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Election for the constituency of Preston on 8 June 2017

An election to the 57th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Preston, held as part of the general election on 8 June 2017.

Labour hold by Mark Hendrick with a majority of 15,723 - 44.2% - on a turnout of 61.6%.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
HENDRICK, Mark Lab / Co-op 24,210 68.0% 12.0%
BEATY, Kevin Con 8,487 23.8% 3.9%
PLATT, Simon UKIP 1,348 3.8% -11.6%
DARBY, Neil LD 1,204 3.4% -0.3%
POWER, Anne Green 348 1.0% -3.9%

Under section 13(b) of the Representation of the People Act 1985, a candidate gaining 5% or less of the vote share will forfeit their deposit.

An electorate of 57,791, having a valid vote count of 35,597 and an invalid vote count of 63.

Result declared at 02:05 on 9 June 2017.