Baggy Shanker | |
|---|---|
| Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of Parliament for Derby South | |
| Assumed office 4 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 | |
| Preceded by | Chris Poulter |
| Succeeded by | Nadine Peatfield |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Arboretum,Derbyshire,England [1] |
| Political party | Labour 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:he was 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's Civil Aerospace Division, [8] and for the chemicals company Celanese. [9]