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Baggy Shanker vs Blair McDougall

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


Voting alignment

Baggy Shanker and Blair McDougall voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 413 shared comparable votes.

405 same votes 8 different votes 413 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
57 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 92 shared votes
57 Aye 35 No
21 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
21 Aye 19 No
28 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
28 Aye 9 No
19 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
18 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
57 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 92 shared votes
57 Aye 35 No
21 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
21 Aye 19 No
28 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
28 Aye 9 No
19 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
18 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

84.2%
12% above average
Rank 106 of 650
Participation
73.0%
1% above average
Rank 355 of 650
533
633 eligible divisions
Total votes
462
633 eligible divisions
283
53.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
235
50.9% of votes cast
250
46.9% of votes cast
No votes
227
49.1% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
14
3.0% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

97
+0.9 vs Commons average
Rank 238 of 650
Appearances
70
-26.1 vs Commons average
Rank 375 of 650
113
-54.2 vs Commons average
Rank 352 of 650
Contributions
345
+177.8 vs Commons average
Rank 55 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£198,540
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£186,207
all imported IPSA years
£198,540
12% below average
Latest expenses
£186,207
18% below average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
7
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
42 of 42 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Housing
33 of 33 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
Work / Employment
37 of 42 votes
#4
Housing
28 of 33 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#5
Transport
26 of 32 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API