Preston (UK Parliament constituency)
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Preston is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP)
by the first past the post system of election.
to include Bamber Bridge
and Walton-le-Dale from South Ribble
District Council, the seat is now within the Preston city council boundaries.
From the 1950 to the 1983 general elections, Preston was divided into the constituencies of Preston North
and Preston South
. In time for the 1983 general election, the boundaries on which the current seat is drawn were confirmed. The northern, Fulwood
area, was divided between Fylde
and Ribble Valley
.
For the 2010 general election, the electoral wards used to create the constituency of Preston are:
The ward of Lea
is within the constituency of Fylde
.
The wards of Preston Rural North
, Preston Rural East
and the Fulwood
wards (Cadley, College, Garrison, Greyfriars
and Sharoe Green
) are within the constituency of Wyre and Preston North
. By the end of the review, the newly recommended Preston constituency had the smallest number of voters of an English constituency based on 2006 electorates. At the launch of the 2011 review
Preston constituency had an electorate of just over 61,000, significantly below the electoral quota .
and Preston South seats were amongst the most marginal in the country - in 1979, Conservative Robert Atkins
won Preston North by 29 votes.
With the suburban former Fulwood Urban District
area within Ribble Valley
(and from 2010 Wyre and Preston North
), the southern portion has awarded MPs with much healthier and secure majorities. Almost all of Preston's representatives up to the creation of two constituencies in 1949, and since its recreation as a single constituency in 1983, have been Labour candidates.
Between 1918 and 1949, the two-seat constituency of Preston was formed by the County Borough of Preston and the Urban District of Fulwood. For the 1950 election, the division of Preston North and Preston South
occurred, which continued until 1983.
In 1997, Audrey Wise
secured a majority of over 18,000. The collapse of the Conservative vote - 10 percentage points down from 1992 - was firmly with the pattern of the Tory fortunes in that year.
The death of Audrey Wise in 2000 triggered a by-election
. At that Preston by-election
, Mark Hendrick
, former Member of the European Parliament
(MEP) for the Lancashire Central constituency
with Preston at its heart, secured a victory with a 4,400 majority. The surprise of the night was the result of the fledgling Socialist Alliance
, for whom Terry Cartright saved his deposit.
Less than a year later, the 2001 general election
returned Mark Hendrick with a much healthier 12,200 majority, up against South Ribble
councillor Graham O'Hare for the Conservatives and local Liberal Democrat
leader Bill Chadwick. In real terms, all three main parties lost support from 1997 - Labour down by over 8,000 votes, Conservatives reduced by over 2,200 and LibDems 2,300 lower. One notable candidate in 2001 was David Braid, also a candidate in a number of other seats that year, who had been the "Battle for Britain" candidate in the previous year's by-election.
The 2005 general election
election was notable for the changes in share of the vote of the minor parties. The first ever Respect
candidate, local councillor Michael Lavalette
, firmly saved his deposit with nearly 7% of the vote. The Liberal Democrats
, who had chosen former Conservative County Councillor
William Parkinson, had their best result since 1997. Fiona Bryce, for the Conservatives
, remained in second place and saw her share of the vote remain stable despite the United Kingdom Independence Party
(UKIP) polling over 1,000 votes. These results meant that Mark Hendrick secured another term as MP, but his vote number was 3,000 less than 2001 and 12,000 less than Audrey Wise in 1997.
Labour continued its representation of Preston at the United Kingdom general election, 2010 although Mark Hendrick secured less than 50% of the votes cast, the first time this has occurred at a Preston election since 1983. For the first time since their formation the Liberal Democrats finished in second place, with the Conservatives in third.
, Conservative candidate Randolph Churchill
was election unopposed on the death of Conservative MP A.C Moreing
Parliament of the United Kingdom
The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom, British Crown dependencies and British overseas territories, located in London...
. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP)
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
by the first past the post system of election.
Boundaries
The current seat of Preston was confirmed in time for the United Kingdom general election, 2010. While previously the seat crossed the River RibbleRiver Ribble
The River Ribble is a river that runs through North Yorkshire and Lancashire, in northern England. The river's drainage basin also includes parts of Greater Manchester around Wigan.-Geography:...
to include Bamber Bridge
Bamber Bridge
Bamber Bridge is a village to the south of Preston, Lancashire, England. The name derives from the Old English 'bēam' and 'brycg', which probably means "tree-trunk bridge". It is mentioned in an undated medieval document. The village is often referred to as "Brig" by residents...
and Walton-le-Dale from South Ribble
South Ribble
South Ribble is a non-metropolitan district and borough of Lancashire, England. Its council is based in Leyland.In May 2007, the council was officially declared "Excellent" by the Audit Commission, gaining its place among the best 5 district councils in the country,-Overview:On 4 October 2007, a...
District Council, the seat is now within the Preston city council boundaries.
From the 1950 to the 1983 general elections, Preston was divided into the constituencies of Preston North
Preston North (UK Parliament constituency)
Preston North was a parliamentary constituency in Lancashire, which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom...
and Preston South
Preston South (UK Parliament constituency)
Preston South was a parliamentary constituency in the city of Preston in Lancashire. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom....
. In time for the 1983 general election, the boundaries on which the current seat is drawn were confirmed. The northern, Fulwood
Fulwood, Lancashire
Fulwood is an unparished area of the City of Preston, Lancashire, England, about north of the city centre. It had a population of 33,171 in 2001.- Economy and society :Fulwood remains a distinctive division of Preston...
area, was divided between Fylde
Fylde (UK Parliament constituency)
Fylde is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-History:...
and Ribble Valley
Ribble Valley (UK Parliament constituency)
Ribble Valley is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....
