Baggy Shanker | |
---|---|
Member of Parliament for Derby South | |
Assumed office 5 July 2024 | |
Preceded by | Dame Margaret Beckett |
Majority | 6,002 (16.1%) |
Leader of the Derby City Council | |
In office 24 May 2023 –18 June 2024 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Arboretum,Derbyshire,England [1] |
Political party | Labour |
Baggy Shanker is a Labour Party politician who has been Member of Parliament for Derby South since 2024. [2] [3] He was elected Derby City Council leader in 2023,making him the first Sikh council leader in Derby. [4] [5]
Amber Valley is a constituency in Derbyshire,represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. It has been represented in Parliament by Linsey Farnsworth,a Labour politician,since the 2024 General election.
Derby South is a constituency 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. 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.
Mid Derbyshire is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. The Member of Parliament has been Jonathan Davies of the Labour Party since the 2024 United Kingdom general election. 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.
Alexander Easton is a Northern Irish politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for North Down since 2024. He previously served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for North Down from 2003 to 2024.
The Derbyshire Royal Infirmary was a hospital in Derby that was managed by the Derby Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Following the transfer of community services to the London Road Community Hospital located further south-east along London Road,the infirmary closed in 2009 and most of the buildings were demolished in spring 2015.
Derby City Council is the local authority for the city of Derby,in the ceremonial county of Derbyshire in the East Midlands region of England. Derby has had a council from medieval times,which has been reformed on numerous occasions. Since 1997 the council has been a unitary authority,being a district council which also performs the functions of a county council. Since 2024 the council has been a member of the East Midlands Combined County Authority.
Colum Eastwood is an Irish nationalist politician who has served as Leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) since 2015. He has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Foyle since 2019,served in Northern Ireland Assembly from 2011 to 2019 and served on Derry City Council from 2005 to 2011.
Andrew Iain Lewer is a British Conservative Party politician,who served as the Member of Parliament for Northampton South from 2017 to 2024,and as Member of the European Parliament for the East Midlands from 2014 to 2017.
Amanda Jane Solloway is a British politician who served as Lord Commissioner of the Treasury from September 2022 to July 2024 and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Affordability and Skills from February 2023 to July 2024. A member of the Conservative Party,she was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Derby North between 2019 and 2024,having previously served from 2015 to 2017.
Sarah Elizabeth Dines is a British Conservative Party politician who was Member of Parliament (MP) for Derbyshire Dales from 2019 to 2024. She served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Safeguarding from October 2022 to November 2023. She served as Lord Commissioner of the Treasury from September to October 2022.
Angelique Foster is a British politician who was elected Derbyshire Police and Crime Commissioner in 2021.
Malachai O'Hara is a Northern Irish politician,activist and community worker who has been the leader of the Green Party Northern Ireland since August 2022,having previously served as deputy leader from 2019 to 2022. O'Hara was a Belfast City Councillor for the Castle DEA from 2019,until 2023. In 2024 he was elected unopposed to Seanad Éireann,in a by-election to the Administrative Panel.
Sorcha-Lucy Eastwood is a Northern Irish politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Lagan Valley since 2024 as a member of the Alliance Party. She was previously serving as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Lagan Valley from 2022 until 2024.
The 2023 United Kingdom local elections were held on Thursday,4 May 2023 in England and on Thursday 18 May 2023 in Northern Ireland. These included district councils,unitary authorities,and directly elected mayors in England,and included all local councils in Northern Ireland. Notably,these elections were the first to be held under the Elections Act 2022,a new voter identification law that required voters to show photo ID when attending a polling station,and was a cause for controversy.
Spondon Flyer was a bus service in Derby,England operated by Trent Barton.
The 2023 Amber Valley Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect all 42 councillors for Amber Valley Borough Council. This was on the same day as other local elections in England.
The 2023 Derby City Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect all 51 members of Derby City Council in Derbyshire,England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England.
The 2023 Erewash Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect all 47 members of Erewash Borough Council in Derbyshire,England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England.
The 2024 East Midlands mayoral election was held on 2 May 2024 to elect the first mayor of the East Midlands. It was part of the local elections across England and Wales.
Reform Derby is a British political party based in Derby,Derbyshire. It was founded in 2020,by a group of five Brexit Party councillors on Derby City Council. Although it serves as the local affiliate of Reform UK,it is a separate entity.