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]
Derby South | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
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 |
Boundaries
editDerby city centre has been in this constituency since 1974; from 1950 it had been in Derby North.
Historic
edit1950–1955: 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 parish of Littleover in the Rural District of Shardlow.
1974–1977: The Borough of Derby wards of Alvaston, Arboretum, Babington, Chellaston, Litchurch, Littleover, Normanton, Osmaston, and Peartree.
1977–1983: The City 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.
2010–2023: The City of Derby wards of Alvaston, Arboretum, Blagreaves, Boulton, Chellaston, Normanton, and Sinfin.
Current
editFollowing a local government boundary review which came into effect in May 2023,[2][3] the constituency now comprises the following wards of the City of Derby:
- Abbey (small part); Alvaston North; Alvaston South; Arboretum (nearly all); Blagreaves; Chellaston & Shelton Lock; Darley (small part); Normanton (most); Sinfin & Osmaston.[4]
The 2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies, which was based on the ward structure in place at 1 December 2020, left the boundaries unchanged.[5]
Constituency profile
editThe 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.
History
editThe constituency was created in 1950, when the former two-seat constituency of Derby was split into two single-member seats. Unlike Derby North, this seat has been held by the Labour Party continuously since its creation.
A notable former MP for the seat was its first incumbent, Philip Noel-Baker of the Labour Party. He served as a Cabinet minister in the post-war Attlee government, and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1959 for his campaigning for disarmament. He had previously represented the former two-seat constituency of Derby since a by-election in 1936.
The former Cabinet minister Margaret Beckett, who had represented Lincoln (under her maiden name of Margaret Jackson) from 1974 to 1979, represented Derby South for the Labour Party from 1983 until 2024. In 1983, Beckett won the seat with one of the smallest majorities seen of just 421 over the Conservative Party–she always achieved larger majorities since. The 2019 result, in line with other seats that voted for Brexit, saw a drop in votes for Labour, with both the Conservative and Liberal Democrat candidates making gains. Beckett still won a majority of all votes cast, however, representing a higher vote share than in the elections between 2005 and 2015, making Derby South a safe seat for the Labour Party.
Members of Parliament
editDerby prior to 1950
Election | Member[6] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1950 | Philip Noel-Baker | Labour | |
1970 | Walter Johnson | Labour | |
1983 | Margaret Beckett | Labour | |
2024 | Baggy Shanker | Labour Co-op |
Elections
editElections in the 2020s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Baggy Shanker | 14,503 | 38.8 | −12.3 | |
Reform UK | Alan Graves | 8,501 | 22.7 | +16.9 | |
Workers Party | Chris Williamson | 5,205 | 13.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | Jamie Mulhall | 5,192 | 13.9 | −23.0 | |
Green | Sam Ward | 1,899 | 5.1 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Joe Naitta | 1,807 | 4.8 | −1.4 | |
Independent | Zephyr Tair | 292 | 0.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 6,002 | 16.1 | +0.9 | ||
Turnout | 37,399 | 51.3 | −7.6 | ||
Registered electors | 72,952 | ||||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | −14.6 |
Elections in the 2010s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Margaret Beckett | 21,690 | 51.1 | −7.2 | |
Conservative | Ed Barker | 15,671 | 36.9 | +3.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Joe Naitta | 2,621 | 6.2 | +3.5 | |
Brexit Party | Timothy Prosser | 2,480 | 5.8 | New | |
Majority | 6,019 | 14.2 | −10.6 | ||
Turnout | 42,462 | 58.1 | −6.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -5.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Margaret Beckett | 26,430 | 58.3 | +9.3 | |
Conservative | Evonne Williams | 15,182 | 33.5 | +6.1 | |
UKIP | Alan Graves | 2,011 | 4.4 | −11.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Joe Naitta | 1,229 | 2.7 | −1.5 | |
Green | Ian Sleeman | 454 | 1.0 | −2.0 | |
Majority | 11,248 | 24.8 | +3.2 | ||
Turnout | 45,306 | 64.8 | +6.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Margaret Beckett | 20,007 | 49.0 | +5.7 | |
Conservative | Evonne Williams[13] | 11,179 | 27.4 | −1.1 | |
UKIP | Victor Webb | 6,341 | 15.5 | +11.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Joe Naitta[14] | 1,717 | 4.2 | −16.3 | |
Green | David Foster[15] | 1,208 | 3.0 | New | |
TUSC | Chris Fernandez[16] | 225 | 0.6 | +0.6 | |
British Independents | David Gale[17][18] | 143 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 8,828 | 21.6 | +6.8 | ||
Turnout | 40,820 | 58.1 | +0.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Margaret Beckett | 17,851 | 43.3 | −9.8 | |
Conservative | Jack Perscke | 11,729 | 28.5 | +8.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Batey | 8,430 | 20.5 | −3.7 | |
UKIP | Stephen Fowke | 1,821 | 4.4 | +3.0 | |
Independent | Alan Graves | 1,357 | 3.3 | ||
Majority | 6,122 | 14.8 | |||
Turnout | 41,188 | 58.0 | −6.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -9.25 |
The vote share changes on 2005 and the turnout figures were notional based on boundary changes.