.
For the 2010 general election, the electoral wards used to create the constituency of Preston are:
- AshtonAshton-on-RibbleAshton-on-Ribble is a suburb of Preston, Lancashire, England.The terms Ashton-on-Ribble and Ashton are often used synonymously, although Ashton is a specific electoral ward whilst Ashton-on-Ribble is a term applied more generally to much of the west of Preston...
, Brookfield, DeepdaleDeepdale, PrestonDeepdale is an electoral ward in Preston, Lancashire, England. The ward is home to the Deepdale football stadium of Preston North End. The ward is a predominately urban area of terraced housing, notable for one of the largest Muslim populations in the city....
, Fishwick, IngolIngolIngol is an electoral ward and suburb of Preston, Lancashire, England. The ward also includes the suburb of Tanterton. With a golf course within its boundaries and continued new housing development, the area is suburban in its northern and central areas with a more significant low income housing...
, Larches, Moor ParkMoor Park, PrestonMoor Park is a large park to the north of the city centre of Preston, Lancashire, England. Moor Park is also the name of the electoral ward covering the park and the surrounding area...
, RibbletonRibbletonRibbleton is a suburb and ward of the city of Preston, Lancashire, England. It is located to the east of the city centre, between the A59 New Hall Lane and the B6243 Longridge Road. The M6 motorway also runs through the area...
, RiverswayRiverswayRiversway is an electoral ward in Preston, Lancashire, England. The ward is named for its location close to the River Ribble, and the historical links to the former Port of Preston...
, St George's, St Matthew's, Town CentreAvenhamAvenham and Frenchwood are the central communities which make up the Town Centre ward, of Preston City Council, in Lancashire, England. The name of the ward was chosen by the Boundary Committee for England prior to Preston being awarded city status....
, TulkethTulkethTulketh is an electoral ward in Preston, Lancashire. The ward is named for the former Tulketh Mill, the building of which remains in the division off the A5085 Blackpool Road....
and University.
The ward of Lea
Lea, Lancashire
Lea and Cottam are villages in the City of Preston, Lancashire, England. Together they form the civil parish of Lea, which has a population of 5,962.-Geography:...
is within the constituency of Fylde
Fylde (UK Parliament constituency)
Fylde is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-History:...
.
The wards of Preston Rural North
Preston Rural North
Preston Rural North is an electoral ward in the City of Preston, Lancashire, England. The ward is the largest by area in the city, containing the smaller and smallest villages from the northern areas of Preston, from Woodplumpton bordering the M55 motorway junction at Broughton, to Beacon Fell at...
, Preston Rural East
Preston Rural East
Preston Rural East is an electoral ward in the City of Preston, Lancashire, England. The ward is in the eastern and northeastern part of the city near the M55 motorway moving out towards Sherwood and Grimsargh.-Parishes:...
and the Fulwood
Fulwood, Lancashire
Fulwood is an unparished area of the City of Preston, Lancashire, England, about north of the city centre. It had a population of 33,171 in 2001.- Economy and society :Fulwood remains a distinctive division of Preston...
wards (Cadley, College, Garrison, Greyfriars
Greyfriars
Greyfriars may refer to:* the Franciscan Order of Friars Minor, in particular the Conventual Franciscans* Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh, a church* Greyfriars Bobby, a renowned dog in Edinburgh* Greyfriars Kirkyard, a graveyard in Edinburgh...
and Sharoe Green
Sharoe Green
Sharoe Green is a largely residential suburban area of Preston, Lancashire, England and an electoral ward. It is nowadays usually considered to be a district of the larger suburb of Fulwood...
) are within the constituency of Wyre and Preston North
Wyre and Preston North (UK Parliament constituency)
Wyre and Preston North is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Created in the most recent fifth periodic review of constituencies by the Boundary Commission for England, it elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post...
. By the end of the review, the newly recommended Preston constituency had the smallest number of voters of an English constituency based on 2006 electorates. At the launch of the 2011 review
Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies
The Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, also known as the 2013 Review, is an ongoing process by which parliamentary constituencies to the British House of Commons will be reformed, to comply with the revised rules for the number and size of constituencies introduced by the...
Preston constituency had an electorate of just over 61,000, significantly below the electoral quota .
