Baggy Shanker MP: votes, interests and costs
The Member of Parliament for Derby South is Baggy Shanker (Labour (Co-op)).
Offices and committees
The Members API lists no current government, opposition or committee post for Baggy Shanker; earlier posts are below.
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Railways Bill | 7 January 2026 | 10 February 2026 |
| Football Governance Bill [HL] | 14 May 2025 | 17 June 2025 |
| Transport Committee | 28 October 2024 | 22 June 2026 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 08a1d59bad0c.
Register of interests
Baggy Shanker has 4 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests, the earliest registered on 2 August 2024 and the latest on 13 October 2026. By category: Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources (1), Miscellaneous (1), Shareholdings (1), Land and property (within or outside the UK) (1). Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Unite the Union - £1,350.00
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Hotel accommodation for 3 nights at £450 per night for the Labour Party Conference.
- Value of the benefit: £1,350.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-09-26
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-09-26
- End date, if the benefit was received over time: 2026-09-28
- Name of the donor: Unite the Union
- Status of the donor: Trade Union
Derby City Councillor, (unpaid since 25 October 2024 and previously registered under Category 1).
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Shares in Rolls Royce Plc
- Registrable threshold for this shareholding interest: (ii) Other shareholdings, valued at more than £70,000
- Name of the company or partnership: Rolls Royce Plc
- Held jointly or on behalf of a spouse, partner, or dependent child: I, my wife and my son have separate holdings
Property in Derby
- Location of the land or property: Derby
- A description of the property: House
- Details about the ownership arrangements: 50% share with a family member
- The number of properties this interest relates to: 2
- Country in which the land or property is located: United Kingdom
- The type of property: Residential
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 28 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
In 2024-25 Baggy Shanker's office spent £144,372 on staff, from a staffing budget of £185,538, according to IPSA. IPSA lists office spending of £27,218 in the same year. Budgets for that year run from the MP's election on 4 July 2024, as IPSA's reason column states. IPSA publishes each budget, the amount spent and the amount left (the remaining amounts are in IPSA's files); no total across budgets is published, so none is given here.
| IPSA figure | 2024-25 |
|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £144,371.62 |
| Office costs: spent | £27,218.20 |
| Accommodation: spent | £18,560.00 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £8,389.99 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £30,426, staffing £185,538, accommodation £21,667 (Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024, and a start-up supplement of £6,000; Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024; Standard budget for renting a property in the London area from 5 July 2024).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Derby South BC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Chief of Staff (permanent part time), Caseworker ×2 (permanent part time), Caseworker (permanent full time), Senior Parliamentary Assistant (permanent full time), Senior Communications Advisor (permanent part time), Senior Executive Officer (permanent part time), Senior Parliamentary Assistant (permanent part time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
Baggy Shanker is recorded voting in 527 divisions since 4 July 2024, according to the Commons Votes API. Of these, 61 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The 30 most recent on bills and motions are listed here. On 21 October 2026 Baggy Shanker voted No on "Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 28 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
Baggy Shanker has tabled 7 written questions since 4 July 2024, according to the Written Questions API. The latest 7 were addressed to Department of Health and Social Care, Treasury, Department for Education and 2 other departments.
Health Services: Equality
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking with the Minister for Women and Equalities, to tackle health inequalities.
Cost of Living: Derby
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she has taken to help support people with the cost of living in Derby.
Hearing Impairment: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will issue national guidance on the use of Auditory Verbal therapy for deaf babies and children; and if he will increase funding to promote greater access to Auditory Verbal therapy in (a) De …
Special Educational Needs: Teachers and Classroom Assistants
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 …
Undocumented Migrants: International Cooperation
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.
Special Educational Needs: Teachers and Classroom Assistants
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 a …
Army Reserve: Pensions
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.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 e400a93e6e09. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Baggy Shanker.
2024 general election
The House of Commons Library records a majority of 6,002 for Baggy Shanker in Derby South in July 2024, from 14,503 votes on a turnout of 51.3%. Result as published: Lab hold.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Derby South figures
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