Skip to content

East Midlands · Former constituency (1918–1945)

Derbyshire Southern

Every general election in Derbyshire Southern since 1918 (until 1945). Latest: Labour, majority 22,950.

1945 general election

PartyVotesShareShare bar
Labour Won47,58657.7%
Conservative24,63629.9%
Liberal10,25512.4%
Valid votes82,477
Majority22,95027.8%

Turnout 78.9% of 104,570 electors. Full result →

0%25%50%75%100%19181922192319241929193119351945Labour, 1918: 33.8%Labour, 1922: 29.6%Labour, 1923: 32.7%Labour, 1924: 40.5%Labour, 1929: 47.5%Labour, 1931: 41.4%Labour, 1935: 48.5%Labour, 1945: 57.7%Conservative, 1922: 42.6%Conservative, 1923: 38.6%Conservative, 1924: 44.3%Conservative, 1929: 33.7%Conservative, 1931: 58.6%Conservative, 1935: 51.5%Conservative, 1945: 29.9%Liberal, 1923: 28.8%Liberal, 1924: 15.2%Liberal, 1929: 18.9%Liberal, 1945: 12.4%Coalition Liberal, 1918: 66.2%National Liberal, 1922: 27.8%
Vote share in Derbyshire Southern at each general election Lab Con Lib Co Lib Nat Lib

Every result

Download CSV
ElectionWinnerRunner-upMajority%TurnoutResult
1945LabCon22,95027.878.9%
1935ConLab1,8593.173.5%Con hold
1931ConLab10,00717.382.3%Con gain from Lab
1929LabCon7,29813.883.4%Lab gain from Con
1924ConLab1,4153.881.9%Con hold
1923ConLab1,9835.975.7%Con hold
1922ConLab4,46313.079.8%Con gain from Co Lib
1918Co LibLab7,58132.458.4%

Constituency boundaries were redrawn several times (most recently in 1983, 1997, 2005 (Scotland), 2010 and 2024), so the area behind the name changed over time. Before 2010 results are by party; candidate names start in 2010.

Questions and answers

Who last won Derbyshire Southern?

Labour won Derbyshire Southern at the 1945 general election with a majority of 22,950.

Which parties have won Derbyshire Southern?

At the 8 general elections held under this name since 1918: Conservative 5, Labour 2, Coalition Liberal 1.

Official results House of Commons Library and UK Parliament election results data. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. How we use this data

Report an error on this page