MPs 1295-1640
| Parliament | First member | Second member |
|---|---|---|
| 1295 | Willielmus fil' (filius) Pauli | Adam Russel |
| 1298 | Adam fil' Radulfi | Adam de Biri |
| 1300/1 | Willielmus fil' Paulini | |
| 1304/5 | Robertus fil' Willelmi de Preston | Hernricus fil' Willelmi del Tounhende |
| 1306/7 | Robertus fil' Rogeri | Ricardus Banastre |
| 1307 | Henricus del Krykestyle | Ricardus Banastre |
| 1326/7 | Laurencius Travers | Willelmus de Graistok |
| 1327 (Nov) | John Stakky | Henry Banastre |
| 1328/9 (Feb) | Willielmus fil' Paulini | Nicholaus de Preston |
| 1330 (Nov) | William fitz Paul | Henry de Haydock |
| 1331 (Sep) | Johannes fil' Galfridi | Willielmus fil' Johannis |
| 1331–1529 | No returns | |
| 1529 | Cristoferus Heydock | Jacobus Walton |
| 1536–1545 | No returns | |
| 1545 | Sir Ralph Sadler | John Bourne |
| 1547 | George Frevil | John Hales |
| 1552/3 (Mar) | Anthony Browne | Thomas Fletewood |
| 1553 (Oct) | William Gerard | Anthony Browne |
| 1554 (Apr) | Thomas Ruthall, Willielmus Berners | |
| 1554 (Nov) | Richard Shyrburne | John Sylyard |
| 1555 | John Arundell | John Herle |
| 1557/8 | Ricardus Sherbourne | Robertus Southwell |
| 1559 (Jan) | Rober Aalford | Francis Goldsmith, sat for Helston, repl, by Richard Cooke Richard Cooke (MP for Preston) Richard Cooke was an English politician.He was the eldest surviving son of Sir Anthony Cooke of Gidea Hall, near Romford, Essex. He succeeded his father in 1576.He was a Groom of the Privy Chamber in 1551.... |
| 1562/3 | Gilbert Moreton | James Hodgkinson |
| 1571 | Edward Baeshe Edward Baeshe Edward Baeshe or Bashe was an English naval administrator and politician.He was born the son of Richard Baeshe of Worcester.He worked under Thomas Cromwell, and in 1550 became surveyor-general of victuals for the navy... |
Reginald Williams |
| 1572 | James Hodgkinson | George Horsey George Horsey Sir George Horsey was an English landowner engaged in ambitious industrial and land reclamation schemes. He was knighted in 1581.He was the son of Sir Ralph Horsey and Edith Mohun. In 1612, after his father's death, he inherited the family estates, which lay in Somerset and Dorset.He married... |
| 1584 (Nov) | William Fleetwood William Fleetwood (died 1630) Sir William Fleetwood was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1584 and 1628.... |
Thomas Cromwell |
| 1586 | John Brograve John Brograve Sir John Brograve was an English lawyer and politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Preston on several occasions, and once for Boroughbridge.-Life:... |
Sir Thomas Hesketh |
| 1588 (Oct) | Sir Thomas Hesketh | Michael Doughty |
| 1593 | James Dalton | Thomas Bulbeck |
| 1597 (Oct) | John Brograve John Brograve Sir John Brograve was an English lawyer and politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Preston on several occasions, and once for Boroughbridge.-Life:... |
Sir John Stanhope John Stanhope, 1st Baron Stanhope John Stanhope, 1st Baron Stanhope of Harrington was an English courtier, politician and peer.-Life:He was the third son of Sir Michael Stanhope, born in Yorkshire, but brought up in Nottinghamshire after his father's attainder for treason in 1552... |
| 1601 (Oct) | John Brograve John Brograve Sir John Brograve was an English lawyer and politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Preston on several occasions, and once for Boroughbridge.-Life:... |
William Waad |
| 1604-1611 | Sir Vincent Skinner Vincent Skinner Sir Vincent Skinner was an English politician, who sat in parliament for numerous constituencies.The son of John Skinner of Thorpe-by-Wainfleet, Lincolnshire, he matriculated at Trinity College, Cambridge in 1557, graduating B.A. in 1561 and M.A. in 1564.He was a Member of Parliament for Truro in... |
William Holte |
| 1614 | (Sir) Edward Mosley | Henry Banastre |
| 1621-1622 | (Sir) Edward Mosley | Sir William Pooley |
| 1624 | (Sir) Edward Mosley | Sir William Pooley, sat for Sudbury, repl. by Sir William Harvey |
| 1625 | Sir William Harvey | Henry Banastre |
| 1626 | George Gerard | Thomas Fanshawe Thomas Fanshawe (of Jenkins) Thomas Fanshawe was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1626 and from 1640 to 1642.Fanshawe was the son of Thomas Fanshawe of Jenkins, Barking, Essex. He was admitted at the Inner Temple in 1620 and matriculated from Trinity College, Cambridge in 1622, being awarded MA in... |
| 1628 | Robert Carre | George Gerard |
| 1629-1640 | No Parliaments summoned | |
MPs 1640-1950
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| April 1640 Short Parliament The Short Parliament was a Parliament of England that sat from 13 April to 5 May 1640 during the reign of King Charles I of England, so called because it lasted only three weeks.... |
Richard Shuttleworth Richard Shuttleworth (MP) Richard Shuttleworth was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1640 and 1659. He supported the Parliamentarian side in the English Civil War.... |
Parliamentarian | Thomas Standish Thomas Standish Thomas Standish was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1640 and 1642. Standish was a zealous Parliamentarian.... |
Parliamentarian | ||
| November 1640 Long Parliament The Long Parliament was made on 3 November 1640, following the Bishops' Wars. It received its name from the fact that through an Act of Parliament, it could only be dissolved with the agreement of the members, and those members did not agree to its dissolution until after the English Civil War and... |
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| November 1642 | Standish died November 1642 - seat vacant | |||||
| 1645 | William Langton William Langton (MP) William Langton was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1645 and 1648.Langton was the son of Roger Langton of Amounderness, Lancashire, He was educated at St John's College, Cambridge and was admitted at Gray's Inn in 1630... |
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| December 1648 | Shuttleworth excluded in Pride's Purge Pride's Purge Pride’s Purge is an event in December 1648, during the Second English Civil War, when troops under the command of Colonel Thomas Pride forcibly removed from the Long Parliament all those who were not supporters of the Grandees in the New Model Army and the Independents... - seat vacant |
Langton not recorded as sitting after Pride's Purge Pride's Purge Pride’s Purge is an event in December 1648, during the Second English Civil War, when troops under the command of Colonel Thomas Pride forcibly removed from the Long Parliament all those who were not supporters of the Grandees in the New Model Army and the Independents... |
