Election for the constituency of Wyre and Preston North on 7 May 2015

An election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Wyre and Preston North, held as part of the general election on 7 May 2015.

Conservative hold by Ben Wallace with a majority of 14,151 - 28.4% - on a turnout of 70.6%.

An electorate of 70,637, having a valid vote count of 49,893 and an invalid vote count of 190.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
WALLACE, Ben Con 26,528 53.2% 0.8%
WHITTINGHAM, Ben Lab 12,377 24.8% 3.5%
WALSH, Kate UKIP 6,577 13.2% 8.4%
POTTER, John LD 2,712 5.4% -16.1%
POWER, Anne Green 1,699 3.4% -

The writ for this election was issued on 30 March 2015.

Result declared at 05:14 on 8 May 2015. Declarations times do not form part of election declarations and should be regarded as indicative rather than official.

Gain or hold information and vote change percentages are calculated according to changes since the preceding general election and take no account of intervening by-elections. The calculations are based on changes to party performance, rather than the performance of an individual candidate. Where the boundary of a constituency has changed since the preceding general election, the calculations are based on estimated notional results for the new boundaries at the previous election.

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.