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Derby South — UK General Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Derby South was won by Labour at the 2024 general election, with a majority of 6,002 votes over Reform UK. This page covers every general election in Derby South from 1950 to 2024.

Full Election History, 1950–2024

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1950 Philip John Noel-Baker (Labour) 26,887 60.1% Richard Cecil Dudley Grimes (Conservative) 12,961 (29.0 pts) 87.1%
1951 Philip John Noel-Baker (Labour) 27,333 62.6% Richard Cecil Dudley Grimes (Conservative) 10,989 (25.2 pts) 84.5%
1955 Philip John Noel-Baker (Labour) 23,081 53.6% Marcus Richard Kimball (Conservative) 6,509 (15.1 pts) 78.8%
1959 Philip John Noel-Baker (Labour) 20,776 48.5% Terence Malcolm Wray (Conservative) 3,431 (8.0 pts) 79.2%
1964 Philip John Noel-Baker (Labour) 22,432 57.7% Terence Malcolm Wray (Conservative) 6,012 (15.5 pts) 74.8%
1966 Philip Noel-Baker (Labour) 21,433 57.5% Michael George Cecil Fidler (Conservative) 9,576 (25.7 pts) 72.6%
1970 Walter Johnson (Labour) 19,407 54.4% Royden Greene (Conservative) 3,149 (8.8 pts) 67.4%
Feb 1974 Walter Johnson (Labour) 26,613 47.4% Ronald Sydney Westcott Clements (Conservative) 7,143 (12.7 pts) 76.2%
Oct 1974 Walter Johnson (Labour) 26,342 51.0% Arthur Jack Bussell (Conservative) 9,332 (18.1 pts) 69.5%
1979 Walter Johnson (Labour) 26,945 50.0% Michael Stern (Conservative) 6,092 (11.3 pts) 71.4%
1983 Margaret Beckett (Labour) 18,169 39.3% Gerald William Hales (Conservative) 421 (0.9 pts) 67.4%
1987 Margaret Beckett (Labour) 21,003 43.7% Paul Leighton (Conservative) 1,516 (3.1 pts) 69.9%
1992 Margaret Beckett (Labour) 25,917 51.7% Nicholas Brown (Conservative) 6,936 (13.9 pts) 75.5%
1997 Margaret Beckett (Labour) 29,154 56.3% Javed Arain (Conservative) 16,106 (31.1 pts) 67.8%
2001 Margaret Beckett (Labour) 24,310 56.4% Simon Spencer (Conservative) 13,855 (32.2 pts) 55.7%
2005 Margaret Beckett (Labour) 19,683 45.4% Lucy Care (Liberal Democrat) 5,657 (13.0 pts) 61.6%
2010 Margaret Beckett (Labour) 17,851 43.3% Jack Perschke (Conservative) 6,122 (14.9 pts) 58.4%
2015 Margaret Beckett (Labour) 20,007 49.0% Evonne Williams (Conservative) 8,828 (21.6 pts) 58.4%
2017 Margaret Beckett (Labour) 26,430 58.3% Evonne Williams (Conservative) 11,248 (24.8 pts) 64.9%
2019 Margaret Beckett (Labour) 21,690 51.1% Ed Barker (Conservative) 6,019 (14.2 pts) 58.3%
2024 Baggy Shanker (Labour) 14,503 38.8% Alan Graves (Reform UK) 6,002 (16.1 pts) 51.5%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Philip John Noel-Baker Labour 26,88760.1% Yes
Richard Cecil Dudley Grimes Conservative 13,92631.1% No
Lyndon Irving Liberal 3,9008.7% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Philip John Noel-Baker Labour 27,33362.6% Yes
Richard Cecil Dudley Grimes Conservative 16,34437.4% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Philip John Noel-Baker Labour 23,08153.6% Yes
Marcus Richard Kimball Conservative 16,57238.5% No
A Leslie Smart Liberal 3,4087.9% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Philip John Noel-Baker Labour 20,77648.5% Yes
Terence Malcolm Wray Conservative 17,34540.5% No
A Leslie Smart Liberal 4,74611.1% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Philip John Noel-Baker Labour 22,43257.7% Yes
Terence Malcolm Wray Conservative 16,42042.3% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Philip Noel-Baker Labour 21,43357.5% Yes
Michael George Cecil Fidler Conservative 11,85731.8% No
Alfred Leslie Smart Liberal 3,96710.6% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Walter Johnson Labour 19,40754.4% Yes
Royden Greene Conservative 16,25845.6% No

Feb 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Walter Johnson Labour 26,61347.4% Yes
Ronald Sydney Westcott Clements Conservative 19,47034.6% No
Julia Mabel Mills Liberal 10,12118.0% No