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| 1653 | Preston was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament Barebones Parliament Barebone's Parliament, also known as the Little Parliament, the Nominated Assembly and the Parliament of Saints, came into being on 4 July 1653, and was the last attempt of the English Commonwealth to find a stable political form before the installation of Oliver Cromwell as Lord Protector... |
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| 1654 First Protectorate Parliament The First Protectorate Parliament was summoned by the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell under the terms of the Instrument of Government. It sat for one term from 3 September 1654 until 22 January 1655 with William Lenthall as the Speaker of the House.... |
Colonel Richard Shuttleworth Richard Shuttleworth (MP) Richard Shuttleworth was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1640 and 1659. He supported the Parliamentarian side in the English Civil War.... |
Preston had only one seat in the First First Protectorate Parliament The First Protectorate Parliament was summoned by the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell under the terms of the Instrument of Government. It sat for one term from 3 September 1654 until 22 January 1655 with William Lenthall as the Speaker of the House.... and Second Second Protectorate Parliament The Second Protectorate Parliament in England sat for two sessions from 17 September 1656 until 4 February 1658, with Thomas Widdrington as the Speaker of the House of Commons... Parliaments of the Protectorate |
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| 1656 Second Protectorate Parliament The Second Protectorate Parliament in England sat for two sessions from 17 September 1656 until 4 February 1658, with Thomas Widdrington as the Speaker of the House of Commons... |
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| January 1659 Third Protectorate Parliament The Third Protectorate Parliament sat for one session, from 27 January 1659 until 22 April 1659, with Chaloner Chute and Thomas Bampfylde as the Speakers of the House of Commons... |
Colonel Richard Standish Richard Standish Richard Standish was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1659 and 1660. He was a colonel in the Parliamentarian army in the English Civil War.... |
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| May 1659 Rump Parliament The Rump Parliament is the name of the English Parliament after Colonel Pride purged the Long Parliament on 6 December 1648 of those members hostile to the Grandees' intention to try King Charles I for high treason.... |
Not represented in the restored Rump Rump Parliament The Rump Parliament is the name of the English Parliament after Colonel Pride purged the Long Parliament on 6 December 1648 of those members hostile to the Grandees' intention to try King Charles I for high treason.... |
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| April 1660 | Alexander Rigby Alexander Rigby (died 1694) Alexander Rigby was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1659 and 1660.Rigby was the son of Alexander Rigby of Middleton in Goosnargh near Preston and his wife Lucy Legh of Manchester. He succeeded father at Middleton in 1650.In 1659, Rigby was elected Member of Parliament for... |
Richard Standish Richard Standish Richard Standish was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1659 and 1660. He was a colonel in the Parliamentarian army in the English Civil War.... |
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| August 1660 | Edward Rigby | Edward Fleetwood | ||||
| 1661 | Geoffrey Rishton | |||||
| 1667 | John Otway | |||||
| February 1679 | Sir Robert Carr | |||||
| April 1679 | Sir John Otway | |||||
| 1681 | Sir Robert Carr | Sir Gervase Elwes | ||||
| April 1685 | Sir Thomas Chicheley Thomas Chicheley Sir Thomas Chicheley was a politician in England in the seventeenth century who fell from favour in the reign of James II. His name is sometimes spelt as Chichele.... |
Edward Fleetwood | ||||
| June 1685 | Hon. Andrew Newport Andrew Newport Andrew Newport JP , styled The Honourable from 1642, was an English Tory politician, courtier and royalist.-Background:... |
Tory | ||||
| 1689 | James Stanley James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby PC , styled The Honourable until 1702, was a British peer and politician.Derby was the second son of Charles Stanley, 8th Earl of Derby, and Dorothea Helena Kirkhoven... |
Thomas Patten | ||||
| March 1690 | Lord Willoughby de Eresby | Christopher Greenfield | ||||
| December 1690 | Sir Edward Chisenhall | |||||
| 1695 | Sir Thomas Stanley Sir Thomas Stanley, 4th Baronet Sir Thomas Stanley, 4th Baronet was a British Member of Parliament.Stanley was the son of Sir Edward Stanley, 3rd Baronet, and Elizabeth Bosvile, and succeeded his father in the baronetcy at the age of one... |
Thomas Molyneux | ||||
| 1698 | Henry Ashhurst | |||||
| January 1701 | Edward Rigby | |||||
| December 1701 | Thomas Molyneux | |||||
| 1702 | Charles Zedenno Stanley | Sir Cyril Wyche Cyril Wyche Sir Cyril Wyche FRS was an English lawyer and politician.He was born in Constantinople, Turkey, where his father, Sir Peter Wyche, was the English Ambassador. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford with Bachelor of Arts in 1653. He received his Master of Arts in 1655 and his Doctor of Civil... |
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| 1705 | Francis Annesley | Edward Rigby | ||||
| 1706 | Arthur Maynwaring | |||||
| 1708 | Henry Fleetwood Henry Fleetwood Henry Fleetwood was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1589 and 1611.Fleetwood was the youngest son of Thomas Fleetwood of The Vache, Buckinghamshire and his second wife. He was educated at Grey's Inn in 1580 and was called to the bar in 1586. In 1589,... |
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| 1710 | Sir Henry Hoghton | |||||
| 1713 | Edward Southwell | |||||
| 1715 | Sir Henry Hoghton | |||||
| 1722 | Daniel Pulteney Daniel Pulteney Daniel Pulteney was an English government official and Member of Parliament.Pulteney was the son of John Pulteney , MP for Hastings and Commissioner of Customs, and Lucy Colville. He studied at Christ Church, Oxford, matriculating in 1699.He was one of the Commissioners for Trade and Plantations... |
Thomas Hesketh | ||||
| 1727 | Sir Henry Hoghton | |||||
| 1732 | Nicholas Fazackerley | |||||
| 1741 | James Shuttleworth | |||||
| 1754 | Edmund Starkie | |||||
| 1767 | Sir Peter Byrne Leicester | |||||
| April 1768 | Sir Frank Standish | |||||
| November 1768 | Brigadier John Burgoyne John Burgoyne General John Burgoyne was a British army officer, politician and dramatist. He first saw action during the Seven Years' War when he participated in several battles, mostly notably during the Portugal Campaign of 1762.... |
