2000 Preston by-election
← 1997 23 November 2000 2001 →
Turnout29.4%
  First party Second party
 
Candidate Mark Hendrick Graham O'Hare
Party Labour Conservative
Popular vote 9,765 5,339
Percentage 45.7% 25.0%
Swing Decrease 15.1% Increase 3.1%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Candidate Bill Chadwick Terry Cartwright
Party Liberal Democrats Socialist Alliance
Popular vote 3,454 1,210
Percentage 16.2% 5.7%
Swing Increase 1.5% New
MP before election

Audrey Wise
Labour

Elected MP

Mark Hendrick
Labour

The 2000 Preston by-election was a parliamentary by-election held in England on 23 November 2000, to elect a new Member of Parliament (MP) for the House of Commons constituency of Preston in Lancashire.[1]

The vacancy was caused by the death on 2 September 2000 of Audrey Wise, the constituency's Labour Party MP.

The Labour vote share declined, but with the main beneficiaries being fringe parties, the Labour candidate Mark Hendrick held the seat comfortably.

Peter Garrett used the description "Preston Christian Alliance". David Braid used the description "Battle for Britain".

23 November 2000 was the last time three or more by-elections occurred on a single day until November 2012, when three by elections occurred on 15 November and three more on 29 November.

Results

2000 Preston by-election[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mark Hendrick 9,765 45.7 -15.1
Conservative Graham O'Hare 5,339 25.0 +3.1
Liberal Democrats Bill Chadwick 3,454 16.2 +1.5
Socialist Alliance Terry Cartwright 1,210 5.7 New
UKIP Gregg Beaman 458 2.1 New
Green Richard Merrick 441 2.1 New
CPA Peter Garrett 416 2.0 New
BNP Chris Jackson 229 1.1 New
Independent David Franklin-Braid 51 0.2 New
Majority 4,426 20.7 -18.2
Turnout 21,363 29.4 -36.4
Labour hold Swing -9.1

General election result, 1997

General election 1997: Preston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Audrey Wise 29,220 60.8 +6.5
Conservative Paul Gray 10,540 21.9 -5.9
Liberal Democrats Bill Chadwick 7,045 14.7 -2.5
Referendum John Porter 924 1.9 New
Natural Law John Ashforth 345 0.7 0.0
Majority 18,680 38.9 +12.4
Turnout 48,074 65.8 -5.9
Labour hold Swing +6.2

See also

References

  1. ^ "Factsheet M16: By-election results, 1997–2001" (PDF). House of Commons Information Office. September 2003. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
  2. ^ Boothroyd, David. "Results of Byelections in the 1997-2002 Parliament". United Kingdom Election Results. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
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