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Baggy Shanker vs Helen Hayes

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


Voting alignment

Baggy Shanker and Helen Hayes voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 437 shared comparable votes.

429 same votes 8 different votes 437 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
59 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 98 shared votes
59 Aye 39 No
27 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
27 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
12 Aye 18 No
Defence 100% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
59 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 98 shared votes
59 Aye 39 No
27 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
27 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
12 Aye 18 No
Defence 100% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 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
79.5%
7% above average
Rank 209 of 650
533
633 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,923
2,419 eligible divisions
283
53.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,057
55.0% of votes cast
250
46.9% of votes cast
No votes
866
45.0% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
20
1.0% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

96
+1.5 vs Commons average
Rank 237 of 650
Appearances
118
+23.5 vs Commons average
Rank 155 of 650
112
-52.6 vs Commons average
Rank 351 of 650
Contributions
137
-27.6 vs Commons average
Rank 280 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
£2,194,899
all imported IPSA years
£198,540
12% below average
Latest expenses
£295,156
30% above average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
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
42 of 42 votes
#1
Housing
63 of 67 votes
Housing
32 of 32 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
190 of 212 votes
#4
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API