UK general elections › 2015 › Preston
Preston — 2015
Mark Hendrick (Labour Party) was elected with 18,755 votes— 56.0% of 33,469 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 56.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +6.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 33,469
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Hendrick | Labour Party | 18,755 | 56.0% | +6.0 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Richard Holden | Conservative Party | 6,688 | 20.0% | — | |
| 3 | James Barker | UK Independence Party | 5,139 | 15.4% | — | |
| 4 | Gemma Christie | Green Party | 1,643 | 4.9% | — | |
| 5 | Jo Barton | Liberal Democrats | 1,244 | 3.7% | — |
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.