Baggy Shanker
Appearance
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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[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.[5][6]
Controversies
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Baggy Shanker narrowly lost the leadership of Derby City Council in a vote of no confidence held in June 2024 over his handling of an incinerator in his ward of Sinfin. Shanker and his fellow Labour councillors accused the opposition parties of using the vote of no confidence as a way of discrediting his General Election campaign for the Derby South parliamentary seat.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ Shanker, Baggy. "Baggy Shanker for Derby South". Baggy Shanker for Derby South. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
- ^ "Members Sworn". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 752. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. 10 July 2024.
- ^ "Derby South - General election results 2024". BBC News. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
- ^ "Derby South General Election results as ex-council leader wins seat". Derbyshire Live. 2024-07-05. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
- ^ "New council leader to consider future if he is elected as MP". Derbyshire Live. 2023-06-02. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
- ^ "UK Election: Record Number Of Indian-Origin MPs". NDTV.
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