Oct 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Walter Johnson Labour 26,34251.0% Yes
Arthur Jack Bussell Conservative 17,01032.9% No
Reginald Thomas Palmer Liberal 7,52014.6% No
Alfred Sydney Ashby United English National 7931.5% No

1979

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Walter Johnson Labour 26,94550.0% Yes
Michael Stern Conservative 20,85338.7% No
James Dermot Somerset Sullivan Liberal 5,1969.6% No
Leslie Arundel Verity National Front 5871.1% No
William Alexander Biggs Workers Revolutionary 1460.3% No
Joseph Short United English National 1220.2% No

1983

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Margaret Beckett Labour 18,16939.3% Yes
Gerald William Hales Conservative 17,74838.4% No
Ivor William Smith Social Democratic Party 9,97621.6% No
Eric Wall Green 2970.6% No

1987

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Margaret Beckett Labour 21,00343.7% Yes
Paul Leighton Conservative 19,48740.5% No
Nora Mellor Social Democratic Party 7,60815.8% No

1992

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Margaret Beckett Labour 25,91751.7% Yes
Nicholas Brown Conservative 18,98137.9% No
Simon Hartropp Liberal Democrat 5,19810.4% No

1997

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Margaret Beckett Labour 29,15456.3% Yes
Javed Arain Conservative 13,04825.2% No
Jeremy Beckett Liberal Democrat 7,43814.4% No
John Browne Referendum Party 1,8623.6% No
Rob Evans National Democrats 3170.6% No

2001

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Margaret Beckett Labour 24,31056.4% Yes
Simon Spencer Conservative 10,45524.3% No
Anders Hanson Liberal Democrat 8,31019.3% No

2005

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Margaret Beckett Labour 19,68345.4% Yes
Lucy Care Liberal Democrat 14,02632.3% No
David Brackenbury Conservative 8,21118.9% No
David Black UKIP 8451.9% No
Frank Leeming Veritas 6081.4% No

2010

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Margaret Beckett Labour 17,85143.3% Yes
Jack Perschke Conservative 11,72928.5% No
David Batey Liberal Democrat 8,43020.5% No
Stephen Fowke UKIP 1,8214.4% No
Alan Graves Independent 1,3573.3% No

2015

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Margaret Beckett Labour 20,00749.0% Yes
Evonne Williams Conservative 11,17927.4% No
Victor Webb UKIP 6,34115.5% No
Joe Naitta Liberal Democrat 1,7174.2% No
David Foster Green 1,2083.0% No
Chris Fernandez Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 2250.6% No
David Gale British Independents 1430.4% No

2017

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Margaret Beckett Labour 26,43058.3% Yes
Evonne Williams Conservative 15,18233.5% No
Alan Graves UKIP 2,0114.4% No
Joe Naitta Liberal Democrat 1,2292.7% No
Ian Sleeman Green 4541.0% No

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Margaret Beckett Labour 21,69051.1% Yes
Ed Barker Conservative 15,67136.9% No
Joe Naitta Liberal Democrat 2,6216.2% No
Timothy Prosser Brexit Party 2,4805.8% No

2024

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Baggy Shanker Labour 14,50338.8% Yes
Alan Graves Reform UK 8,50122.7% No
Chris Williamson Workers Party of Britain 5,20513.9% No
Jamie Mulhall Conservative 5,19213.9% No
Sam Ward Green 1,8995.1% No
Joe Naitta Liberal Democrat 1,8074.8% No
Zephyr Tair Independent 2920.8% No

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.

1950: Labour margin 29.0 pts 1951: Labour margin 25.2 pts 1955: Labour margin 15.1 pts 1959: Labour margin 8.0 pts 1964: Labour margin 15.5 pts 1966: Labour margin 25.7 pts 1970: Labour margin 8.8 pts Feb 1974: Labour margin 12.7 pts Oct 1974: Labour margin 18.1 pts 1979: Labour margin 11.3 pts 1983: Labour margin 0.9 pts 1987: Labour margin 3.1 pts 1992: Labour margin 13.9 pts 1997: Labour margin 31.1 pts 2001: Labour margin 32.2 pts 2005: Labour margin 13.0 pts 2010: Labour margin 14.9 pts 2015: Labour margin 21.6 pts 2017: Labour margin 24.8 pts 2019: Labour margin 14.2 pts 2024: Labour margin 16.1 pts 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 Feb 1974 Oct 1974 1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024

Trend

Derby South has been contested at 21 general elections on record since 1950. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Labour.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Derby South in the 2024 general election?

Labour won Derby South in 2024 with 14,503 votes (38.8%), a majority of 6,002 votes over Reform UK in second place.

Which parties have won Derby South since 1950?

Since 1950, Derby South has been won by: Labour.

What was the closest result in Derby South?

The closest result on record for Derby South was 1983, when Labour beat Conservative by just 421 votes (0.9 percentage points).

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