UK general elections › 2017 › Preston
Preston — 2017
Mark Hendrick (Labour Party) was elected with 24,210 votes— 68.0% of 35,597 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 68.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +18.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 35,597
| 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 | 24,210 | 68.0% | +18.0 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Kevin Beaty | Conservative Party | 8,487 | 23.8% | — | |
| 3 | Simon Platt | UK Independence Party | 1,348 | 3.8% | — | |
| 4 | Neil Darby | Liberal Democrats | 1,204 | 3.4% | — | |
| 5 | Anne Power | Green Party | 348 | 1.0% | — |
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.