Whig | Sir Henry Hoghton | Tory | ||
| 1792 | William Cunliffe Shawe | |||||
| 1795 | Sir Henry Philip Hoghton | Whig | ||||
| 1796 | Lord Stanley Edward Smith-Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby Edward Smith-Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby KG , styled Lord Stanley from 1776 to 1832 and known as The Lord Stanley from 1832 to 1834, was an English politician, landowner, builder, farmer, art collector and naturalist... |
Whig | ||||
| 1802 | John Horrocks John Horrocks (cotton manufacturer) John Horrocks was a British cotton manufacturer and Member of Parliament.-Early life:He was the youngest of two surviving sons in a family of eighteen children... |
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| 1804 | Samuel Horrocks | Tory | ||||
| 1812 | Edmund Hornby | Whig | ||||
| 1826 | Hon. Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby Edward George Geoffrey Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, KG, PC was an English statesman, three times Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and to date the longest serving leader of the Conservative Party. He was known before 1834 as Edward Stanley, and from 1834 to 1851 as Lord Stanley... |
Whig | John Wood | Whig | ||
| 1830 | Henry Hunt Henry Hunt (politician) Henry "Orator" Hunt was a British radical speaker and agitator remembered as a pioneer of working-class radicalism and an important influence on the later Chartist movement. He advocated parliamentary reform and the repeal of the Corn Laws.Hunt was born in Upavon, Wiltshire and became a prosperous... |
Radical | ||||
| 1832 United Kingdom general election, 1832 -Seats summary:-Parties and leaders at the general election:The Earl Grey had been Prime Minister since 22 November 1830. His was the first predominantly Whig administration since the Ministry of all the Talents in 1806-1807.... |
(Sir) Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood Sir Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood, 1st Baronet, was an English landowner, developer and Member of Parliament, who founded the town of Fleetwood, in Lancashire, England. Born Peter Hesketh, he changed his name by Royal assent to Hesketh-Fleetwood, incorporating the name of his ancestors, and was later... |
Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... |
Hon. Henry Stanley | Whig | ||
| 1837 United Kingdom general election, 1837 The 1837 United Kingdom general election saw Robert Peel's Conservatives close further on the position of the Whigs, who won their fourth election of the decade.... |
Robert Townley Parker | Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... |
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| 1841 United Kingdom general election, 1841 -Seats summary:-Whig MPs who lost their seats:*Viscount Morpeth - Chief Secretary for Ireland*Sir George Strickland, Bt*Sir Henry Barron, 1st Baronet-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987... |
Whig | Sir George Strickland Sir George Strickland, 7th Baronet Sir George Strickland, 7th Baronet , also known as Sir George Cholmley was an English Member of Parliament and lawyer.... |
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| 1847 United Kingdom general election, 1847 -Seats summary:-References:* F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* British Electoral Facts 1832-1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher *... |
Charles Pascoe Grenfell | Whig | ||||
| 1852 United Kingdom general election, 1852 The July 1852 United Kingdom general election was a watershed election in the formation of the modern political parties of Britain. Following 1852, the Tory/Conservative party became, more completely, the party of the rural aristocracy, while the Whig/Liberal party became the party of the rising... |
Robert Townley Parker | Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... |
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| 1857 United Kingdom general election, 1857 -Seats summary:-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* British Electoral Facts 1832-1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher *... |
Charles Pascoe Grenfell | Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day... |
Richard Assheton Cross R. A. Cross, 1st Viscount Cross Richard Assheton Cross, 1st Viscount Cross, GCB, GCSI, PC, FRS , known before his elevation to the peerage as R. A. Cross, was a British statesman and Conservative politician... |
Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... |
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| 1862 | Sir Thomas Hesketh Sir Thomas Fermor-Hesketh, 5th Baronet Sir Thomas George Fermor-Hesketh, 5th baronet was an English Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1862 to 1872.... |
Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... |
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| 1865 United Kingdom general election, 1865 The 1865 United Kingdom general election saw the Liberals, led by Lord Palmerston, increase their large majority over the Earl of Derby's Conservatives to more than 80. The Whig Party changed its name to the Liberal Party between the previous election and this one.Palmerston died later in the same... |
Hon. Frederick Stanley Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby Frederick Arthur Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby KG, GCB, GCVO, PC , known as Frederick Stanley until 1886 and as Lord Stanley of Preston between 1886 and 1893, was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom who served as Colonial Secretary from 1885 to 1886 and the sixth Governor General... |
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| 1868 United Kingdom general election, 1868 The 1868 United Kingdom general election was the first after passage of the Reform Act 1867, which enfranchised many male householders, thus greatly increasing the number of men who could vote in elections in the United Kingdom... |
Edward Hermon Edward Hermon Edward Hermon was a British Conservative Party politician.At the 1868 general election he was elected on his first attempt a Member of Parliament for the two-seat constituency of Preston in Lancashire. He was re-elected in 1874 and in 1880, and held the seat until he died in office in 1881, aged... |
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| 1872 | (Sir) John Holker John Holker Sir John Holker QC was a British lawyer and politician. He sat as a Member of Parliament for Preston from 1872 until his death ten years later. He was first Solicitor General and later Attorney General in the second government of Benjamin Disraeli.- External links :... |
