Labour has gained overall control of Preston.

The party have booted out the last remaining Conservative councillor Harshabdhai Patel after winning two seats on the Tory-stronghold ward in 2010.

UKIP beat the Lib Dems to third place with 345 votes.

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Results

Eileen BARKER, Lib Dem: 260

Matthew BRADLEY, Labour: 1,712 ELECTED

Jacqueline BUNCE-LINSELL, Lib Dem: 245

Jeffrey DEEN, UKIP: 345

May ERSKINE, Green Party: 317

Patricia HARRISON, Labour: 1,671 ELECTED

Jean HOSSAIN, Labour: 1,549 ELECTED

David JOHNSON, Lib Dem: 211

Michael MAURICE, Conservative: 1,339

Harshabdhai PATEL, Conservative: 1,428

Monica PATEL, Conservative: 1,334

Paul SUMMERS, TUSC: 148