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Baggy Shanker vs Dr Ellie Chowns

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


Voting alignment

Baggy Shanker and Dr Ellie Chowns voted the same way 63% of the time, based on 387 shared comparable votes.

243 same votes 144 different votes 387 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 2 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
28 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 92% aligned 36 shared votes
29 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 88% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 3 No
Energy 83% aligned 12 shared votes
9 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 12% aligned 17 shared votes
4 Aye 13 No
3 Aye 6 No
Migration 44% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
26 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 46% aligned 41 shared votes
16 Aye 25 No
6 Aye 0 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 2 No
Trade 50% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 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
80.0%
7% above average
Rank 197 of 649
494
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
472
590 eligible divisions
262
53.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
264
55.9% of votes cast
232
47.0% of votes cast
No votes
208
44.1% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

74
-9.6 vs Commons average
Rank 297 of 650
Appearances
232
+148.4 vs Commons average
Rank 11 of 650
91
-54.7 vs Commons average
Rank 368 of 650
Contributions
347
+201.3 vs Commons average
Rank 48 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
£176,497
all imported IPSA years
£198,540
12% below average
Latest expenses
£176,497
22% below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
4 of 4 votes
Housing
32 of 32 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 32 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#4
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API