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Preston — UK General Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Preston was won by Labour at the 2024 general election, with a majority of 5,291 votes over Independent. This page covers every general election in Preston from 1832 to 2024.

This constituency elected more than one MP at once in some years. Before the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 (and in a shrinking number of boroughs through 1948), most UK constituencies elected two or more MPs together by "multi-member plurality" (block vote): each elector could cast one vote per available seat, and the top vote-getters overall were all elected. In those elections below, "Elected" lists every MP returned, "Votes" is the count that secured the last seat, and "Majority" is the gap between that seat and the first candidate who missed out.

Full Election History, 1832–2024

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1832 Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood (Conservative); Henry Thomas Smith-Stanley (Whig) 3,273 31.4% (top seat) Henry Hunt (Radical) 1,219 (11.3 pts) 84.6%
1835 Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood (Conservative); Henry Thomas Smith-Stanley (Whig) 2,092 33.7% (top seat) Thomas Perronet Thompson (Radical) 707 (11.0 pts) 86.1%
1837 Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood (Whig); Robert Townley Parker (Conservative) 1,821 44.6% (top seat) John Crawfurd (Whig) 259 (4.2 pts) 83.6%
1841 Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood (Whig); George Strickland (Whig) 1,629 28.5% (top seat) Robert Townley Parker (Conservative) 359 (6.2 pts) 86.2%
1847 George Strickland (Whig); Charles Pascoe Grenfell (Whig) 1,378 33.9% (top seat) Robert Townley Parker (Conservative) 17 (0.4 pts) 68.1%
1852 Robert Townley Parker (Conservative); George Strickland (Whig) 1,253 30.3% (top seat) Charles Pascoe Grenfell (Whig) 126 (2.9 pts) 77.2%
1857 Charles Pascoe Grenfell (Whig); Richard Assheton Cross (Conservative) 1,433 37.3% (top seat) George Strickland (Whig) 339 (8.4 pts) 72.1%
1859 Richard Assheton Cross (Conservative); Charles Pascoe Grenfell (Liberal) 1,208 39.4% (top seat) John Talbot Clifton (Conservative) 40 (1.0 pts) 73.7%
1865 Thomas George Hesketh (Conservative); Frederick Arthur Stanley (Conservative) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1868 Edward Hermon (Conservative); Thomas George Fermor-Hesketh (Conservative) 5,700 27.8% (top seat) Joseph Francis Leese (Liberal) 959 (4.6 pts) 97.1%
1874 Edward Hermon (Conservative); John Holker (Conservative) 5,211 42.1% (top seat) Thomas Mottershead (Liberal-Labour) 1,455 (9.4 pts) 64.1%
1880 Edward Hermon (Conservative); John Holker (Conservative) 5,641 36.2% (top seat) George William Bahr (Liberal) 286 (1.7 pts) 71.2%
1885 William Edward Murray Tomlinson (Conservative); Robert William Hanbury (Conservative) 7,971 38.6% (top seat) Thomas Wallace Russell (Liberal) 2,480 (11.3 pts) 91.1%
1886 William Edward Murray Tomlinson (Conservative); Robert William Hanbury (Conservative) 7,296 30.5% (top seat) John Ormerod Pilkington (Liberal) 2,314 (9.4 pts) 83.9%
1892 Robert William Hanbury (Conservative); William Edward Murray Tomlinson (Conservative) 7,764 36.7% (top seat) Charles Joseph Weld-Blundell (Liberal) 1,582 (7.2 pts) 87.7%
