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England · Constituency

Derby South

Represented by Baggy Shanker (Labour (Co-op))

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Your member of parliament

Baggy Shanker

Labour (Co-op)

Contact them, and see their voting record, on Parliament’s site

2024 general election

How the seat voted

Labour finished ahead of Reform UK by 6,002 votes.

Majority

6,002

16.0% of votes cast.

Turnout

51.3%

37,399 of 72,944 on the register.

Candidates

7

37,399 valid votes counted.

Official figure
2024 general election result, every candidate by votes received
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Baggy ShankerElectedLabour14,50338.8%
Alan GravesReform UK8,50122.7%
Chris WilliamsonWorkers Party of Britain5,20513.9%
Jamie MulhallConservative5,19213.9%
Sam WardGreen Party1,8995.1%
Joe NaittaLiberal Democrat1,8074.8%
Zephyr TairIndependent2920.8%

Safe. A comfortable margin. That describes the 2024 general election result only — arithmetic on the published count, not a forecast.

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Local news for Derby South

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