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Baggy Shanker vs Ian Roome

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


Voting alignment

Baggy Shanker and Ian Roome voted the same way 21% of the time, based on 295 shared comparable votes.

62 same votes 233 different votes 295 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
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 67% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 67% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
6 Aye 4 No
Energy 60% aligned 10 shared votes
10 Aye 0 No
5 Aye 0 No
Digital / Online Safety 60% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
8 Aye 4 No
Housing 58% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
9 Aye 13 No
Defence 5% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
13 Aye 9 No
Education 5% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
26 Aye 27 No
Tax 8% aligned 53 shared votes
31 Aye 22 No
5 Aye 8 No
Transport 8% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

83.9%
11% above average
Rank 116 of 650
Participation
54.6%
18% below average
Rank 610 of 650
499
595 eligible divisions
Total votes
325
595 eligible divisions
264
52.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
181
55.7% of votes cast
235
47.1% of votes cast
No votes
144
44.3% 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

78
-6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 650
Appearances
100
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 179 of 650
95
-52.7 vs Commons average
Rank 357 of 650
Contributions
126
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 261 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
£156,328
all imported IPSA years
£198,540
12% below average
Latest expenses
£156,328
31% below average
3
3 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
39 of 39 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Housing
32 of 32 votes
#2
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 5 votes
#4
Trade
5 of 7 votes
Foreign Affairs
5 of 5 votes
#5
Education
35 of 50 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