1895 Robert William Hanbury (Conservative); William Edward Murray Tomlinson (Conservative) 7,622 41.9% (top seat) James Tattersall (Independent Labour) 2,841 (13.3 pts) 76.3%
1900 Robert William Hanbury (Conservative); William Edward Murray Tomlinson (Conservative) 8,067 40.9% (top seat) James Keir Hardie (Labour) 3,233 (14.8 pts) 76.4%
1906 John Thomas Macpherson (Labour); Harold Cox (Liberal) 8,538 31.0% (top seat) John Kerr (Conservative) 1,235 (3.8 pts) 96.2%
Jan 1910 George Frederick Stanley (Conservative); Alfred Aspinall Tobin (Conservative) 9,160 27.1% (top seat) John Thomas Macpherson (Labour) 1,621 (4.6 pts) 94.4%
Dec 1910 George Frederick Stanley (Conservative); Alfred Aspinall Tobin (Conservative) 8,993 26.8% (top seat) Edward Hilton Young (Liberal) 800 (2.3 pts) 88.9%
1918 Thomas Shaw (Labour); George Frederick Stanley (Unionist) 18,970 25.8% (top seat) John Joseph O'Neill (Liberal) 485 (0.7 pts) 64.5%
1922 Thomas Shaw (Labour); James Philip Hodge (Liberal) 24,798 27.9% (top seat) George Frederick Stanley (Unionist) 2,224 (2.4 pts) 81.1%
1923 Thomas Shaw (Labour); James Philip Hodge (Liberal) 25,155 34.5% (top seat) William MacColin Kirkpatrick (Unionist) 1,193 (1.6 pts) 63.1%
1924 Thomas Shaw (Labour); Alfred Ravenscroft Kennedy (Unionist) 25,887 26.3% (top seat) James Philip Hodge (Liberal) 560 (0.5 pts) 84.5%
1929 Thomas Shaw (Labour); William Allen Jowitt (Liberal) 31,277 29.5% (top seat) Alfred Bakewell Howitt (Unionist) 2,161 (1.7 pts) 78.2%
1931 William MacColin Kirkpatrick (Conservative); Adrian Charles Moreing (Conservative) 45,843 32.5% (top seat) Thomas Shaw (Labour) 20,133 (14.1 pts) 84.6%
1935 Adrian Charles Moreing (Conservative); William MacColin Kirkpatrick (Conservative) 36,797 27.0% (top seat) Robert Arthur Lyster (Labour) 4,572 (3.3 pts) 81.9%
1945 Samuel Segal (Labour); John William Sunderland (Labour) 32,889 24.2% (top seat) Randolph Frederick Edward Spencer Churchill (Conservative) 3,760 (2.8 pts) 77.0%
1983 Stan Thorne (Labour) 21,810 46.7% Tom Huntley (Conservative) 6,978 (14.9 pts) 71.8%
1987 Audrey Wise (Labour) 23,341 52.5% Raj Chandran (Conservative) 10,645 (23.9 pts) 71.0%
1992 Audrey Wise (Labour) 24,983 54.3% Simon O'Toole (Conservative) 12,175 (26.5 pts) 71.7%
1997 Audrey Wise (Labour) 29,220 60.8% Paul Gray (Conservative) 18,680 (38.9 pts) 66.1%
2001 Mark Hendrick (Labour) 20,540 57.0% Graham O'Hare (Conservative) 12,268 (34.0 pts) 50.0%
2005 Mark Hendrick (Labour) 17,210 50.5% Fiona Bryce (Conservative) 9,407 (27.6 pts) 53.8%
2010 Mark Hendrick (Labour) 15,668 48.2% Mark Jewell (Liberal Democrat) 7,733 (23.8 pts) 53.3%
2015 Mark Hendrick (Labour) 18,755 56.0% Richard Holden (Conservative) 12,067 (36.0 pts) 56.0%
2017 Mark Hendrick (Labour) 24,210 68.0% Kevin Beaty (Conservative) 15,723 (44.2 pts) 61.7%
2019 Mark Hendrick (Labour) 20,870 61.8% Michele Scott (Conservative) 12,146 (35.9 pts) 56.8%
2024 Mark Hendrick (Labour) 14,006 35.0% Michael Lavalette (Independent) 5,291 (13.2 pts) 51.9%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1832 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood Conservative 3,37231.4% Yes
Henry Thomas Smith-Stanley Whig 3,27330.5% Yes
Henry Hunt Radical 2,05419.1% No
John Forbes Radical 1,92617.9% No
Charles John Crompton Radical 1181.1% No

