UK general elections › 2017 › Wyre and Preston North
Wyre and Preston North — 2017
Ben Wallace (Conservative Party) was elected with 30,684 votes— 58.3% of 52,646 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 58.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +8.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 52,646
| 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 | 30,684 | 58.3% | +8.3 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Michelle Heaton-Bentley | Labour Party | 18,438 | 35.0% | — | |
| 3 | John Potter | Liberal Democrats | 2,551 | 4.8% | — | |
| 4 | Ruth Norbury | Green Party | 973 | 1.8% | — |
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.