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Baggy Shanker vs Bob Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Baggy Shanker and Bob Blackman voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 402 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 393 different votes 402 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
NHS / Health 33% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
15 Aye 6 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
4 Aye 17 No
24 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 42 shared votes
18 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
54 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 89 shared votes
35 Aye 54 No
28 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
8 Aye 28 No
13 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
18 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
6 Aye 18 No
11 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

83.9%
11% above average
Rank 113 of 650
Participation
87.4%
15% above average
Rank 49 of 650
520
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,104
2,406 eligible divisions
273
52.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
988
47.0% of votes cast
247
47.5% of votes cast
No votes
1,116
53.0% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

90
-2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 254 of 650
Appearances
157
+64.9 vs Commons average
Rank 78 of 650
106
-54.1 vs Commons average
Rank 356 of 650
Contributions
187
+26.9 vs Commons average
Rank 173 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
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£198,540
12% below average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
6 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
Brexit / EU
212 of 212 votes
Housing
32 of 32 votes
#2
Trade
90 of 94 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
Defence
66 of 71 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
45 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API