UK general elections2010 › Wyre and Preston North

Wyre and Preston North — 2010

Ben Wallace (Conservative Party) was elected with 26,877 votes52.4% of 51,308 valid votes.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 52.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +2.4 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 51,308

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare of votes Candidate votes ÷ valid votes in this constituency. Matches the share the returning officer publishes.Below quota Elected candidate's share of valid votes minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it.Elected
1Ben Wallace Conservative Party 26,87752.4%+2.4 ptsElected
2Danny Gallagher Liberal Democrats 11,03321.5%
3Cat Smith Labour Party 10,93221.3%
4Nigel Cecil UK Independence Party 2,4664.8%

Electorate 70,201 · Turnout 73.1% · Majority 15,844 · Back to 2010 overview

Source data: UK Parliament psephology database, retrieved 2026-05-19, generated 2026-05-19 (Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl-psephology@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.