Baggy Shanker

Baggy Shanker
MP
Official portrait, 2024
Member of Parliament
for Derby South
Incumbent
Assumed office
4 July 2024
Preceded byDame Margaret Beckett
Majority6,002 (16.1%)
Leader of the Derby City Council
In office
24 May 2023 – 18 June 2024
Personal details
BornArboretum, Derbyshire, England[1]
Political partyLabour and Co-operative

Bhagat Singh Shanker,[2] known as Baggy Shanker, is a British Labour and Co-operative Party politician who has been Member of Parliament for Derby South since 2024.[3][4]

He was elected Derby City Council leader in 2023, making him the first Sikh council leader in Derby, however he was later removed from that position in June 2024 after losing a Motion of no confidence.[5][6][7]

Shanker previously worked as a project manager at Rolls-Royce Civil Aerospace Division,[8] and for the chemicals company Celanese.[9]

  1. ^ Shanker, Baggy. "Baggy Shanker for Derby South". Baggy Shanker for Derby South. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Members Sworn". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 752. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. 10 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Derby South - General election results 2024". BBC News. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
  4. ^ "Derby South General Election results as ex-council leader wins seat". Derbyshire Live. 2024-07-05. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
  5. ^ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c51104g80zeo
  6. ^ "New council leader to consider future if he is elected as MP". Derbyshire Live. 2023-06-02. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
  7. ^ "UK Election: Record Number Of Indian-Origin MPs". NDTV.
  8. ^ South, Baggy Shanker for Derby. "Baggy Shanker for Derby South". Baggy Shanker for Derby South. Retrieved 2024-11-06.
  9. ^ "Team 1". Derby Labour Party. Retrieved 2024-11-06.