Preston Rural East ward
Vote share over time
Each line is a party's lead candidate as a share of ballots cast. Hollow points are by-elections.
07/05/2026
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform UK | Daniel Paul Nuttall Elected | 1,172 | 32.3% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Steve Whittam | 980 | 27.0% | -21.5 |
| Liberal Democrats | Liam Yip | 610 | 16.8% | -2.7 |
| Green Party | Karen Kendall | 523 | 14.4% | — |
| Labour Party | Beth Moore | 345 | 9.5% | -22.5 |
| Majority | 192 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 3,630 | |||
Reform UK gain from Conservative and Unionist Party
02/05/2024
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Mark James Bell Elected | 1,056 | 48.5% | -3.1 |
| Labour Party | Victoria Anna Blundell | 698 | 32.0% | +2.7 |
| Liberal Democrats | Joanne Joyner | 425 | 19.5% | +1.1 |
| Majority | 358 | |||
| Turnout | 28.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 7,911 | |||
| Ballots cast | 2,179 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
04/05/2023 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Harry Landless Elected | 1,164 | 51.6% | -5.5 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Mark James Bell Elected | 1,150 | 50.9% | — |
| Labour Party | Victoria Anna Blundell | 663 | 29.4% | +3.3 |
| Labour Party | Andrew David MacLaren | 616 | 27.3% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Joanne Joyner | 416 | 18.4% | +1.6 |
| Liberal Democrats | Benjamin Noble | 327 | 14.5% | — |
| Majority | 487 | |||
| Turnout | 32.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 7,084 | |||
| Ballots cast | 2,258 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party gain · Conservative and Unionist Party hold
05/05/2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Steve Whittam Elected | 1,188 | 57.1% | -8.0 |
| Labour Party | Ahmed James | 543 | 26.1% | +6.1 |
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Lawrence | 351 | 16.9% | +10.1 |
| Majority | 645 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 2,082 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
06/05/2021
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Graham Jolliffe Elected | 1,524 | 65.0% | -6.8 |
| Labour Party | Andrew David MacLaren | 469 | 20.0% | +0.7 |
| Green Party | Heidi Elizabeth Physick | 191 | 8.2% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Lawrence | 158 | 6.7% | -10.7 |
| Majority | 1,055 | |||
| Turnout | 38.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 6,205 | |||
| Ballots cast | 2,343 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
02/05/2019 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Harry Landless Elected | 1,245 | 71.8% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Ron Woollam Elected | 1,188 | 68.6% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Ian Kenneth Donnell Elected | 999 | 57.6% | — |
| Labour Party | Susan Crawshaw | 335 | 19.3% | — |
| Labour Party | George Robert Tait | 322 | 18.6% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Joanne Joyner | 303 | 17.5% | — |
| Labour Party | Andrew David MacLaren | 299 | 17.3% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Edgar Arbidans | 270 | 15.6% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Lawrence | 239 | 13.8% | — |
| Majority | 664 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,733 | |||
05/05/2016 Estimated
This ward's boundary changed, so nobody stood in it at this election. 100% of the ward is accounted for.
| Party | Estimated share |
|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | 69% |
| Labour Party | 25% |
| Liberal Democrats | 6% |
Reconstructed from Preston Rural East (63%), Preston Rural North (37%). No hold or gain is shown: there is no comparable earlier result.