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)
Current constituency
Created	1950
Member of parliament	Margaret Beckett (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	Derby
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	East Midlands

Derby South /ˈdɑːrbi saʊθ/ is a constituency formed of half of the city of Derby represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1983 by Margaret Beckett of the Labour Party.

1950-1955: The County Borough of Derby wards of Alvaston, Arboretum, Castle, Dale, Litchurch, Normanton, Osmaston, and Peartree.

1955-1974: The County Borough of Derby wards of Alvaston, Arboretum, Castle, Dale, Litchurch, Normanton, Osmaston, and Peartree, and the civil parish of Littleover in the Rural District of Shardlow.

1974-1983: The County Borough of Derby wards of Alvaston, Arboretum, Babington, Chellaston, Litchurch, Littleover, Normanton, Osmaston, and Peartree.

1983-1997: The City of Derby wards of Alvaston, Babington, Blagreaves, Kingsway, Litchurch, Littleover, Normanton, Osmaston, and Sinfin.

1997-2010: The City of Derby wards of Alvaston, Babington, Blagreaves, Kingsway, Litchurch, Littleover, Mickleover, Normanton, Osmaston, and Sinfin.

2010-present: The City of Derby wards of Alvaston, Arboretum, Blagreaves, Boulton, Chellaston, Normanton, and Sinfin.

Derby city centre has been in this constituency since 1974; from 1950 it had been in Derby North.

The proposals made by the Boundary Commission in 2016 for new constituencies would see the wards Aston, Chaddesden, Spondon and Oakwood move into the seat while the wards Arboretum, Normanton and Blagreaves would move to the seat of Derby North. This would notionally make the seat a Conservative seat. If implemented, this would be the first time the city centre has been in Derby North since 1974.

The constituency takes in Derby city centre including much of its varied income inner-city, a narrow majority of which used to be local council-built however which is offset by conservation areas including beside Derby Cathedral and Derby Catacombs. The remainder of the seat is generally more affluent suburbs, and much of the engineering industry traditionally associated with the city.