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Election results for Preston

Borough Council elections - Thursday 22 May 2014

Status: Published
Borough Council elections - results by party
Previous results for Preston
Summary of comparison with previous results for Preston

Preston - results
Election Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Matthew Bradley	Labour	1712	16.21%	Elected
Patricia Harrison	Labour	1671	15.83%	Elected
Jean Hossain	Labour	1549	14.67%	Elected
Harshadbhai Patel	Conservative	1428	13.52%	Not elected
Michael Maurice	Conservative	1339	12.68%	Not elected
Monica Patel	Conservative	1334	12.63%	Not elected
Jeffrey Hassan Deen	UK Independence Party	345	3.27%	Not elected
May Erskine	Green Party	317	3.00%	Not elected
Eileen Vartan Barker	Liberal Democrats	260	2.46%	Not elected
Jacqueline Ann Bunce-Linsell	Liberal Democrats	245	2.32%	Not elected
David Clement Johnson	Liberal Democrats	211	2.00%	Not elected
Paul Summers	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	148	1.40%	Not elected

Voting Summary
Details	Number
Seats	3
Total votes	10559
Electorate	10892
Number of ballot papers issued	3891
Number of proxy votes	4
Number of ballot papers rejected	24
Number of postal votes sent	1109
Number of postal votes returned	723
Turnout	35.72%

Share of the votes (%)
Matthew Bradley	16.21%	Elected
Patricia Harrison	15.83%	Elected
Jean Hossain	14.67%	Elected
Harshadbhai Patel	13.52%	Not elected
Michael Maurice	12.68%	Not elected
Monica Patel	12.63%	Not elected
Jeffrey Hassan Deen	3.27%	Not elected
May Erskine	3.00%	Not elected
Eileen Vartan Barker	2.46%	Not elected
Jacqueline Ann Bunce-Linsell	2.32%	Not elected
David Clement Johnson	2.00%	Not elected
Paul Summers	1.40%	Not elected

Rejected ballot papers
Description	Number
being unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty	16
voting for more candidates than the voter was entitled	8
Total rejected	24