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Baggy Shanker vs Alex Burghart

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

Photograph of Baggy Shanker
Baggy Shanker
Lab Derby South
vs
Photograph of Alex Burghart
Alex Burghart
Con Brentwood and Ongar

Voting alignment

Baggy Shanker and Alex Burghart voted the same way 0% of the time, based on 331 shared comparable votes.

1 same votes 330 different votes 331 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
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
45 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
30 Aye 45 No
20 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
45 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
30 Aye 45 No
20 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
17 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

83.5 %
11 % above average
Rank 129 of 649
Participation
85.3 %
13 % above average
Rank 91 of 649
480
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,796
2,106 eligible divisions
258
53.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
865
48.2 % of votes cast
222
46.3 % of votes cast
No votes
931
51.8 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 1 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

78
0.0 vs Commons average
Rank 250 of 649
Appearances
76
-2.0 vs Commons average
Rank 263 of 649
96
-42.4 vs Commons average
Rank 326 of 649
Contributions
132
-6.4 vs Commons average
Rank 210 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£198,540
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,112,100
all imported IPSA years
£198,540
12 % below average
Latest expenses
£203,620
10 % below average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
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

Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 188 votes
Housing
31 of 31 votes
#2
Trade
83 of 87 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
Migration
154 of 163 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 40 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
58 of 63 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Where they voted the same
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API