Derby South (UK Parliament constituency)

Derby South
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Derby South in Derbyshire for the 2010 general election
Location of Derbyshire within England
County	Derbyshire
Electorate	72,048 (December 2010)[1]
Major settlements	Derby, Pear Tree
Current constituency
Created	1950
Member of Parliament	Margaret Beckett (Labour)
Seats	One
Created from	Derby

Derby South (/ˈdɑːrbi/) is a constituency^{[n 1]} formed of part of the city of Derby represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1983 by veteran MP Margaret Beckett of the Labour Party. She has 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 has also served under Neil Kinnock and Smith himself.^{[n 2]}

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