 |

### Deepdale

Preston City Council Elections: Deepdale Ward (2 members) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Independent | Terry Cartright | 637 | 24.75 |
| Independent | Joyce Cartright | 572 | 22.22 |
| Labour | Javed Iqbal | 511 | 19.85 |
| Labour | Henry Heaps | 384 | 14.92 |
| Liberal Democrats | Maksud Patel | 202 | 7.85 |
| Conservative | John Docherty | 149 | 5.79 |
| Conservative | Shaun Ryan | 119 | 5.62 |

### Fishwick

Preston City Council Elections: Fishwick Ward (2 members) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | Harold Parker | 534 | 35.13 |
| Labour | Ismail Patel | 476 | 31.32 |
| Conservative | David Hammond | 208 | 13.68 |
| Conservative | Simon Stammers | 160 | 10.53 |
| Liberal Democrats | Mary Gardner | 142 | 9.34 |

### Garrison

Preston City Council Elections: Garrison Ward (3 members) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | Jennifer Greenhalgh | 982 | 21.01 |
| Conservative | Stuart Greenhalgh | 949 | 20.30 |
| Conservative | Marie Milne | 940 | 20.11 |
| Labour | Peter Rankin | 407 | 8.71 |
| Labour | Ben Aberra | 389 | 8.32 |
| Labour | Thomas Leigh | 370 | 7.91 |
| Liberal Democrats | Mavis Shannon | 218 | 4.66 |
| Liberal Democrats | Kenneth Fitzer | 216 | 4.62 |
| Liberal Democrats | James McAlea | 204 | 4.36 |

### Greyfriars

Preston City Council Elections: Greyfriars Ward (3 members) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | Joseph Hood | 1,883 | 23.37 |
| Conservative | Geoff Driver | 1,770 | 21.96 |
| Conservative | Peter Horton | 1,701 | 21.11 |
| Liberal Democrats | Raymond Askew | 932 | 11.56 |
| Liberal Democrats | John Porter | 782 | 9.70 |
| Liberal Democrats | Alastair Thomas | 733 | 9.10 |
| Labour | Alan Woods | 258 | 3.20 |

### Ingol

Preston City Council Elections: Ingol Ward (3 members) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Liberal Democrats | William Chadwick | 970 | 22.11 |
| Liberal Democrats | Margaret Marshall | 896 | 20.42 |
| Liberal Democrats | Ronald Marshall | 889 | 20.26 |
| Labour | Steven Brooks | 298 | 6.79 |
| Conservative | Marie Dilworth | 284 | 6.47 |
| Conservative | Sheila Heys | 278 | 6.34 |
| Labour | Thomas Burns | 276 | 6.29 |
| Conservative | Mary Robinson | 250 | 5.70 |
| Labour | Michael Farrington | 247 | 5.63 |

### Larches

Preston City Council Elections: Larches Ward (3 members) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Liberal Democrats | Kathleen Derbyshire | 723 | 13.68 |
| Liberal Democrats | Daniel Gallagher | 710 | 13.43 |
| Labour | Peter Ward | 705 | 13.34 |
| Labour | Allan Foster | 699 | 13.22 |
| Labour | Mark Routledge | 643 | 12.16 |
| Liberal Democrats | David Bastable | 570 | 10.78 |
| Conservative | Joe Fitzgerald | 393 | 7.43 |
| Conservative | Alan Hunter | 358 | 6.77 |
| Conservative | Elizabeth Heywood | 341 | 6.45 |
| Independent | Colin Abbot | 144 | 2.72 |

### Lea

Preston City Council Elections: Lea Ward (3 members) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Liberal Democrats | Christine Abram | 903 | 18.90 |
| Liberal Democrats | Norman Abram | 870 | 18.20 |
| Liberal Democrats | Pauline Brown | 837 | '17.51 |
| Conservative | Sarah Critchley | 576 | 12.05 |
| Conservative | Pauline Gaskell | 561 | 11.74 |
| Conservative | William Parkinson | 557 | 11.66 |
| Labour | Barbara Maclaren | 181 | 3.79 |
| Labour | Marie Johnson | 169 | 3.54 |
| Labour | Halima Patel | 125 | 2.62 |

### Moor Park

Preston City Council Elections: Moor Park Ward (2 members) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | John Collins | 655 | 33.23 |
| Labour | Francesco de Molfetta | 608 | 30.85 |
| Conservative | Hugh Docherty | 284 | 14.41 |
| Independent | Michael Moulding | 247 | 12.53 |
| Conservative | Gulam Mulla | 177 | 8.98 |

