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Derby South — 2017

Margaret Beckett (Labour Party) was elected with 26,430 votes58.3% of 45,306 valid votes.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 58.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +8.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 45,306

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare 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
1Margaret Beckett Labour Party 26,43058.3%+8.3 ptsElected
2Evonne Williams Conservative Party 15,18233.5%
3Alan Graves UK Independence Party 2,0114.4%
4Joe Naitta Liberal Democrats 1,2292.7%
5Ian Sleeman Green Party 4541.0%

Electorate 69,918 · Turnout 64.8% · Majority 11,248 · Back to 2017 overview

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.