Derby South (UK Parliament constituency)
Elections in the 1980s

Derby South (UK Parliament constituency)

Section Title: Elections in the 1980s
Table Section Text: None

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±

Labour	Margaret Beckett	18,169	39.3	−10.7

Conservative	G.W. Hales	17,748	38.4	−0.3

Social Democratic	I.W. Smith	9,976	21.6	+11.9

Ecology	E. Wall	297	0.7	N/A

Majority	421	0.9	−10.4

Turnout	46,190	67.4	−4.0

Labour hold	Swing

Sentence(s)

In the Derby South (UK Parliament constituency) election, Beckett won with a majority of 421 over the Conservative Party.

final_sentence: In the Derby South (UK Parliament constituency) election, Beckett won with a majority of 421 over the Conservative Party.