Baggy Shanker

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]

Baggy Shanker MP
Official portrait, 2024
Member of Parliament for Derby South
Incumbent
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

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]