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Baggy Shanker vs Dame Meg Hillier

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


Voting alignment

Baggy Shanker and Dame Meg Hillier voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 417 shared comparable votes.

409 same votes 8 different votes 417 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
51 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 81 shared votes
51 Aye 30 No
28 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
28 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
17 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
17 Aye 12 No
Housing 100% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
51 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 81 shared votes
51 Aye 30 No
28 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
28 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
17 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
17 Aye 12 No
Housing 100% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 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
73.5%
1% above average
Rank 342 of 650
533
633 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,777
2,419 eligible divisions
283
53.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
996
56.0% of votes cast
250
46.9% of votes cast
No votes
781
44.0% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.2% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 6 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

97
+0.9 vs Commons average
Rank 238 of 650
Appearances
159
+62.9 vs Commons average
Rank 84 of 650
113
-54.2 vs Commons average
Rank 352 of 650
Contributions
284
+116.8 vs Commons average
Rank 95 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
£2,571,517
all imported IPSA years
£198,540
12% below average
Latest expenses
£274,096
21% above average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 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
42 of 42 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
190 of 212 votes
Housing
33 of 33 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
73 of 82 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
Education
82 of 96 votes
#4
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#5
Benefits
66 of 81 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API