Preston by-election, 2000

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The Member of Parliament for Preston, Audrey Wise, (Labour) died on September 2, 2000.

A by-election to fill the seat was held on November 23. The Labour vote share declined, but with the main beneficiaries being fringe parties they held the seat comfortably.

Peter Garrett used the description "Preston Christian Alliance". David Braid used the description "Battle for Britain"

[edit] Results

Preston by-election, 2000
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	N/A
	UK Independence	Gregg Beaman	458	2.1	N/A
	Green	John Ashforth	441	2.1	N/A
	Christian Peoples	Peter Garrett	416	2.0	N/A
	British National	Chris Jackson	229	1.1	N/A
	Independent	David Franklin-Braid	51	0.2	N/A
Majority
Turnout				29.4
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] General Election result, 1997

General Election 1997: Preston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Audrey Wise	29,220	60.8
	Conservative	Paul Gray	10,540	21.9
	Liberal Democrats	Bill Chadwick	7,045	14.7
	Referendum Party	John Porter	924	1.9	N/A
	Natural Law	John Ashforth	345	0.7
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing