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CONSTITUENCY OVERVIEW

CONTROLLING PARTYLabour
ELECTORATE74,245 voters
AREA10 sq. miles


Preston is a UK parliament constituency that is represented in the House of Commons by Mark Hendrick of the Labour party.

The Preston constituency has a total population of 95,122, of which 74,245 are eligible (18+) to vote (78.1%).

Preston ranks 521th in a list of the largest constituencies in the UK (geographical size), and 347th in a list of the largest constituencies by population size.

CONSTITUENCY MP

Mark Hendrick

Mark Hendrick

Mark Phillip Hendrick (born 2 November 1958) is a British Labour Co-operative politician. Since the 2000 Preston by-election, at which he retained the seat for his party, Hendrick has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency. He is a member of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee. Hendrick previously represented the Central Lancashire seat as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1994–1999.

Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Hendrick

MP DETAILS
AddressMark Hendrick MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Phone Number020 7219 4272
Political PartyLabour
Email Addressmark@votehendrick.co.uk
ConstituencyPreston
GenderMale
Date of Birth02/11/1958
WebsiteWebsite
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2015 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS

SHARE OF VOTES
20.0%
56.0%
3.7%
4.9 %
15.4%
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrat
Green Party
UKIP
ELECTION TURNOUT

Election turnout for the Preston constituency in 2015 was 55.80%, lower than the average UK turnout at 66.1%.

2015 CANDIDATES

Candidate Party Gender Date of Birth LinkedIn Website
Gemma ChristieGreenFemale---
James BarkerUK Independence PartyMale---
Jo BartonLiberal DemocratFemale---
Mark HendrickLabourMale02 November 1958 (66)-http://www.prestonmp.co.uk/
Richard HoldenConservativeMale--http://www.richardholden.org.uk/

2010 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS

SHARE OF VOTES
21.72%
48.2%
24.41%
%
%
%
%
4.5%
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrat
Scottish National
Plaid Cymru
Green Party
BNP
UKIP
2005 GENERAL ELECTION WINNERS
Labour
VOTE COUNTS
PartyVotesShare
 ChP2720.8%
 Conservative7,06021.7%
 Ind11080.3%
 Labour15,66848.2%
 Liberal-Democrat7,93524.4%
 UK-Independence-Party1,4624.5%
TOTALS
Electorate61,187
Votes32,505
Turnout52%
2010 CANDIDATES
ConservativeWarner-O'Neill, Nerissa
LabourHendrick, Mark
Liberal DemocratJewell, Mark
UKIPMuirhead, Richard
ELECTION TURNOUT

Election turnout for the Preston constituency in 2010 was 52%, higher than the average UK turnout at 65.1%.

QUIZ RESULTS

This graph shows the results from 67 people in the Preston constituency who have taken our quiz, displaying which party best matches their opinions of the series of questions we ask.

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