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General election 2019 results for Preston

Posted on - 13th December, 2019 - 2:47am | Author - | Posted in - Politics, Preston News

Preston has elected its new MP and it is Mark Hendrick.

Labour hold the seat and have a majority of 12,146 votes compared to 12,067 in the 2017 general election.

Mark Hendrick has been the city’s MP since 2000.

The full results from the Preston count are below:

Neil Darby – Liberal Democrats – 1,737 votes
Mark Hendrick – Labour – 20,870 votes
Michele Dawn Scott – Conservatives – 8,724 votes
Rob Sheratt – Brexit Party – 1,799 votes
Michael John Welton – The Green Party – 660 votes

Turnout in the general election in Preston was 56.8 per cent, down from 61.7 per cent in 2017. The result came through around 2.45am on Friday (13 December).

You can replay a live video of the result via our Facebook page.

Read more:

Live updates from Preston for the general election

Full results for Fylde

Full results for South Ribble

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