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| 1881 | William Farrer Ecroyd | Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... |
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| February 1882 | Henry Cecil Raikes Henry Cecil Raikes Henry Cecil Raikes PC was a British Conservative Party politician. He was Chairman of Ways and Means between 1874 and 1880 and served as Postmaster General between 1886 and 1891.-Background and education:... |
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| November 1882 | (Sir) William Tomlinson Sir William Tomlinson, 1st Baronet Sir William Edward Murray Tomlinson, 1st Baronet was an English lawyer, colliery owner and Conservative politician.Tomlinson was born in the Lancaster registration district in Lancashire and became a barrister... |
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| 1885 United Kingdom general election, 1885 -Seats summary:-See also:*List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1885*Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885–1918*Representation of the People Act 1884*Redistribution of Seats Act 1885-References:... |
Robert William Hanbury Robert William Hanbury Robert William Hanbury PC was a British Conservative politician. He served as President of the Board of Agriculture from 1900 to 1903.-Background and education:... |
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| 1903 | John Kerr John Kerr (British politician) John Kerr was a British businessman and a Conservative Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Preston in Lancashire from 1903 to 1906.... |
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| 1906 United Kingdom general election, 1906 -Seats summary:-See also:*MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1906*The Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885-1918-External links:***-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987**... |
John Thomas Macpherson | Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after... |
Harold Cox Harold Cox Harold Cox was a Liberal MP for Preston from 1906 to 1909.-Early life:The son of Homersham Cox a County Court judge, Cox was educated at Tonbridge School in Kent and was Scholar and later Fellow at Jesus College, Cambridge where he took a mathematics degree in 1882... |
Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day... |
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| January 1910 | Major the Hon. George Stanley George Frederick Stanley Lieutenant-Colonel Sir George Frederick Stanley GCSI GCIE CMG was a British soldier and Conservative Party politician who served as a member of the UK Parliament for Preston and later, Willesdon East... |
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Alfred Aspinall Tobin | Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... |
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| 1915 | Urban H. Broughton | Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... |
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| 1918 United Kingdom general election, 1918 The United Kingdom general election of 1918 was the first to be held after the Representation of the People Act 1918, which meant it was the first United Kingdom general election in which nearly all adult men and some women could vote. Polling was held on 14 December 1918, although the count did... |
Thomas Shaw | Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after... |
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| 1922 United Kingdom general election, 1922 The United Kingdom general election of 1922 was held on 15 November 1922. It was the first election held after most of the Irish counties left the United Kingdom to form the Irish Free State, and was won by Andrew Bonar Law's Conservatives, who gained an overall majority over Labour, led by John... |
James Philip Hodge James Philip Hodge James Philp Hodge was a British Liberal politician and lawyer.-Family & education:Hodge was the son Archibald Hodge of Hoole Park, Chester who had been miner in Fife. He was educated at the former Chester Cathedral Choir School. The school closed in 1975... |
Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day... |
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| 1924 United Kingdom general election, 1924 - Seats summary :- References :* F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* - External links :* * *... |
Alfred Ravenscroft Kennedy | Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... |
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| 1929 United Kingdom general election, 1929 -Seats summary:-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987*-External links:***... |
Sir William Jowitt William Jowitt, 1st Earl Jowitt William Allen Jowitt, 1st Earl Jowitt PC, KC , was a British Labour politician and lawyer, who served as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain under Clement Attlee from 1945 to 1951.-Background and education:... |
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| 1929 by-election Preston by-election, 1929 The Preston by-election, 1929 was a parliamentary by-election held in England for the House of Commons constituency of Preston on 31 July 1929... |
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| 1931 United Kingdom general election, 1931 The United Kingdom general election on Tuesday 27 October 1931 was the last in the United Kingdom not held on a Thursday. It was also the last election, and the only one under universal suffrage, where one party received an absolute majority of the votes cast.The 1931 general election was the... |
Adrian Charles Moreing | Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... |
William Kirkpatrick William Kirkpatrick (Conservative politician) William MacColin Kirkpatrick was an English Conservative Party politician. He was elected as Member of Parliament for Preston at the 1931 general election, and held the seat until his resignation in 1936 when he was appointed as the representative to China of the Export Credits Guarantee... |
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| 1936 Preston by-election, 1936 The Preston by-election, 1936 was a parliamentary by-election held for the British House of Commons constituency of Preston on 25 November 1936... |
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| 1940 Preston by-election, 1940 The Preston by-election, 1940 was a parliamentary by-election held for the British House of Commons constituency of Preston in Lancashire on 29 September 1940... |
