UK Parliamentary general election
Derby South constituency
This election was held on Thursday 7 May 2015.
7 candidates stood in the Derby South constituency.
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Evonne Williams
Conservative and Unionist Party
11,179 votes -
Victor Webb
UK Independence Party (UKIP)
6,341 votes -
Joe Naitta
Liberal Democrats
1,717 votes -
David Leonard Foster
Green Party
1,208 votes -
Chris Fernandez
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
225 votes -
Dave Gale
British Independents
143 votes
Wikipedia
Derby South is a constituency formed of part of the city of Derby, most recently represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Baggy Shanker of the Labour and Co-op Party. Previous MP, Margaret Beckett, served the constituency for 41 years. She served under the Labour governments of Harold Wilson, James Callaghan, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. She became interim Leader of the Labour Party in 1994 when John Smith suddenly died. She also served in the Opposition front bench under Neil Kinnock and Smith himself.
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