Derby South (UK Parliament constituency)

Derby South
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundaries since 2010
Boundary of Derby South in the East Midlands
County	Derbyshire
Electorate	72,067 (2023)[1]
Major settlements	Derby
Current constituency
Created	1950
Member of Parliament	Baggy Shanker (Labour Co-op)
Seats	One
Created from	Derby

Derby South (/ˈdɑːrbi/) is a constituency^{[n 1]} formed of part of the city of Derby, most recently represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Baggy Shanker of the Labour and Co-op Party. Previous MP, Margaret Beckett, served the constituency for 41 years (from 1983 to 2024). She served under the Labour governments of Harold Wilson, James Callaghan, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. She became interim Leader of the Labour Party in 1994 when John Smith suddenly died. She also served in the Opposition front bench under Neil Kinnock and Smith himself.^{[n 2]}

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