Council elections for the City of Preston, Lancashire were held on 3 May 2018^[1] as part of the 2018 United Kingdom local elections. Due to the "in thirds" system employed in Preston local elections, the previous elections to Preston council occurred in the 2014 Preston City Council election, consequently this means gains, losses, and vote share comparisons this year are with those fought in 2014.

All locally registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who are aged 18 or over on polling day are entitled to vote in the local elections.

Preston Local Election Result 2018

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	14	+2		+2	73.68	50.50	13,121	-710
	Conservative	3		-2	-2	15.79	33.18	8,620	+384
	Liberal Democrats	2			N/C	10.53	14.31	3,718	+936
	UKIP					0	1.91	495
	TUSC				0	0	0.10	26	N/A

Preston Council election, 2018: Brookfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Browne	804	65.4	+10.5
	Conservative	Bowen Perryman	274	22.3	+10.2
	UKIP	Derek Killeen	152	12.4	−20.6
Majority			530	43.1	+21.2
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Preston Council elections, 2018: Cadley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Claire Craven	966	58.5	+14.4
	Conservative	Mehfuz Dasu Patel	353	21.4	−8.4
	Labour	Joshua Mascord	333	20.2	−5.9
Majority			613	37.1	+19.0
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Preston Council election, 2018: College

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Freddie Bailey	734	56.2	+17.7
	Conservative	Paul Balshaw	500	38.3	−4.9
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Turner	72	5.5	−2.2
Majority			234	17.9	+13.3
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Preston Council election, 2018: Fishwick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Whitney Hawkins	734	75.1	−5.3
	Conservative	Munirah Dasu Patel	152	15.6	−4.0
	Liberal Democrats	Luke Bosman	65	6.7	N/A
	TUSC	Thomas Costello	26	2.7	N/A
Majority			582	59.6	−1.1
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Preston Council election, 2018: Garrison

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anna Hindle	811	48.4	+20.8
	Conservative	Paul Whalley	744	44.4	+6.6
	Liberal Democrats	Hans Voges	122	7.3	+1.1
Majority			67	4.0	−6.2
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Due to the resignation of Damien Moore there will be a double election making direct comparison with 2014 impossible.^[2]

Preston Council election, 2018: Greyfriars

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Jolliffe	1,072	46.9
	Conservative	Ian Donnell	1,054	46.1
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Lodge	682	29.9
	Labour	Alan Woods	534	23.4
	Labour	Iain Hams	524	22.9
	Liberal Democrats	Deborah Shannon	501	21.9
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Preston Council election, 2018: Ingol

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Darby	763	51.7	+17.2
	Labour	Christopher Berry	375	25.4	−0.3
	Conservative	Tim Cox	265	17.9	+6.2
	UKIP	Samuel Furr	74	5.0	−23.1
Majority			388	26.3	+19.9
Turnout			1,477
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Preston Council election, 2018: Larches

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Phil Crowe	769	51.0	+8.4
	Conservative	Beth Helen Balshaw	463	30.7	−9.8
	Liberal Democrats	Ed Craven	197	13.1	+6.7
	UKIP	Mark Kingsley	78	5.2	N/A
Majority				20.31
Turnout			1,507
	Labour hold		Swing

Preston Council election, 2018: Lea

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Martin McKeever	775	48.9	+11.8
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Jewell	462	29.2	+6.7
	Labour	Alan Dent	347	21.9	+3.8
Majority				27.0%
Turnout			1,584

Preston Council election, 2018: Moor Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nweeda Khan	655	79.0	+5.7
	Conservative	Simon Crowe	174	21.0	+5.7
Majority
Turnout			829

Preston Council election, 2018: Preston Rural North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sue Whittam	1,549	72.0	+16.1
	Labour	Gillian Mascord	414	19.2	+6.1
	Liberal Democrats	Fiona Duke	188	8.7	+2.7
Majority
Turnout			2,151

Preston Council election, 2018: Ribbleton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jonathan Saksena	784	66.8	+12.9
	Conservative	Rob Jones	274	23.4	+10.9
	UKIP	Anthony James	115	9.8	−22.9
Majority
Turnout			1,173

Preston Council election, 2018: Riversway

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Kelly	1,054	80.2	−0.7
	Conservative	Connor Rumble	261	19.8	+0.7
Majority
Turnout			1,315

Preston Council election, 2018: Sharoe Green

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Sedgewick	922	52.8	+16.6
	Labour	Simon Fullalove	652	37.3	+5.4
	Liberal Democrats	Rebecca Potter	172	9.9	+4.6
Majority
Turnout			1,746

Preston Council election, 2018: St George's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Hull	752	87.0	−0.9
	Conservative	Danielle Mayor	112	13.0	+0.9
Majority
Turnout			864

Preston Council election, 2018: St Matthew's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jono Grisdale	957	87.6	+0.9
	Conservative	Mike Balshaw	136	12.4	−0.9
Majority
Turnout			1,093

Preston Council election, 2018: Town Centre ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Salim Desai	1,194	82.8	N/A
	Conservative	Yusuf Mitha	248	17.2	N/A
Majority
Turnout

Preston Council election, 2018: Tulketh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Carol Henshaw	827	64.8	+9.6
	Conservative	Jonty Campbell	254	19.9	+5.6
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Yates	119	9.9	N/A
	UKIP	Simon Platt	76	6.0	−16.8
Majority
Turnout			1,276

Preston Council election, 2018: University

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Carl Crompton	396	79.7	+1.1
	Conservative	Luke Walmsley	101	20.3	−1.1
Majority
Turnout			497