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Baggy Shanker vs Derek Twigg

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


Voting alignment

Baggy Shanker and Derek Twigg voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 338 shared comparable votes.

329 same votes 9 different votes 338 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
48 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 77 shared votes
48 Aye 29 No
23 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 13 No
Transport 100% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
12 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 8 No
Benefits 86% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No
48 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 77 shared votes
48 Aye 29 No
23 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 13 No
Transport 100% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

84.3%
12% above average
Rank 105 of 650
Participation
58.3%
14% below average
Rank 584 of 650
536
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,412
2,422 eligible divisions
284
53.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
815
57.7% of votes cast
252
47.0% of votes cast
No votes
597
42.3% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
27
1.9% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 6 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

95
-2.0 vs Commons average
Rank 252 of 650
Appearances
62
-35.0 vs Commons average
Rank 431 of 650
111
-58.2 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 650
Contributions
47
-122.2 vs Commons average
Rank 552 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
£2,034,454
all imported IPSA years
£198,540
12% below average
Latest expenses
£227,917
1% above average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Housing
33 of 33 votes
#2
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
Benefits
32 of 32 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
145 of 212 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
56 of 82 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
32 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API