Elections in the 2000s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Margaret Beckett | 19,683 | 45.4 | −11.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lucy Care | 14,026 | 32.3 | +13.0 | |
Conservative | David Brackenbury | 8,211 | 18.9 | −5.4 | |
UKIP | David Black | 845 | 1.9 | New | |
Veritas | Frank Leeming | 608 | 1.4 | New | |
Majority | 5,657 | 13.0 | −19.1 | ||
Turnout | 43,373 | 61.6 | +5.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -12.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Margaret Beckett | 24,310 | 56.4 | +0.1 | |
Conservative | Simon Spencer | 10,455 | 24.3 | −0.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Anders Hanson | 8,310 | 19.3 | +4.9 | |
Majority | 13,855 | 32.1 | +1.0 | ||
Turnout | 43,075 | 55.9 | −12.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Margaret Beckett | 29,154 | 56.3 | +4.6 | |
Conservative | Javed Arain | 13,048 | 25.2 | −12.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jeremy Beckett | 7,438 | 14.4 | +4.0 | |
Referendum | John K. Browne | 1,862 | 3.6 | New | |
National Democrats | Rob Evans | 317 | 0.6 | New | |
Majority | 16,106 | 31.1 | +17.3 | ||
Turnout | 51,819 | 67.8 | −7.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Margaret Beckett | 25,917 | 51.7 | +8.0 | |
Conservative | Nicholas P. Brown | 18,981 | 37.9 | −2.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Simon J. Hartropp | 5,198 | 10.4 | −5.4 | |
Majority | 6,936 | 13.8 | +10.6 | ||
Turnout | 50,096 | 75.5 | +5.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +5.2 |
Elections in the 1980s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Margaret Beckett | 21,003 | 43.7 | +4.4 | |
Conservative | Paul Leighton | 19,487 | 40.5 | +2.1 | |
SDP | Nora Mellor | 7,608 | 15.8 | −5.8 | |
Majority | 1,516 | 3.2 | +2.3 | ||
Turnout | 48,098 | 69.9 | +2.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Margaret Beckett | 18,169 | 39.3 | −10.7 | |
Conservative | Gerald Hales | 17,748 | 38.4 | −0.3 | |
SDP | Ivor Smith | 9,976 | 21.6 | +11.9 | |
Ecology | Eric Wall | 297 | 0.7 | New | |
Majority | 421 | 0.9 | −10.4 | ||
Turnout | 46,190 | 67.4 | −4.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Walter Johnson | 26,945 | 50.0 | −1.0 | |
Conservative | Michael Stern | 20,853 | 38.7 | +5.8 | |
Liberal | J.D. Somerset Sullivan | 5,196 | 9.7 | −4.9 | |
National Front | L.A. Verity | 587 | 1.1 | New | |
Workers Revolutionary | W.A. Biggs | 146 | 0.3 | New | |
United English National | J. Short | 122 | 0.2 | −1.3 | |
Majority | 6,092 | 11.3 | −6.8 | ||
Turnout | 53,849 | 71.4 | +1.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Walter Johnson | 26,342 | 51.0 | +3.6 | |
Conservative | A.J. Bussell | 17,010 | 32.9 | −1.7 | |
Liberal | R. Palmer | 7,520 | 14.6 | −3.4 | |
United English National | A.S. Ashby | 793 | 1.5 | New | |
Majority | 9,332 | 18.1 | +5.3 | ||
Turnout | 51,665 | 69.5 | +6.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Walter Johnson | 26,613 | 47.4 | −7.0 | |
Conservative | R.S.W. Clements | 19,470 | 34.6 | −11.0 | |
Liberal | J. Mills | 10,121 | 18.0 | New | |
Majority | 7,143 | 12.8 | +4.0 | ||
Turnout | 56,204 | 76.2 | +8.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Walter Johnson | 19,407 | 54.4 | −3.2 | |
Conservative | Royden Greene | 16,258 | 45.6 | +13.8 | |
Majority | 3,149 | 8.8 | −17.0 | ||
Turnout | 35,665 | 67.3 | −5.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Philip Noel-Baker | 21,433 | 57.6 | −0.1 | |
Conservative | Michael CG Fidler | 11,857 | 31.8 | −10.5 | |
Liberal | A Leslie Smart | 3,966 | 10.7 | New | |
Majority | 9,576 | 25.8 | +10.4 | ||
Turnout | 37,256 | 72.6 | −5.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Philip Noel-Baker | 22,432 | 57.7 | +9.2 | |
Conservative | T.M. Wray | 16,420 | 42.3 | +1.8 | |
Majority | 6,012 | 15.4 | +7.4 | ||
Turnout | 38,852 | 74.8 | −4.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Philip Noel-Baker | 20,776 | 48.5 | −5.1 | |
Conservative | T.M. Wray | 17,345 | 40.5 | +2.0 | |
Liberal | A. Leslie Smart | 4,746 | 11.1 | +3.2 | |
Majority | 3,431 | 8.0 | −7.1 | ||
Turnout | 42,867 | 79.2 | +0.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Philip Noel-Baker | 23,081 | 53.6 | −9.0 | |
Conservative | Marcus Kimball | 16,572 | 38.5 | +1.1 | |
Liberal | A. Leslie Smart | 3,408 | 7.9 | New | |
Majority | 6,509 | 15.1 | −10.1 | ||
Turnout | 43,061 | 78.8 | −5.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Philip Noel-Baker | 27,333 | 62.6 | +2.5 | |
Conservative | Richard Cecil Dudley Grimes | 16,344 | 37.4 | +6.2 | |
Majority | 10,989 | 25.2 | −3.7 | ||
Turnout | 43,677 | 84.5 | −1.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Philip Noel-Baker | 26,886 | 60.1 | ||
Conservative | Richard Cecil Dudley Grimes | 13,926 | 31.2 | ||
Liberal | Lyndon Irving | 3,900 | 8.7 | ||
Majority | 12,960 | 28.9 | |||
Turnout | 44,712 | 87.1 | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
References
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External links
edit- Derby South UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
- Derby South UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
- Derby South UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK