Preston is fortunate to have many committed Labour Party members working hard at national and local level on behalf of the people of Preston. Below are your elected officials. 

County Councillors are elected every four years and are democratically accountable to residents in their electoral division. Their overriding duty is to the whole community of Lancashire, but they have a special duty to their constituents, including those who did not vote for them.

 County Councillors will:

1. collectively through the Full Council approve the Constitution, the Budget, Council Tax levels and Policy Frameworks and carry out a number of strategic and corporate management functions; 

2.  be involved in decision-making by participating in Council Committees; 

3. represent their communities and bring their views into the Council’s decision-making process, i.e. become the advocate of and for their communities; 

4. deal with local issues and act as an advocate for constituents in resolving particular concerns or grievances; 

5. balance different interests identified within the electoral division and represent the electoral division as a whole; 

6. be available to represent the Council on other bodies.