Baggy Shanker

{{Short description|British politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix =

| name = Baggy Shanker

| honorific-suffix = MP

| image = Official portrait of Baggy Shanker MP crop 2.jpg

| caption = Official portrait, 2024

| office = Member of Parliament
for Derby South

| term_start = 4 July 2024

| majority = 6,002 (16.1%)

| predecessor = Dame Margaret Beckett

| party = Labour and Co-operative

| office1 = Leader of the Derby City Council

| termstart1 = 24 May 2023

| termend1 = 18 June 2024

| birth_place = Arboretum, Derbyshire, England{{cite web | last=Shanker | first=Baggy | title=Baggy Shanker for Derby South | website=Baggy Shanker for Derby South | url=https://baggyshanker.com/about-me | access-date=7 July 2024}}

}}

Bhagat Singh Shanker,{{Cite Hansard |title=Members Sworn |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |house=House of Commons |date=10 July 2024 |volume=752 |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2024-07-10/debates/3D219687-E412-4D22-890A-AA2887A23F99/MembersSworn}} known as Baggy Shanker, is a British Labour and Co-operative Party politician who has been Member of Parliament for Derby South since 2024.{{Cite news |title=Derby South - General election results 2024 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/E14001194 |access-date=2024-07-05 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}{{Cite news |date=2024-07-05 |title=Derby South General Election results as ex-council leader wins seat |url=https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/derby-news/derby-south-general-election-results-9387274 |access-date=2024-07-05 |work=Derbyshire Live |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}

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.{{Cite web |date=2024-06-18 |title=Council leader replaced after losing no confidence vote |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c51104g80zeo |access-date=2025-04-19 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}}{{Cite news |date=2023-06-02 |title=New council leader to consider future if he is elected as MP |url=https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/derby-news/new-derby-council-leader-baggy-8492251 |access-date=2024-07-05 |work=Derbyshire Live |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}{{cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/2024-uk-election-result-record-number-of-indian-origin-mps-elected-to-british-parliament-6039751#:~:text=It%20was%20among%20the%20newcomers,(Vale%20of%20Glamorgan)%2C%20Sonia|title=UK Election: Record Number Of Indian-Origin MPs|publisher=NDTV}}

Shanker previously worked as a project manager at Rolls-Royce Civil Aerospace Division,{{Cite web |last=South |first=Baggy Shanker for Derby |title=Baggy Shanker for Derby South |url=https://baggyshanker.com/about-me |access-date=2024-11-06 |website=Baggy Shanker for Derby South |language=en-GB}} and for the chemicals company Celanese.{{Cite web |title=Team 1 |url=https://www.derbylabourparty.co.uk/group-leaders |access-date=2024-11-06 |website=Derby Labour Party |language=en-GB}}