Baggy Shanker
Baggy Shanker | |
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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 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Arboretum, Derbyshire, England |
| Political party | Labour and Co-operative |
Bhagat Singh Shanker, known as Baggy Shanker, is a British Labour and Co-operative Party politician who has been Member of Parliament for Derby South since 2024.
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.
Shanker previously worked as a project manager at Rolls-Royce Civil Aerospace Division, and for the chemicals company Celanese.