1835 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood Conservative 2,16533.7% Yes
Henry Thomas Smith-Stanley Whig 2,09232.5% Yes
Thomas Perronet Thompson Radical 1,38521.5% No
Thomas Smith Radical 78912.3% No

1837 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood Whig 2,72644.6% Yes
Robert Townley Parker Conservative 1,82129.8% Yes
John Crawfurd Whig 1,56225.5% No
Feargus O'Connor Radical 50.1% No

1841 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood Whig 1,65528.5% Yes
George Strickland Whig 1,62928.0% Yes
Robert Townley Parker Conservative 1,27021.9% No
Charles Swainson Conservative 1,25521.6% No

1847 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Strickland Whig 1,40433.9% Yes
Charles Pascoe Grenfell Whig 1,37833.3% Yes
Robert Townley Parker Conservative 1,36132.9% No

1852 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Townley Parker Conservative 1,33530.3% Yes
George Strickland Whig 1,25328.4% Yes
Charles Pascoe Grenfell Whig 1,12725.6% No
James German Radical 69215.7% No

1857 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Pascoe Grenfell Whig 1,50337.3% Yes
Richard Assheton Cross Conservative 1,43335.6% Yes
George Strickland Whig 1,09427.1% No

1859 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Richard Assheton Cross Conservative 1,54239.4% Yes
Charles Pascoe Grenfell Liberal 1,20830.8% Yes
John Talbot Clifton Conservative 1,16829.8% No

1865 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas George Hesketh Conservative Unopposed Yes
Frederick Arthur Stanley Conservative Unopposed Yes

1868 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Hermon Conservative 5,80327.8% Yes
Thomas George Fermor-Hesketh Conservative 5,70027.3% Yes
Joseph Francis Leese Liberal 4,74122.7% No
Edward George Fitzalan-Howard Liberal 4,66322.3% No

1874 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Hermon Conservative 6,51242.1% Yes
John Holker Conservative 5,21133.7% Yes
Thomas Mottershead Liberal-Labour 3,75624.3% No

1880 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Hermon Conservative 6,23936.2% Yes
John Holker Conservative 5,64132.7% Yes
George William Bahr Liberal 5,35531.1% No

1885 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Edward Murray Tomlinson Conservative 8,45938.6% Yes
Robert William Hanbury Conservative 7,97136.4% Yes
Thomas Wallace Russell Liberal 5,49125.0% No

1886 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Edward Murray Tomlinson Conservative 7,49730.5% Yes
Robert William Hanbury Conservative 7,29629.7% Yes
John Ormerod Pilkington Liberal 4,98220.3% No
George Potter Liberal-Labour 4,77119.4% No

1892 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert William Hanbury Conservative 8,07036.7% Yes
William Edward Murray Tomlinson Conservative 7,76435.3% Yes
Charles Joseph Weld-Blundell Liberal 6,18228.1% No

1895 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert William Hanbury Conservative 8,92841.9% Yes
William Edward Murray Tomlinson Conservative 7,62235.7% Yes
James Tattersall Independent Labour 4,78122.4% No

1900 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert William Hanbury Conservative 8,94440.9% Yes
William Edward Murray Tomlinson Conservative 8,06736.9% Yes
James Keir Hardie Labour 4,83422.1% No

1906 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Thomas Macpherson Labour 10,18131.0% Yes
Harold Cox Liberal 8,53826.0% Yes
John Kerr Conservative 7,30322.2% No
William Edward Murray Tomlinson Conservative 6,85620.9% No

Jan 1910 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Frederick Stanley Conservative 9,52627.1% Yes
Alfred Aspinall Tobin Conservative 9,16026.0% Yes
John Thomas Macpherson Labour 7,53921.4% No
John Eldon Gorst Liberal 6,28117.8% No
Harold Cox Free Trade 2,7047.7% No

Dec 1910 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Frederick Stanley Conservative 9,18426.8% Yes
Alfred Aspinall Tobin Conservative 8,99326.3% Yes
Edward Hilton Young Liberal 8,19323.9% No
William Henry Carr Labour 7,85523.0% No

