Our historical statistics are always for precisely defined areas, usually administrative units, not "places". We know about the following units named after Preston. Each has its own "home page" with much more information. Click on a tick to go directly to a particular statistical theme.

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Preston EP                  
Preston CP/AP tick   tick   tick tick      

Be careful! A unit may cover just the town or village, but it may include a big surrounding area. For example, in England and Wales rural districts — units with RD or RSD suffixes — may even exclude the places they are named after. The "Units covering this place" tab lists units whose boundaries contained Preston.

Election Results

We know of no constituencies that were named after Preston; where constituencies had more than one name, we base this on their "preferred" name. Constituencies that covered the point location we hold for Preston will be listed on the "Units covering this place" tab. You can search for constituencies or other units that covered a particular location you are interested in by typing a postcode into our home page, or by using our Historic maps section, zooming in, selecting the Information option, and then clicking on your location.

This website includes information on many different historical units, including census data and other statistics. The boundaries of these units covered Preston:

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Preston CP/APtick tick ticktick   
Dymock AP/CPtick tick ticktick  tick
Newent RDtickticktickticktickticktick  
Newent RegD/PLUticktickticktick tick   
Forest of Dean Districtticktickticktickticktickticktick 
Gloucestershire County O41area  tick tick    
Gloucestershire AdmCtickticktickticktickticktick tick
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Gloucestershire AncCtick tick ticktick  tick
Gloucestershire RegCticktickticktick tick   
the South West GovOfticktickticktickticktickticktick 
the West Midlands GovOfticktickticktickticktickticktick 
Great Britain Deptickticktickticktickticktick tick
England and Wales Deptickticktickticktickticktickticktick

Click on a tick for direct access to that theme.

Election Results

Election results are available for these constituencies which covered Preston.

Constituencies Start Date End Date
Gloucestershire Western PDivCon18321884
Gloucestershire Forest of Dean PDivCon18851948
West Gloucestershire CCon19491996
Forest of Dean CCon19972009

Please note that these units are listed here because their boundaries covered the point location we hold for Preston. You can search for units that covered the particular location you are interested in by typing a postcode into our home page, or by using our Historic maps section, zooming in, selecting the Information option, and then clicking on your location. Units will also not be listed here if we hold no computerised boundaries for them, such as Registration sub-Districts and Sanitary Districts.