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Baggy Shanker vs Dame Karen Bradley

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 Dame Karen Bradley
Dame Karen Bradley
Con Staffordshire Moorlands

Voting alignment

Baggy Shanker and Dame Karen Bradley voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 245 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 242 different votes 245 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 6 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
27 Aye 16 No
Tax 0% aligned 43 shared votes
16 Aye 27 No
27 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
1 Aye 27 No
11 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 16 No
Tax 0% aligned 43 shared votes
16 Aye 27 No
27 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
1 Aye 27 No
11 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No
15 Aye 3 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
3 Aye 15 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

83.5%
12% above average
Rank 123 of 649
Participation
67.1%
4% below average
Rank 465 of 649
486
582 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,590
2,368 eligible divisions
259
53.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
744
46.8% of votes cast
227
46.7% of votes cast
No votes
846
53.2% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

75
-5.0 vs Commons average
Rank 283 of 649
Appearances
75
-5.0 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 649
92
-47.4 vs Commons average
Rank 356 of 649
Contributions
81
-58.4 vs Commons average
Rank 390 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
£2,878,658
all imported IPSA years
£198,540
12% below average
Latest expenses
£283,093
25% above average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
13
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
11
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 211 votes
Housing
31 of 31 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
Trade
74 of 91 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#4
Work / Employment
61 of 77 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
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
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API