2000 Preston by-election

2000 Preston by-election

←  1997 23 November 2000 2001  →
Turnout	29.4%
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 15.1% 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 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. The by-election was held on the same day as the 2000 West Bromwich West by-election and the 2000 Glasgow Anniesland by-election, both also won by the Labour Party.

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.^{[ citation needed ]}

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

Previous 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

• Preston (UK Parliament constituency)
• Preston
• 1915 Preston by-election
• 1929 Preston by-election
• 1936 Preston by-election
• 1940 Preston by-election
• 1946 Preston by-election
• Lists of United Kingdom by-elections

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.