Randolph Churchill Randolph Churchill Major Randolph Frederick Edward Spencer-Churchill, MBE was the son of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and his wife Clementine. He was a Conservative Member of Parliament for Preston from 1940 to 1945.... |
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| 1945 United Kingdom general election, 1945 The United Kingdom general election of 1945 was a general election held on 5 July 1945, with polls in some constituencies delayed until 12 July and in Nelson and Colne until 19 July, due to local wakes weeks. The results were counted and declared on 26 July, due in part to the time it took to... |
John William Sunderland John William Sunderland John William Sunderland was an English Labour Party politician.After serving in the First World War, Sunderland became Secretary of the Todmorden Weavers Association, and a member of Lancashire County Council, serving as group leader.He was elected as Member of Parliament for Preston at the July... |
Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after... |
Samuel Segal Samuel Segal, Baron Segal Samuel Segal, Baron Segal MRCS, LRCP, MA was a British doctor and Labour Party politician who became Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords.- Early life :... |
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| 1946 by-election Preston by-election, 1946 The Preston by-election, 1946 was a parliamentary by-election held on 31 January 1946 for the British House of Commons constituency of Preston in Lancashire. The seat had become vacant when the Labour Member of Parliament John Sunderland had died on 24 November 1945... |
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MPs since 1983
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| 1983 United Kingdom general election, 1983 The 1983 United Kingdom general election was held on 9 June 1983. It gave the Conservative Party under Margaret Thatcher the most decisive election victory since that of Labour in 1945... |
Stanley Thorne Stanley Thorne Stanley George Thorne was a British Labour Party politician.Thorne was Member of Parliament for Preston South from 1974 to 1983, and, after boundary changes, for Preston from 1983 until his retirement in 1987... |
Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after... |
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| 1987 United Kingdom general election, 1987 The United Kingdom general election of 1987 was held on 11 June 1987, to elect 650 members to the British House of Commons. The election was the third consecutive election victory for the Conservative Party under the leadership of Margaret Thatcher, who became the first Prime Minister since the 2nd... |
Audrey Wise Audrey Wise Audrey Wise was a British Labour Party politician... |
Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after... |
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| 2000 by-election Preston by-election, 2000 The Member of Parliament for Preston, Audrey Wise, died on 2 September 2000.A by-election to fill the seat was held on 23 November.The Labour vote share declined, but with the main beneficiaries being fringe parties they held the seat comfortably.... |
Mark Hendrick Mark Hendrick Mark Phillip Hendrick is a British Labour Co-operative politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Preston since winning a by-election in 2000.-Biography:Hendrick, who is half Somali, was born in Salford, Lancashire... |
Labour Co-operative Labour Co-operative Labour and Co-operative describes those candidates in British elections standing on behalf of both the Labour Party and the Co-operative Party, based on a national agreement between the two parties.... |
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History
The borough and presently city of Preston has been represented by Labour MPs since 1983. Representatives have sat in Parliament for Preston for nearly 800 years, the first recorded names being Willielmus fil’ Pauli and Adam Russel. Prior to being reformed as "Preston" in 1983, the former Preston NorthPreston North (UK Parliament constituency)
Preston North was a parliamentary constituency in Lancashire, which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom...
and Preston South seats were amongst the most marginal in the country - in 1979, Conservative Robert Atkins
Robert Atkins (politician)
Sir Robert James Atkins is a British Conservative politician. Educated at Highgate School, he served as a councillor for the London Borough of Haringey from 1968 to 1977. He was the Member of Parliament for Preston North and South Ribble from 1979 to 1997 and became a Member of the European...
won Preston North by 29 votes.
With the suburban former Fulwood Urban District
Fulwood Urban District
Fulwood was an urban district of Lancashire, England.It was subject to some changes in its boundaries:*1 April 1934: lost to County Borough of Preston...
area within Ribble Valley
Ribble Valley (UK Parliament constituency)
Ribble Valley is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....
(and from 2010 Wyre and Preston North
Wyre and Preston North (UK Parliament constituency)
Wyre and Preston North is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Created in the most recent fifth periodic review of constituencies by the Boundary Commission for England, it elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post...
), the southern portion has awarded MPs with much healthier and secure majorities. Almost all of Preston's representatives up to the creation of two constituencies in 1949, and since its recreation as a single constituency in 1983, have been Labour candidates.
Between 1918 and 1949, the two-seat constituency of Preston was formed by the County Borough of Preston and the Urban District of Fulwood. For the 1950 election, the division of Preston North and Preston South
Preston South (UK Parliament constituency)
Preston South was a parliamentary constituency in the city of Preston in Lancashire. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom....
occurred, which continued until 1983.
In 1997, Audrey Wise
Audrey Wise
Audrey Wise was a British Labour Party politician...
secured a majority of over 18,000. The collapse of the Conservative vote - 10 percentage points down from 1992 - was firmly with the pattern of the Tory fortunes in that year.
The death of Audrey Wise in 2000 triggered a by-election
By-election
A by-election is an election held to fill a political office that has become vacant between regularly scheduled elections....
. At that Preston by-election
Preston by-election, 2000
The Member of Parliament for Preston, Audrey Wise, died on 2 September 2000.A by-election to fill the seat was held on 23 November.The Labour vote share declined, but with the main beneficiaries being fringe parties they held the seat comfortably....
