2000 Preston by-election

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2000 Preston by-election
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  1997 23 November 2000 2001  
Turnout29.4%
 First partySecond party
  Mark Hendrick MP.png
Candidate Mark Hendrick Graham O'Hare
Party Labour Conservative
Popular vote9,7655,339
Percentage45.7%25.0%
SwingDecrease2.svg15.1pp Increase2.svg3.1pp

 Third partyFourth party
 
CandidateBill ChadwickTerry Cartwright
Party Liberal Democrats Socialist Alliance
Popular vote3,4541,210
Percentage16.2%5.7%
SwingIncrease2.svg1.5pp 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]

Contents

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 the 2023 United Kingdom by-elections 23 years later.

Results

2000 Preston by-election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mark Hendrick 9,765 45.7 - 15.1
Conservative Graham O'Hare5,33925.0+ 3.1
Liberal Democrats Bill Chadwick3,45416.2+ 1.5
Socialist Alliance Terry Cartwright1,2105.7New
UKIP Gregg Beaman4582.1New
Green Richard Merrick4412.1New
CPA Peter Garrett4162.0New
BNP Chris Jackson2291.1New
Independent David Franklin-Braid510.2New
Majority4,42620.7-18.2
Turnout 21,36329.4-36.4
Labour hold Swing

General election result, 1997

General election 1997: Preston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Audrey Wise 29,220 60.8
Conservative Paul Gray10,54021.9
Liberal Democrats Bill Chadwick7,04514.7
Referendum John Porter9241.9New
Natural Law John Ashforth3450.7
Majority18,68038.9
Turnout 48,07465.8
Labour hold Swing

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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.