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Baggy Shanker

Labour (Co-op) - Derby South

6,002 (16.0%) majority - 2024 General Election

First elected: 4th July 2024


1 APPG membership (as of 2 Jan 2025)
Small Modular Reactors
Baggy Shanker has no previous appointments


Division Voting information

During the current Parliament, Baggy Shanker has voted in 72 divisions, and 1 time against the majority of their Party.

3 Dec 2024 - Elections (Proportional Representation) - View Vote Context
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
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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
Victoria Atkins (Conservative)
Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
(2 debate interactions)
Lucy Powell (Labour (Co-op))
Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
(2 debate interactions)
Michael Shanks (Labour)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
(2 debate interactions)
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Department Debates
HM Treasury
(3 debate contributions)
Department for Business and Trade
(2 debate contributions)
Leader of the House
(1 debate contributions)
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Legislation Debates
Finance Bill 2024-26
(24 words contributed)
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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).

Petitions with highest Derby South signature proportion
Petition Debates Contributed
3,028,867
c. 36,962 added daily
3,067,584
(Estimated)
20 May 2025
closes in 3 months, 4 weeks

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

Baggy Shanker has not signed any Early Day Motions

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

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Written Questions can be tabled by MPs and Lords to request specific information information on the work, policy and activities of a Government Department
25th Nov 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 14 November 2024 to Question 12858 on Special Educational Needs: Teachers and Classroom Assistants, if she will make it her policy to add (a) specialist support teaching assistants and (b) teachers of sensory impairment to the staff roles collected in the annual census.

There are currently no plans to change the collected list of staff roles in the school workforce census.

Catherine McKinnell
Minister of State (Education)
5th Nov 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) specialist support teaching assistants and (b) teachers of sensory impairment with a full mandatory qualification in sensory impairment are employed in (i) England, (ii) Derbyshire County Council area and (iii) Derby City Council area; and what information on these roles is collected as part of the annual School Workforce Census.

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.

Catherine McKinnell
Minister of State (Education)
20th Nov 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps he is taking with international partners to help tackle irregular migration to the UK.

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.

Anneliese Dodds
Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
23rd Oct 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for pension arrangements for military reservists of Milroy v MOD.

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.

Al Carns
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for Veterans)