Matthew Brown Labour Matthew Brown Labour The 2024 Preston City Council election took place on 2 May 2024 to elect members of Preston City Council in Lancashire, England.

As is typical for Preston's council elections, sixteen seats of the forty-eight total were contested.

However, the Liberal Democrats enjoyed a successful election, nearly doubling their seat count after taking several seats from the Conservatives[4] and becoming the main opposition in Preston City Council.

In addition, in a shock result the Liberal Democrats took a seat from Labour in the Lea and Larches ward, unseating then-cabinet member for health and wellbeing (and acting county council Labour opposition group leader) Jennifer Mein by a mere 13 votes following a recount.

[5] The majority of contested seats were fought only by Labour, the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats; however in five wards, independent runners or the parities Reform UK and the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition also stood although none of these were successful in gaining a seat.