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Baggy Shanker vs Claire Coutinho

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


Voting alignment

Baggy Shanker and Claire Coutinho voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 262 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 256 different votes 262 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
5 Aye 5 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
20 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 36 shared votes
16 Aye 20 No
33 Aye 18 No
Tax 0% aligned 51 shared votes
18 Aye 33 No
16 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 18 No
Tax 0% aligned 51 shared votes
18 Aye 33 No
16 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No
8 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 11 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

83.7%
11% above average
Rank 116 of 649
Participation
75.9%
3% above average
Rank 288 of 649
494
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,259
1,658 eligible divisions
262
53.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
651
51.7% of votes cast
232
47.0% of votes cast
No votes
608
48.3% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

72
-10.3 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 649
Appearances
53
-29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 429 of 649
89
-54.5 vs Commons average
Rank 369 of 649
Contributions
108
-35.5 vs Commons average
Rank 315 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
£989,828
all imported IPSA years
£198,540
12% below average
Latest expenses
£192,253
15% below average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
Housing
32 of 32 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
58 of 63 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
Trade
46 of 53 votes
#4
Migration
133 of 154 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
38 of 44 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API