1996 Preston Borough Council election

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	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
	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
	Candidate	Votes	%
Conservative	J Parry	1,141	49.72
Labour	J Morley	997	29.80
Labour	M Maritan	470	20.48

Preston City Council Elections: St Matthews Ward
	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