UK general elections › 2015 › Derby South
Derby South — 2015
Margaret Beckett (Labour Party) was elected with 20,007 votes— 49.0% of 40,820 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. 49.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −1.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 40,820
| 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 | 20,007 | −1.0 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Evonne Williams | Conservative Party | 11,179 | — | ||
| 3 | Victor Webb | UK Independence Party | 6,341 | — | ||
| 4 | Joe Naitta | Liberal Democrats | 1,717 | — | ||
| 5 | David Foster | Green Party | 1,208 | — | ||
| 6 | Chris Fernandez | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 225 | — | ||
| 7 | David Gale | British Independents | 143 | — |
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.