2000 Preston by-election

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Turnout

29.4%

	First party	Second party

Candidate	Mark Hendrick	Graham O'Hare
Party	Labour	Conservative
Popular vote	9,765	5,339
Percentage	45.7%	25.0%
Swing	15.1%	3.1%

	Third party	Fourth party

Candidate	Bill Chadwick	Terry Cartwright
Party	Liberal Democrats	Socialist Alliance
Popular vote	3,454	1,210
Percentage	16.2%	5.7%
Swing	1.5%	New

MP before election

Audrey Wise
Labour

Elected MP

Mark Hendrick
Labour

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.

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.

Results

**2000 Preston by-election**
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Hendrick	9,765	45.7	−15.1
	Conservative	Graham O'Hare	5,339	25.0	+3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Bill Chadwick	3,454	16.2	+1.5
	Socialist Alliance	Terry Cartwright	1,210	5.7	New
	UKIP	Gregg Beaman	458	2.1	New
	Green	Richard Merrick	441	2.1	New
	CPA	Peter Garrett	416	2.0	New
	BNP	Chris Jackson	229	1.1	New
	Independent	David Franklin-Braid	51	0.2	New
Majority			4,426	20.7	−18.2
Turnout			21,363	29.4	−36.4
	Labour hold		Swing	-9.1

Previous general election result, 1997

General election 1997: Preston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Audrey Wise	29,220	60.8	+6.5
	Conservative	Paul Gray	10,540	21.9	−5.9
	Liberal Democrats	Bill Chadwick	7,045	14.7	−2.5
	Referendum	John Porter	924	1.9	New
	Natural Law	John Ashforth	345	0.7	0.0
Majority			18,680	38.9	+12.4
Turnout			48,074	65.8	−5.9
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.2

References

"Factsheet M16: By-election results, 1997–2001" (PDF). House of Commons Information Office. September 2003. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
Boothroyd, David. "Results of Byelections in the 1997-2002 Parliament". United Kingdom Election Results. Retrieved 5 October 2015.

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