About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Baggy Shanker) represents you, and all of the people who live in Derby South, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

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Profile

Labour/Co-operative MP for Derby South

Entered the House of Commons on 5 July 2024 — General election

Social Media

• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Department for Education
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Ministry of Defence
• Foreign
• Commonwealth and Development Office
• Special Educational Needs: Teachers and Classroom Assistants
• Army Reserve: Pensions
• Hearing Impairment: Children
• Question

Currently held offices

• Member, Football Governance Bill [HL] Committee (since 14 May 2025)
• Member, Transport Committee (since 28 Oct 2024)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Margaret Beckett
• Walter Johnson
• Philip Noel-Baker

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Football Governance Bill Committee (8 out of 8)

Recent appearances

• Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill 11 Jun 2025

  I refer the House to my business interests in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. As a proud advocate of UK aviation, I am pleased to speak in support of the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill, and I add my thanks to the Aviation Minister for his determination in support of UK aviation and to the Secretary of State for her leadership. By backing industry with a revenue certainty...

• Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill 11 Jun 2025

  I refer the House to my business interests in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. As a proud advocate of UK aviation, I am pleased to speak in support of the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill, and I add my thanks to the Aviation Minister for his determination in support of UK aviation and to the Secretary of State for her leadership. By backing industry with a revenue certainty...

• Nuclear Power: Investment 10 Jun 2025

  I refer the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. I also wish you a happy birthday, Mr Speaker. What a wonderful day today is proving to be. As a proud Derby MP, I am delighted to welcome the selection of Rolls-Royce to deliver the first of the UK’s small modular reactors. We know that the Secretary of State, his ministerial team and the Mayor of the East...

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