### Preston Rural East

Preston City Council Elections: Preston Rural East Ward (2 members) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | Geoff Swarbrick | 926 | 44.84 |
| Conservative | Neil Cartwright | 905 | 43.83 |
| Labour | John Houghton | 234 | 11.33 |

### Preston Rural North

Preston City Council Elections: Preston Rural North Ward (3 members) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | Ken Hudson | 1,826 | 28.89 |
| Conservative | Martin Landless | 1,746 | 27.62 |
| Conservative | Kathryn Calder | 1,715 | 27.13 |
| Liberal Democrats | Matthew Banks | 627 | 9.92 |
| Labour | Marcus Johnstone | 407 | 6.44 |

### Ribbleton

Preston City Council Elections: Ribbleton Ward (3 members) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | Patricia Woods | 1,000 | 23.24 |
| Labour | Andrew Campbell | 985 | 22.89 |
| Labour | Brian Rollo | 924 | 21.47 |
| Conservative | Paul Balshaw | 419 | 9.74 |
| Conservative | Stephen Blair | 404 | 9.39 |
| Conservative | Gabriele Valderrema-Galves | 314 | 7.30 |
| Independent | Ronald Yates | 257 | 5.97 |

### Riversway

Preston City Council Elections: Riversway Ward (3 members) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Independent (UK) | Alan Valentine | 697 | 26.34 |
| Labour | Elaine Abbot | 650 | 24.57 |
| Labour | Bhikhu Patel | 581 | 21.96 |
| Green | Richard Merrick | 290 | 10.96 |
| Conservative | Roger McManus | 230 | 8.69 |
| Conservative | Peter Mullineaux | 198 | 7.48 |

### St Georges

Preston City Council Elections: St Georges Ward (2 members) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | Yunis Khan | 491 | 41.23 |
| Labour | Siraz Natha | 471 | 39.55 |
| Conservative | Richard Gorrell | 229 | 19.23 |

### St Matthews

Preston City Council Elections: St Matthews Ward (3 members) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | Albert Richardson | 907 | 30.90 |
| Labour | Veronica Afrin | 785 | 26.75 |
| Labour | Ian Hall | 762 | 25.96 |
| Conservative | Julian Sedgewick | 263 | 8.96 |
| Conservative | Bernard Whalley | 218 | 7.43 |

### Sharoe Green

Preston City Council Elections: Sharoe Green Ward (3 members) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | Rowena Edmondson | 1,067 | 20.86 |
| Conservative | Elizabeth Clarkson | 1,043 | 20.39 |
| Conservative | Eric Fazackerley | 1,041 | 20.35 |
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Newsham | 375 | 7.33 |
| Liberal Democrats | Gregory Vickers | 341 | 6.67 |
| Liberal Democrats | Edward Rowland | 322 | 6.30 |
| Labour | Terence Mattinson | 319 | 6.24 |
| Labour | Paul Jackson | 309 | 6.04 |
| Labour | Rose Donnelly | 298 | 5.83 |

### Town Centre

Preston City Council Elections: Town Centre Ward (3 members) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | Ronald Atkins | 802 | 22.37 |
| Labour | Ken Cole | 786 | 21.92 |
| Labour | Musa Ahmed Jiwa | 708 | 19.75 |
| Liberal Democrats | Ayub Bodi | 397 | 11.07 |
| Liberal Democrats | Anne-Marie Riedel | 273 | 7.62 |
| Conservative | Jane Balshaw | 223 | 6.22 |
| Conservative | Christine Sharp | 203 | 5.66 |
| Conservative | Ronald Smith | 193 | 5.38 |

### Tulketh

Preston City Council Elections: Tulketh Ward (3 members) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | Jean Al-Serraj | 764 | 19.70 |
| Labour | Matthew Brown | 718 | 18.51 |
| Conservative | Margaret McManus | 680 | 17.53 |
| Labour | James Hull | 673 | 17.35 |
| Conservative | Peter Hunter | 583 | 15.03 |
| Conservative | Paul Swallow | 566 | 14.60 |
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Gardner | 197 | 5.08 |
| Liberal Democrats | Stella Stanley | 181 | 4.67 |
| Liberal Democrats | Erica Wysoczanski | 136 | 3.51 |

### University

Preston City Council Elections: University Ward (2 members) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | Carl Crompton | 256 | 25.22 |
| Labour | John Swindells | 223 | 21.97 |
| Liberal Democrats | Colin Clarke | 184 | 18.13 |
| Liberal Democrats | June Dodd | 176 | 17.34 |
| Conservative | Peter McElhone | 89 | 8.77 |
| Conservative | Jacqueline Smith | 87 | 8.57 |