fishwick is a ward in the southwest of the city, at the border with south ribble, spreading north into ribbleton. the ward has a sizable percentage of comfortable housing but has in recent years been more infamous for the troubled callon housing estate. the ward has higher than average unemployment and continuing issues with crime and drugs. in the 2004 elections, for the first time since local government restructuring in the 1970s, fishwick elected a conservative candidate to town hall. this accounts for the large changes in vote in this results table.