Wyre and Preston North

Wyre and Preston North is a former constituency. It ceased to exist following the boundary change in 2024. It was located in the North West region of England. The seat was last held by Mr Ben Wallace (Conservative) between 6 May 2010 to 30 May 2024.

2017 General Election

The 2017 General Election was held on 8 June 2017. A total of 4 candidates ran for election.

Summary

CON
Conservative Hold
Majority
12,246
Electorate
72,319
Turnout
72.8%

You can view more detailed information about this election result on the election result pages.

Share of the vote

The graph below shows the share of the vote across all the candidates.

Breakdown

The table below shows the individual vote breakdown for each candidate.

Candidate/Party Votes Share Change
Ben Wallace
Conservative
30,684 58.3% 5.1%
Michelle Heaton-Bentley
Labour
18,438 35.0% 10.2%
John Potter
Liberal Democrat
2,551 4.8% -0.6%
Ruth Norbury
Green Party
973 1.8% -1.6%