This means Labor comfortably retains control of authority, but the Conservatives are now the official opposition, having won a few seats from the Liberal Democrats.

The final results are below with a full report to follow.

FINAL RESULT (16 declarations out of 16)

LIBERAL DEMOCRATES – 1 (-2)

GENERAL COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD

(INC) – designates the holder

(CAB) – designates a member of the cabinet

Michael Balshaw – Independent – 726

Jeremy Dable – Liberal Democrats – 89

James Hull – Labor Party – 851

Tes Slater – Conservative Party – 433

Anne-Marie Walsh – Green Party – 150

Nerys Eaves (INC) – Labor Party – 774

Bowen Perryman – Conservative Party – 439

Andrew Stevenson – Liberal Democrats – 72

Daniel Burt – Green Party – 91

Jono Grisdale – Labor Party – 561

Debbie Shannon (INC) – Liberal Democrats – 846

Stephen Whittam – Conservative Party – 717

Salim Desai (INC) – Labor Party – 1013

Fiona Duke – Liberal Democrats – 129

James Elliot – Heritage Party: Freedom of Expression and Freedom – 45

David Nicholson – Green Party – 173

Andy Pratt – Conservative Party – 387

Siraz Natha (INC) – Labor Party – 1522

Kevin Rigotti – Green Party – 96

Jurgen Voges – Liberal Democrats – 36

Nilli Williamson – Conservative Party – 194

FISHWICK AND FRENCHWOOD (LABORATORY MAINTENANCE)

Frankie Kennedy – Conservative Party – 232

Rebecca Potter – Liberal Democrats – 100

Martyn Rawlinson (INC / CAB) – Labor and Cooperative Party – 1299

Peter Kelly (INC / CAB) – Labor Party – 1212

Lakwinder Singh – Conservative Party – 907

Mike Turner – Liberal Democrats – 246

GREYFRIARS (CON GAIN OF LIB DEM)

Geoffrey Aldridge – Conservative Party – 1,089

Andy Burt – Green Party – 160

Faiz Jethwa – Liberal Democrats – 835

Edward Smith – Labor Party – 573

INGOL AND COTTAM (CON GAIN OF LIB DEM)

Trevor Hart – Conservative Party – 961

Julie Humphrey – Labor Party – 415

Mark Jewell (INC) – Liberal Democrats – 789

LEA ET LARCHES (LAB HOLD)

Monwara Amin – Conservative Party – 445

Beth Balshaw – Independent – 366

Edward Craven – Liberal Democrats – 168

Jennifer Mein (INC) – Labor Party – 682

Luke Parkinson – Independent – 99

Catherine Bissell – Green Party – 120

Taylor Donoughue-Smith – Liberal Democrats – 82

Pamela Homer – Conservative Party – 316

Nweeda Khan (INC / CAB) – Labor Party – 887

PRESTON RURAL EAST (CON HOLD)

Graham Jolliffe – Conservative Party – 1524

Peter Lawrence – Liberal Democrats – 158

Andrew Maclaren – Labor Party – 469

Heidi Physick – Green Party – 191

PRESTON RURAL NORD (CON HOLD)

Connor Dwyer – Labor Party – 419

Daniel Guise – Liberal Democrats – 218

Keith Middlebrough (INC) – Conservative Party – 1244

Luke Bosman – Liberal Democrats – 39

Mark Cotterill – Independent – 181

Anna Hindle – Labor and Cooperative Party – 660

Mary Kudi – Conservative Party – 231

Sonia Phillips – Green Party – 42

Helen Disley – Green Party – 784

George Kulbacki – Liberal Democrats – 385

Samir Vohra – Labor Party – 613

David Walker (INC) – Conservative Party – 1193

John Wilson – Reform UK – 51 years old

Thomas Hackett – Liberal Democrats – 98

Colin Homer – Conservative Party – 217

Suleman Sarwar – Labor Party – 962

Overall participation rate – 30,681 (30.01%)