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Alex Baker vs Michael Shanks

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Alex Baker
Alex Baker
Lab Aldershot
vs
Photograph of Michael Shanks
Michael Shanks
Lab Rutherglen

Voting alignment

Alex Baker and Michael Shanks voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 298 shared comparable votes.

298 same votes 0 different votes 298 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
35 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 63 shared votes
35 Aye 28 No
21 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No
19 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 63 shared votes
35 Aye 28 No
21 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No
19 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

77.1%
5% above average
Rank 265 of 649
Participation
64.4%
8% below average
Rank 525 of 649
455
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
501
778 eligible divisions
243
53.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
236
47.1% of votes cast
212
46.6% of votes cast
No votes
265
52.9% of votes cast
13
2.9% of votes cast
Against party
5
1.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
3 years, 0 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

69
-14.6 vs Commons average
Rank 325 of 650
Appearances
100
+16.4 vs Commons average
Rank 169 of 650
96
-49.7 vs Commons average
Rank 353 of 650
Contributions
408
+262.3 vs Commons average
Rank 34 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£175,028
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£175,028
23% below average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Trade
13 of 14 votes
Housing
31 of 32 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#3
Work / Employment
38 of 45 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Energy
17 of 20 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 26 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
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