Please read the following table in HTML format from a webpage and then answer the question in detail according to the table. Each table cell is defined by a <td> and a </td> tag. Each table row starts with a <tr> and ends with a </tr> tag. 'rowspan=m' and 'colspan=n' represents a cell spaning over 'm' rows and 'n' columns.

Webpage title:
1996 Strathfield state by-election
Table title:

Table:
<table id='hittask' contenteditable='False'>
<tr> <th colspan=2 rowspan=1 > Party </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Candidate </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Votes </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > % </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > ± </th></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Liberal </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Bruce MacCarthy </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 15,772 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 50.66 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 2.79 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Labor </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Jane Timbrell </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 10,484 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 33.68 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 6.67 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Democrats </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Amelia Newman </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 1,793 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 5.76 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > +0.80 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Call to Australia </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Janne Peterson </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 1,460 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 4.69 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Greens </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Damien Maher </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 1,323 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 4.25 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Independent </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Richard Hill </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 298 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 0.96 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=3 rowspan=1 > Informal votes </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 744 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 2.33 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 3.21 </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=3 rowspan=1 > Turnout </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 31,874 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 83.53 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 9.88 </td></tr>
<tr> <th class="highlighted"  colspan=6 rowspan=1 > Two-party-preferred result </th></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Liberal </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Bruce MacCarthy </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 17,462 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 58.24 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > +2.28 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Labor </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Jane Timbrell </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 12,522 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 41.76 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 2.28 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=2 rowspan=1 > Liberal hold </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Swing </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > +2.28 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
</table>
Question:
How did the Liberal Party do on the Two-party-preferred result?
Answer:
In Strathfield, the Liberal Party gained a swing of 2.28% on a two-party preferred basis.