Preston
2010 Results:
Conservative: 7060 (21.72%)
Labour: 15668 (48.2%)
Liberal Democrat: 7935 (24.41%)
UKIP: 1462 (4.5%)
Christian: 272 (0.84%)
Independent: 108 (0.33%)
Majority: 7733 (23.79%)
Notional 2005 Results:
Labour: 14767 (51.3%)
Conservative: 6306 (21.9%)
Liberal Democrat: 4964 (17.2%)
Other: 2772 (9.6%)
Majority: 8461 (29.4%)
Actual 2005 result
Conservative: 7803 (22.9%)
Labour: 17210 (50.5%)
Liberal Democrat: 5701 (16.7%)
UKIP: 1049 (3.1%)
Other: 2318 (6.8%)
Majority: 9407 (27.6%)
2001 Result
Conservative: 8272 (23%)
Labour: 20540 (57%)
Liberal Democrat: 4746 (13.2%)
Green: 1019 (2.8%)
Other: 1464 (4.1%)
Majority: 12268 (34%)
1997 Result
Conservative: 10540 (21.9%)
Labour: 29220 (60.8%)
Liberal Democrat: 7045 (14.7%)
Referendum: 924 (1.9%)
Other: 345 (0.7%)
Majority: 18680 (38.9%)
Boundary changes:
Profile:
Current MP: Mark Hendrick(Labour) (more information at They work for you)
Nerissa Warner-O`Neill (Conservative) born 1977, The Hague. Educated at Durham University. Solicitor. Waverley councillor since 2007.Mark Hendrick(Labour) (more information at They work for you)Mark Jewell (Liberal Democrat) Educated at Thames Polytechnic. Preston councillor. Project manager in the aerospace industry.Richard Muirhead (UKIP)George Ambroze (Christian Party) Krishnamurta Tayya (Independent)2001 Census Demographics
Total 2001 Population: 84661
Male: 48.9%
Female: 51.1%
Under 18: 24%
Over 60: 17.8%
Born outside UK: 10.8%
White: 81.2%
Black: 1.2%
Asian: 15.3%
Mixed: 1.6%
Other: 0.7%
Christian: 65.7%
Hindu: 3.1%
Muslim: 11.2%
Sikh: 0.6%
Full time students: 10%
Graduates 16-74: 14.3%
No Qualifications 16-74: 36.4%
Owner-Occupied: 60.2%
Social Housing: 26% (Council: 15.8%, Housing Ass.: 10.2%)
Privately Rented: 10%
Homes without central heating and/or private bathroom: 20.3%
When I said ‘don’t get comfortable’ I didn’t think you were going to take me literally. I hope you enjoyed the experience at least
Larger consitutencies might actually make for a more geographically intelligible Preston seat, as at present the Northern suburbs have to be split off. (in the South the Ribble is of course a natural boundary, despite the Preston South boundaries before 1983).
Of course, if we had STV we would need to have still bigger seats. Once you’ve put North Lancashire and Fyle into a seat, I guess Preston might well be the Northern part of a West Lancashire seat also including South Ribble, Chorley etc.
Crushing win for Labour in the Riversway by-election last night with more than twice the vote of the defending Lib Dems. There was no Tory candidate.
JDAVE will be pleased. Obviouslyt he circumstances of the initial Lib Dem victory and the rather rapid resignation of the victorious Lib Dem councillor were a little unusual.
doktorb seems to be uncharacteristically quiet about this, but thats his prerogative
The circumstances were unusual, but the Lib Dems clearly thought they would win – evident both in their literature and their demeanour on election day and at the count. That said, I think neither we nor they expected such a margin of victory for Labour.
Full results
Lab 890
Lib Dem 388
Green 57
Turnout 29%
Felt sorry for the green candidate – he was all on his lonesome and, to my surprise, is quite young (wouldn’t be surprised if he was still in his teens). I actually took him to be a LIb Dem at first, so was a little sorry I didn’t speak to him. He handled the occasion very well though, so credit to him for having a go.