Election 97

Derby South

Current MP Margaret Beckett
Conservative 97 13,048
Labour 97 29,154
LibDem 97 7,438
Nationalist 97 0
Other 97 317
Elected party
Derby South

Robert Waller wrote
Old constituency Derby South
Conservative 92 23,400
Labour 92 27,627
LibDem 92 6,195
Nationalist 92 0
Other 92 0
Elected party Labour

Labour's Margaret Beckett only just held on to her Derby South seat during the high point of the Conservative electoral success in the mid-1980s. The south of Derby includes the city's traditional railway and aerospace industries. Stretching from poor inner-city terraces, through estates of local authority housing to the owner-occupied suburbs, the constituency presents a cross-section of this industrial city. The balance, at present, favours Labour, and Beckett should expect to return safely to Westminster.


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