1918 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Shaw Labour 19,21325.8% Yes
George Frederick Stanley Unionist 18,97025.4% Yes
John Joseph O'Neill Liberal 18,48524.8% No
Warwick Brookes Unionist 17,92824.0% No

1922 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Shaw Labour 26,25927.9% Yes
James Philip Hodge Liberal 24,79826.4% Yes
George Frederick Stanley Unionist 22,57424.0% No
Alfred Robert MacLean Camm Unionist 20,41021.7% No

1923 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Shaw Labour 25,81634.5% Yes
James Philip Hodge Liberal 25,15533.6% Yes
William MacColin Kirkpatrick Unionist 23,96232.0% No

1924 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Shaw Labour 27,00926.3% Yes
Alfred Ravenscroft Kennedy Unionist 25,88725.2% Yes
James Philip Hodge Liberal 25,32724.6% No
George Barnes Unionist 24,57723.9% No

1929 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Shaw Labour 37,70529.5% Yes
William Allen Jowitt Liberal 31,27724.4% Yes
Alfred Bakewell Howitt Unionist 29,11622.8% No
Charles Ernest George Campbell Emmott Unionist 27,75421.7% No
Servetus Mortimer Holden British Reform and Women's 2,1111.6% No

1931 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William MacColin Kirkpatrick Conservative 46,27632.5% Yes
Adrian Charles Moreing Conservative 45,84332.2% Yes
Thomas Shaw Labour 25,71018.0% No
Edward Porter Labour 24,66017.3% No

1935 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Adrian Charles Moreing Conservative 37,21927.0% Yes
William MacColin Kirkpatrick Conservative 36,79726.7% Yes
Robert Arthur Lyster Labour 32,22523.3% No
Richard Leopold Reiss Labour 31,82723.1% No

1945 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Samuel Segal Labour 33,05324.2% Yes
John William Sunderland Labour 32,88924.1% Yes
Randolph Frederick Edward Spencer Churchill Conservative 29,12921.4% No
Harold Julian Amery Conservative 27,88520.4% No
Maurice Toulmin Liberal 8,2516.1% No
Pat Devine Communist 5,1683.8% No

1983

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Stan Thorne Labour 21,81046.7% Yes
Tom Huntley Conservative 14,83231.8% No
Mike Connolly Social Democratic Party 10,03921.5% No

1987

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Audrey Wise Labour 23,34152.5% Yes
Raj Chandran Conservative 12,69628.5% No
John Wright Liberal 8,45219.0% No

1992

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Audrey Wise Labour 24,98354.3% Yes
Simon O'Toole Conservative 12,80827.8% No
William Chadwick Liberal Democrat 7,89717.2% No
Janet Aycliffe Natural Law 3410.7% No

1997

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Audrey Wise Labour 29,22060.8% Yes
Paul Gray Conservative 10,54021.9% No
William Chadwick Liberal Democrat 7,04514.7% No
John Porter Referendum Party 9241.9% No
John Ashforth Natural Law 3450.7% No

2001

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Mark Hendrick Labour 20,54057.0% Yes
Graham O'Hare Conservative 8,27223.0% No
William Chadwick Liberal Democrat 4,74613.2% No
Bilal Patel Independent 1,2413.4% No
Richard Merrick Green 1,0192.8% No
David Franklin-Braid Independent 2230.6% No

2005

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Mark Hendrick Labour 17,21050.5% Yes
Fiona Bryce Conservative 7,80322.9% No
William Parkinson Liberal Democrat 5,70116.7% No
Michael Lavalette Respect 2,3186.8% No
Ellen Boardman UKIP 1,0493.1% No

2010

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Mark Hendrick Labour 15,66848.2% Yes
Mark Jewell Liberal Democrat 7,93524.4% No
Nerissa Warner-O'Neill Conservative 7,06021.7% No
Richard Muirhead UKIP 1,4624.5% No
George Ambroze Christian Party, Proclaiming Christ's Lordship 2720.8% No
Krishnamurta Tayya Independent 1080.3% No

