FORM N-PX/A
          ANNUAL REPORT OF PROXY VOTING RECORD OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT
                               INVESTMENT COMPANY

Investment Company Act file number: 811-21131

John Hancock Preferred Income Fund
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  (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

601 Congress Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02210-2805
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  (Address of principal executive offices)

Amanda Spring
601 Congress Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02210-2805
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  (Name and address of agent for service)


Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 1-800-225-5291

Date of Fiscal year-end: 6/30/2005

Date of reporting period: 7/1/2004 - 6/30/2005

   Item 1. Proxy Voting Record
   Account Number: 12734000 Preferred Income

   ISSUER NAME           TICKER CUSIP       MTG DATE    MTG TYPE
                                            Proposal                  For/Agnst
                                            Type        Voted? Vote   Mgmt
 
   Alliant Energy Corp   LNT    018802108   5/19/05     Annual
   1.01   Elect William D. Harvey           MGMT        YES    FOR    FOR
   1.02   Elect Singleton B. McAllister     MGMT        YES    FOR    FOR
   1.03   Elect Anthony R. Weiler           MGMT        YES    FOR    FOR

   Cinergy Corp          CIN    172474108   5/5/05      Annual
   1.01   Elect Thomas E. Petry             MGMT        YES    FOR    FOR
   1.02   Elect Mary L. Schapiro            MGMT        YES    FOR    FOR
   1.03   Elect Phillip R. Sharp            MGMT        YES    FOR    FOR
   2.00   Ratify selection of auditors      MGMT        YES    FOR    FOR

   Duke Energy Corp      DUK    264399106   5/12/05     Annual
   1.01   Elect Roger Agnelli               MGMT        YES    FOR    FOR
   1.02   Elect G. Alex Bernhardt Sr.       MGMT        YES    FOR    FOR
   1.03   Elect Dennis R. Hendrix           MGMT        YES    FOR    FOR
   1.04   Elect A. Max Lennon               MGMT        YES    FOR    FOR
   2.00   Repeal classified board           MGMT        YES    FOR    FOR
   3.00   Ratify selection of auditors      MGMT        YES    FOR    FOR

   El Paso Tennessee Pipeline   283727204   7/16/04     Annual
   1.00   Elect Joe B. Wyatt                MGMT        YES    WHOLD  AGNST

   Peoples Energy Corp   PGL    711030106   2/25/05     Annual
   1.01   Elect Keith E. Bailey             MGMT        YES    FOR    FOR
   1.02   Elect James R. Boris              MGMT        YES    FOR    FOR
   1.03   Elect William J. Brodsky          MGMT        YES    FOR    FOR
   1.04   Elect Pastora San Juan Cafferty   MGMT        YES    FOR    FOR
   1.05   Elect Diana S. Ferguson           MGMT        YES    FOR    FOR
   1.06   Elect John W. Higgins             MGMT        YES    FOR    FOR
   1.07   Elect Dipak C. Jain               MGMT        YES    FOR    FOR
   1.08   Elect Michael E. Lavin            MGMT        YES    FOR    FOR
   1.09   Elect Homer J. Livingston Jr.     MGMT        YES    FOR    FOR
   1.10   Elect Thomas M. Patrick           MGMT        YES    FOR    FOR
   1.11   Elect Richard P. Toft             MGMT        YES    FOR    FOR
   1.12   Elect Arthur R. Velasquez         MGMT        YES    FOR    FOR
   2.00   Redeem or vote on poison pill     SHLDR       YES    FOR    N/A

   Progress Energy Inc   PGN    743263105   5/11/05     Annual
   1.01   Elect William O. McCoy            MGMT        YES    FOR    FOR
   1.02   Elect John H. Mullin III          MGMT        YES    FOR    FOR
   1.03   Elect Carlos A. Saladrigas        MGMT        YES    FOR    FOR
   2.00   Ratify selection of auditors      MGMT        YES    FOR    FOR

   Scottish Power PLC    SPI    81013T705   7/23/04     Annual
   1.00   Approve Financial Statements      MGMT        YES    FOR    FOR
   2.00   Approve Remuneration Policy       MGMT        YES    FOR    FOR
   3.00   Elect Vicky Bailey                MGMT        YES    AGNST  AGNST
   4.00   Elect Philip Carroll              MGMT        YES    AGNST  AGNST
   5.00   Elect Judi Johansen               MGMT        YES    AGNST  AGNST
   6.00   Elect Simon Lowth                 MGMT        YES    AGNST  AGNST
   7.00   Elect Nancy A. Wilgenbusch        MGMT        YES    AGNST  AGNST
   8.00   Elect D. Euan Baird               MGMT        YES    AGNST  AGNST
   9.00   Elect Ian Russell                 MGMT        YES    AGNST  AGNST
   10.00  Appoint Auditors and Set Their
           Fees                             MGMT        YES    FOR    FOR
   11.00  Approve Political Donation        MGMT        YES    ABSTN  AGNST
   12.00  Issue Stock w/o Preemptive Rights MGMT        YES    FOR    FOR
   13.00  Authorize Share Repurchase        MGMT        YES    FOR    FOR
   14.00  End Share Ownership Limit         MGMT        YES    FOR    FOR
       Amend Meeting Procedures/Change Date
       Amend Articles--Technical

   Teco Energy Inc       TE     872375100   4/27/05     Annual
   1.01   Elect DuBose Ausley               MGMT        YES    FOR    FOR
   1.02   Elect James L. Ferman Jr.         MGMT        YES    FOR    FOR
   1.03   Elect James O. Welch Jr.          MGMT        YES    FOR    FOR
   1.04   Elect Paul L. Whiting             MGMT        YES    FOR    FOR
   2.00   Ratify selection of auditors      MGMT        YES    FOR    FOR

Any ballot marked 'Abstain' is considered to have been voted. Ballots marked
'Abstain' are considered to be have been voted against management's
recommendation, regardless of whether the recommendation is 'For' or 'Against,'
except where management has made no recommendation or has recommended that
shareholders 'Abstain.'
   
Where management has recommended that shareholders 'Abstain' from voting on a
ballot item: 1) a ballot market 'Abstain' is considered to have been voted for
management's recommendation to 'Abstain' and 2) a ballot voted 'For" or
'Against' is considered to have been voted against management's recommendation
to 'Abstain.'
   
Where management has made no recommendation on a ballot item, the abbreviation
"N/A" is used to denote that there is no applicable recommendation compared to
which a vote may be 'For' or 'Against' the recommendation of management.

SIGNATURES:

Pursuant to the requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

John Hancock Preferred Income Fund
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       (Registrant)


By:    /s/Keith F. Hartstein
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       Keith F. Hartstein
       President and Chief Executive Officer

Date:  12/02/05