Baggy Shanker
Labour (Co-op) MP for Derby South
Won with 38.8% · Majority: 6,002
The Verdict
Turned up, voted as told, went home. Repeat. The promises made to win votes appear to have been left at the constituency office door.
Subject Grades
How Baggy scored on each issue. Tap any subject for the individual votes.
Civil Liberties
0 kept · 2 broke
Won with 38.8% of the vote, majority of 6,002
Cost of Living
0 kept · 6 broke · 1 missed
6,856 households in fuel poverty locally (14.48%)
NHS & Health
0 kept · 1 broke · 3 missed
Local A&E: only 72.6% seen within 4 hours (target: 95%)
Housing
0 kept · 3 broke
46% of constituents rent their home
Environment
0 kept · 3 broke · 1 missed
14.48% of local households in fuel poverty
Immigration
0 kept · 1 broke · 2 missed
Workers' Rights
0 kept · 3 broke
Won with 38.8% of the vote, majority of 6,002
Welfare & Benefits
1 kept · 7 broke · 1 missed
11,373 children in poverty in this constituency (42.5%)
Follow the Money
What Baggy claims, earns, and receives — compared to how they vote on the issues affecting their constituents.
Expense Breakdown
The Broken Promise
Voted to strip £300/year heating help from 10 million pensioners — including 6,856 fuel poor households in their own constituency
Voted to keep the two-child benefit cap — 11,373 children live in poverty in their constituency
Stripped renter protections 3 times in one day — 46% of their constituents rent
Voted to scrap jury trials — removing an 800-year-old right that protects ordinary citizens
Registered Interests
2. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation(1 entry)£5k
BJD (GB) Ltd
Name of donor: BJD (GB) Ltd Address of donor: 53 Calthorpe Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 1TH Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000 general campaign activities Donor status: company, registration 05272092 (Registered 22 August 2025)
6. Land and property portfolio with a value over £100,000 and where indicated, the portfolio provides a rental income of over £10,000 a year(1 entry)
Undisclosed
Type of land/property: Residential property (House) Number of properties: 2 Location: Derby Ownership details: 50% share with a family member (Registered 2 August 2024)
7. (ii) Other shareholdings, valued at more than £70,000(1 entry)
Undisclosed
Name of company or organisation: Rolls Royce Plc Held jointly with or on behalf of: I, my wife and my son have separate holdings (Registered 2 August 2024)
8. Miscellaneous(1 entry)
Undisclosed
Derby City Councillor, (unpaid since 25 October 2024 and previously registered under Category 1). (Registered 2 August 2024; updated 24 November 2025)
Sources: IPSA 2024-25, Register of Members' Financial Interests (Parliament API)
Every Penny: Baggy's Expenses
91 individual claims totalling £204,619.44 since this parliament opened (July 2024). Click any category to see exactly where the money went, down to every receipt. Items marked “LUMP SUM” are bundled by IPSA (mainly travel) — they won't break these down further.
Staffing(3 claims)£144,371.62
Payroll(1)£135,371.62
Bought-in services(2)£9,000.00
Office Costs(61 claims)£30,240.73
Rent(9)£16,450.40
Stationery & printing(30)£4,665.86
Software & applications(3)£3,516.00
Pooled staffing services(1)£3,000.00
Landline phone & internet - rental & usage(2)£840.00
Equipment - purchase(3)£476.94
Newspapers, journals, magazines(6)£409.80
Venue hire, meetings & surgeries(2)£280.00
Training - staff(1)£252.00
Advertising and contact cards(1)£215.00
Recruitment Services &Costs(1)£93.79
Hospitality(1)£38.14
Postage & couriers(1)£2.80
Accommodation(15 claims)£19,021.25
Rent(7)£15,803.00
Hotel - London(7)£2,757.00
Council tax(1)£461.25
MP Travel(4 claims)£5,540.74
Rail(2)£4,692.16
Hotel - London(1)£610.98
Mileage - car(1)£237.60
Miscellaneous(2 claims)£2,595.85
Bought-in services(2)£2,595.85
Staff Travel(4 claims)£1,657.81
Rail(1)£1,318.83
Hotel - London(1)£199.00
Hotel - UK Not London(1)£118.00
Subsistence(1)£21.98
Dependant Travel(2 claims)£1,191.44
Rail(2)£1,191.44
Source: IPSA Individual Business Costs 2024-25 — every claim published under the Parliamentary Standards Act 2009
Derby South: The Real Impact
The people Baggy was elected to represent — and how they voted on the issues that affect them most.
Sources: DWP FYE 2024, DESNZ 2023, Census 2021, Election 2024