Preston Council election, 2011

Elections to the Preston City Council took place on 5 May 2011, the same day as other United Kingdom local elections, 2011. This was also the date of the United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum, 2011. At this election, The Labour Party regained majority control of the council.

Councillors elected in Preston City Council election, 2007 defended their seats this time, following the Preston Council election, 2003 elections which began this current cycle. The wards fought in 2011 are to be contested again at the Preston City Council election, 2015 with the results in that year compared directly with the results in this.

Other elections can be found at Preston local elections

¹ Candidate is defending seat won in 2007 under the ballot paper description Respect.

Defending the north-western suburban electoral ward of Ashton is the Conservative Party with a majority in 2007 of 70

Labour are defending their 2007 win in Brookfield with a majority of 382

In the central north of Preston, to the south of Fulwood, the Conservatives are defending their 2007 win here with a majority of 523

The central eastern electoral ward of Deepdale is represented by an independent councillor whose majority was 275 over Labour in 2007

Won by the Conservatives in 2003 and defended in 2007, their majority is 659 over the Liberal Democrats.

The majority defended by the Conservatives is 1,030.

Covering the Ingol and Tanterton areas of Preston, this is in the northwest of the city. The Liberal Democrats won in 2007 with a majority of 469.

The western ward of Larches also incorporates Savick, in the northwest of the city. This year the Liberal Democrats are defending are majority of 117.

Coterminous to the civil parish of Lea and Cottam, this electoral ward is defended by the Conservatives with a majority of 429

For the 2011 election, the Labour Party defend a majority over the Conservatives of 360 votes.

The Rural East wards incorporates the Amounderness, Broughton and Grimsargh civil parishes in the north and east of the city. The current defending party with a majority of 786 for the Conservatives.

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