South Derbyshire

South Derbyshire is a former constituency. It ceased to exist following the boundary change in 2024. It was located in the East Midlands region of England. The seat was last held by Mrs Heather Wheeler (Conservative) between 6 May 2010 to 30 May 2024.

2015 General Election

The 2015 General Election was held on 7 May 2015. A total of 5 candidates ran for election.

Summary

CON
Conservative Hold
Majority
11,471
Electorate
73,923
Turnout
68.7%

You can view more detailed information about this election result on the election result pages.

Share of the vote

The graph below shows the share of the vote across all the candidates.

Breakdown

The table below shows the individual vote breakdown for each candidate.

Candidate/Party Votes Share Change
Heather Wheeler
Conservative
25,066 49.4% 3.9%
Cheryl Pidgeon
Labour
13,595 26.8% -4.6%
Alan Graves
UK Independence Party
8,998 17.7% 15.3%
Lorraine Johnson
Liberal Democrat
1,887 3.7% -12.2%
Marianne Bamkin
Green Party
1,216 2.4% 2.4%