2015

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Mark Hendrick Labour 18,75556.0% Yes
Richard Holden Conservative 6,68820.0% No
James Barker UKIP 5,13915.4% No
Gemma Christie Green 1,6434.9% No
Jo Barton Liberal Democrat 1,2443.7% No

2017

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Mark Hendrick Labour 24,21068.0% Yes
Kevin Beaty Conservative 8,48723.8% No
Simon Platt UKIP 1,3483.8% No
Neil Darby Liberal Democrat 1,2043.4% No
Anne Power Green 3481.0% No

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Mark Hendrick Labour 20,87061.8% Yes
Michele Scott Conservative 8,72425.8% No
Rob Sherratt Brexit Party 1,7995.3% No
Neil Darby Liberal Democrat 1,7375.1% No
Michael Welton Green 6602.0% No

2024

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Mark Hendrick Labour 14,00635.0% Yes
Michael Lavalette Independent 8,71521.8% No
James Elliot Reform UK 5,73814.3% No
Trevor Hart Conservative 5,21213.0% No
Neil Darby Liberal Democrat 3,1958.0% No
Isabella Metcalf-Riener Green 1,7514.4% No
Yousuf Bhailok Independent 8912.2% No
Joseph O'Meachair Rejoin EU 2160.5% No
David Brooks Alliance for Democracy and Freedom 1450.4% No
Derek Killeen UKIP 1240.3% No

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.

1832: Conservative margin 11.3 pts 1835: Conservative margin 11.0 pts 1837: Whig margin 4.2 pts 1841: Whig margin 6.2 pts 1847: Whig margin 0.4 pts 1852: Conservative margin 2.9 pts 1857: Whig margin 8.4 pts 1859: Conservative margin 1.0 pts 1868: Conservative margin 4.6 pts 1874: Conservative margin 9.4 pts 1880: Conservative margin 1.7 pts 1885: Conservative margin 11.3 pts 1886: Conservative margin 9.4 pts 1892: Conservative margin 7.2 pts 1895: Conservative margin 13.3 pts 1900: Conservative margin 14.8 pts 1906: Labour margin 3.8 pts Jan 1910: Conservative margin 4.6 pts Dec 1910: Conservative margin 2.3 pts 1918: Labour margin 0.7 pts 1922: Labour margin 2.4 pts 1923: Labour margin 1.6 pts 1924: Labour margin 0.5 pts 1929: Labour margin 1.7 pts 1931: Conservative margin 14.1 pts 1935: Conservative margin 3.3 pts 1945: Labour margin 2.8 pts 1983: Labour margin 14.9 pts 1987: Labour margin 23.9 pts 1992: Labour margin 26.5 pts 1997: Labour margin 38.9 pts 2001: Labour margin 34.0 pts 2005: Labour margin 27.6 pts 2010: Labour margin 23.8 pts 2015: Labour margin 36.0 pts 2017: Labour margin 44.2 pts 2019: Labour margin 35.9 pts 2024: Labour margin 13.2 pts 1832 1835 1837 1841 1847 1852 1857 1859 1868 1874 1880 1885 1886 1892 1895 1900 1906 Jan 1910 Dec 1910 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 1945 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024

Trend

Preston has been contested at 39 general elections on record since 1832. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Conservative, Whig, Liberal, Labour, Unionist.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Preston in the 2024 general election?

Labour won Preston in 2024 with 14,006 votes (35.0%), a majority of 5,291 votes over Independent in second place.

Which parties have won Preston since 1832?

Since 1832, Preston has been won by: Conservative, Labour, Liberal, Unionist, Whig.

What was the closest result in Preston?

The closest result on record for Preston was 1847, when Whig beat Conservative by just 17 votes (0.4 percentage points).

Did Preston ever elect more than one MP at a time?

Yes -- like most UK constituencies before the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Preston elected multiple MPs at once in some elections on this page (a system called multi-member plurality, or 'block vote'), each voter casting one vote per available seat.

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