2000 Preston by-election
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Infobox election The 2000 Preston by-election was a parliamentary by-election held in England on 23 November 2000, to elect a new Member of Parliament (MP) for the House of Commons constituency of Preston in Lancashire.[1]
The vacancy was caused by the death on 2 September 2000 of Audrey Wise, the constituency's Labour Party MP. The Labour vote share declined, but with the main beneficiaries being fringe parties, the Labour candidate Mark Hendrick held the seat comfortably. The by-election was held on the same day as the 2000 West Bromwich West by-election and the 2000 Glasgow Anniesland by-election, both also won by the Labour Party.
Peter Garrett used the description "Preston Christian Alliance". David Braid used the description "Battle for Britain".
23 November 2000 was the last time three or more by-elections occurred on a single day until November 2012, when three by elections occurred on 15 November and three more on 29 November.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Results
Template:Election box winning candidate with party link| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Graham O'Hare | 5,339 | 25.0 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Bill Chadwick | 3,454 | 16.2 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Terry Cartwright | 1,210 | 5.7 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Gregg Beaman | 458 | 2.1 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Richard Merrick | 441 | 2.1 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Peter Garrett | 416 | 2.0 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Chris Jackson | 229 | 1.1 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | David Franklin-Braid | 51 | 0.2 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Majority | 4,426 | 20.7 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 21,363 | 29.4 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". hold | Swing | -9.1 | |||
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Previous general election result, 1997
Template:Election box winning candidate with party link| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Paul Gray | 10,540 | 21.9 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Bill Chadwick | 7,045 | 14.7 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | John Porter | 924 | 1.9 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | John Ashforth | 345 | 0.7 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Majority | 18,680 | 38.9 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 48,074 | 65.8 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". hold | Swing | +6.2 | |||
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See also
- Preston (UK Parliament constituency)
- Preston
- 1915 Preston by-election
- 1929 Preston by-election
- 1936 Preston by-election
- 1940 Preston by-election
- 1946 Preston by-election
- Lists of United Kingdom by-elections