, Mark Hendrick
Mark Hendrick
Mark Phillip Hendrick is a British Labour Co-operative politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Preston since winning a by-election in 2000.-Biography:Hendrick, who is half Somali, was born in Salford, Lancashire...
, former Member of the European Parliament
Member of the European Parliament
A Member of the European Parliament is a person who has been elected to the European Parliament. The name of MEPs differ in different languages, with terms such as europarliamentarian or eurodeputy being common in Romance language-speaking areas.When the European Parliament was first established,...
(MEP) for the Lancashire Central constituency
Lancashire Central (European Parliament constituency)
Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in England, Scotland and Wales...
with Preston at its heart, secured a victory with a 4,400 majority. The surprise of the night was the result of the fledgling Socialist Alliance
Socialist Alliance (England)
The Socialist Alliance was a left-wing electoral alliance in England between 1992 and 2005.In late 2005, a small group reformed with the name "Socialist Alliance", with a mutual affiliation with the larger Alliance for Green Socialism.-Origins:...
, for whom Terry Cartright saved his deposit.
Less than a year later, the 2001 general election
United Kingdom general election, 2001
The United Kingdom general election, 2001 was held on Thursday 7 June 2001 to elect 659 members to the British House of Commons. It was dubbed "the quiet landslide" by the media, as the Labour Party was re-elected with another landslide result and only suffered a net loss of 6 seats...
returned Mark Hendrick with a much healthier 12,200 majority, up against South Ribble
South Ribble
South Ribble is a non-metropolitan district and borough of Lancashire, England. Its council is based in Leyland.In May 2007, the council was officially declared "Excellent" by the Audit Commission, gaining its place among the best 5 district councils in the country,-Overview:On 4 October 2007, a...
councillor Graham O'Hare for the Conservatives and local Liberal Democrat
Liberal Democrats
The Liberal Democrats are a social liberal political party in the United Kingdom which supports constitutional and electoral reform, progressive taxation, wealth taxation, human rights laws, cultural liberalism, banking reform and civil liberties .The party was formed in 1988 by a merger of the...
leader Bill Chadwick. In real terms, all three main parties lost support from 1997 - Labour down by over 8,000 votes, Conservatives reduced by over 2,200 and LibDems 2,300 lower. One notable candidate in 2001 was David Braid, also a candidate in a number of other seats that year, who had been the "Battle for Britain" candidate in the previous year's by-election.
The 2005 general election
United Kingdom general election, 2005
The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005 to elect 646 members to the British House of Commons. The Labour Party under Tony Blair won its third consecutive victory, but with a majority of 66, reduced from 160....
election was notable for the changes in share of the vote of the minor parties. The first ever Respect
RESPECT The Unity Coalition
Respect is a socialist political party in England and Wales founded in 2004. Its name is a contrived acronym standing for Respect, Equality, Socialism, Peace, Environmentalism, Community and Trade Unionism.-Policies:...
candidate, local councillor Michael Lavalette
Michael Lavalette
Michael Lavalette is a member of the Socialist Workers Party and until May 2011 a local councillor in Preston, Lancashire, England. He was first elected as a Socialist Alliance candidate shortly after the start of the Iraq War in 2003. And re-elected as a Respect councillor in 2007...
, firmly saved his deposit with nearly 7% of the vote. The Liberal Democrats
Liberal Democrats
The Liberal Democrats are a social liberal political party in the United Kingdom which supports constitutional and electoral reform, progressive taxation, wealth taxation, human rights laws, cultural liberalism, banking reform and civil liberties .The party was formed in 1988 by a merger of the...
, who had chosen former Conservative County Councillor
Lancashire County Council
Lancashire County Council is the upper-tier local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Lancashire, England. It currently consists of 84 councillors, and is controlled by the Conservative Party, who won control of the council in the local council elections in June 2009, ending 28 years of...
William Parkinson, had their best result since 1997. Fiona Bryce, for the Conservatives
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
, remained in second place and saw her share of the vote remain stable despite the United Kingdom Independence Party
United Kingdom Independence Party
The United Kingdom Independence Party is a eurosceptic and right-wing populist political party in the United Kingdom. Whilst its primary goal is the UK's withdrawal from the European Union, the party has expanded beyond its single-issue image to develop a more comprehensive party platform.UKIP...
(UKIP) polling over 1,000 votes. These results meant that Mark Hendrick secured another term as MP, but his vote number was 3,000 less than 2001 and 12,000 less than Audrey Wise in 1997.
Labour continued its representation of Preston at the United Kingdom general election, 2010 although Mark Hendrick secured less than 50% of the votes cast, the first time this has occurred at a Preston election since 1983. For the first time since their formation the Liberal Democrats finished in second place, with the Conservatives in third.
Elections in the 2010s
Elections in the 2000s
Elections in the 1990s
Elections of the 1980s
Elections in the 1940s
At the by-election in September 1940Preston by-election, 1940
The Preston by-election, 1940 was a parliamentary by-election held for the British House of Commons constituency of Preston in Lancashire on 29 September 1940...
, Conservative candidate Randolph Churchill
Randolph Churchill
Major Randolph Frederick Edward Spencer-Churchill, MBE was the son of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and his wife Clementine. He was a Conservative Member of Parliament for Preston from 1940 to 1945....
was election unopposed on the death of Conservative MP A.C Moreing
Elections in the 1930s
Elections in the 1920s
Sources
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