UK general elections › 2010 › Derby South
Derby South — 2010
Margaret Beckett (Labour Party) was elected with 17,851 votes— 43.3% of 41,188 valid votes. Under First Past the Post, a plurality is enough; a majority is not required.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 43.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −6.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 41,188
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ valid votes in this constituency. Matches the share the returning officer publishes. | Below quota Elected candidate's share of valid votes minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Margaret Beckett | Labour Party | 17,851 | 43.3% | −6.7 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Jack Perschke | Conservative Party | 11,729 | 28.5% | — | |
| 3 | David Batey | Liberal Democrats | 8,430 | 20.5% | — | |
| 4 | Stephen Fowke | UK Independence Party | 1,821 | 4.4% | — | |
| 5 | Alan Graves | Independent | 1,357 | 3.3% | — |
Source data: UK Parliament psephology database, retrieved
2026-05-19, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl-psephology@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.