Baggy Shanker
Labour (Co-op) - Derby South
6,002 (16.0%) majority - 2024 General ElectionFirst elected: 4th July 2024
1 APPG membership (as of 28 Mar 2025)
Small Modular ReactorsDivision Voting information
Baggy Shanker voted No - against a party majority and against the House
One of 50 Labour No votes vs 59 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 138 Noes - 136
Debates during the 2024 Parliament
Speeches made during Parliamentary debates are recorded in Hansard. For ease of browsing we have grouped debates into individual, departmental and legislative categories.
Sparring Partners
Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
(4 debate interactions)
Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
(2 debate interactions)
Department Debates
(6 debate contributions)
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(4 debate contributions)
(3 debate contributions)
Legislation Debates
(527 words contributed)
(458 words contributed)
(365 words contributed)
(24 words contributed)
Derby South Petitions
e-Petitions are administered by Parliament and allow members of the public to express support for a particular issue.
If an e-petition reaches 10,000 signatures the Government will issue a written response.
If an e-petition reaches 100,000 signatures the petition becomes eligible for a Parliamentary debate (usually Monday 4.30pm in Westminster Hall).
of 5,770 signatures (1.85%)
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c. 16,613 added daily
3,084,538
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Call a General Election
Sign this petition Gov Responded - 6 Dec 2024 Debated on - 6 Jan 2025 View Baggy Shanker's petition debate contributionscloses in 2 weeks, 1 day
I would like there to be another General Election.
I believe the current Labour Government have gone back on the promises they laid out in the lead up to the last election.
Latest EDMs signed by Baggy Shanker
Commons initiatives
These initiatives were driven by Baggy Shanker, and are more likely to reflect personal policy preferences.
MPs who are act as Ministers or Shadow Ministers are generally restricted from performing Commons initiatives other than Urgent Questions.
Baggy Shanker has not been granted any Urgent Questions
Baggy Shanker has not been granted any Adjournment Debates
Baggy Shanker has not introduced any legislation before Parliament
Baggy Shanker has not co-sponsored any Bills in the current parliamentary sitting
Latest 4 Written Questions
(View all written questions)There are currently no plans to change the collected list of staff roles in the school workforce census.
Minister of State (Education)
Information on the school workforce in England is collected as part of the annual School Workforce Census each November and published in the ‘School workforce in England’ statistical publication, which is available here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england.
Information on staff roles is collected in the annual census. The role categories collected do not identify specialist support teaching assistants or teachers of sensory impairment.
Minister of State (Education)
We engage regularly with our international partners on irregular migration, with a commitment to tackling people trafficking and the gangs profiting from it. In July we announced steps to reinforce our cooperation with Europol and, through our new Border Security Command, we will intensify efforts in transit countries to break the business models of these gangs.
Following legal advice, the Ministry of Defence has lodged an appeal against the Milroy employment tribunal ruling. We are unable to comment further while the appeal is ongoing.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for Veterans)