UK general elections › 2015 › Wyre and Preston North
Wyre and Preston North — 2015
Ben Wallace (Conservative Party) was elected with 26,528 votes— 53.2% of 49,893 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 53.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +3.2 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 49,893
| 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 | Ben Wallace | Conservative Party | 26,528 | 53.2% | +3.2 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Ben Whittingham | Labour Party | 12,377 | 24.8% | — | |
| 3 | Kate Walsh | UK Independence Party | 6,577 | 13.2% | — | |
| 4 | John Potter | Liberal Democrats | 2,712 | 5.4% | — | |
| 5 | Anne Power | Green Party | 1,699 | 3.4% | — |
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.