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Baggy Shanker vs Lewis Cocking

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

Photograph of Baggy Shanker
Baggy Shanker
Lab Derby South
vs
Photograph of Lewis Cocking
Lewis Cocking
Con Broxbourne

Voting alignment

Baggy Shanker and Lewis Cocking voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 385 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 378 different votes 385 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 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
15 Aye 8 No
Benefits 9% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No
24 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 39 shared votes
15 Aye 24 No
53 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 86 shared votes
33 Aye 53 No
Most different by topic
53 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 86 shared votes
33 Aye 53 No
30 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
8 Aye 30 No
13 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
18 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
6 Aye 18 No
16 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

83.6%
11% above average
Rank 121 of 649
Participation
77.8%
5% above average
Rank 249 of 649
490
586 eligible divisions
Total votes
456
586 eligible divisions
259
52.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
210
46.1% of votes cast
231
47.1% of votes cast
No votes
246
53.9% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

74
-6.6 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 649
Appearances
108
+27.4 vs Commons average
Rank 137 of 649
91
-49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 360 of 649
Contributions
160
+19.5 vs Commons average
Rank 172 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£198,540
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£181,438
all imported IPSA years
£198,540
12% below average
Latest expenses
£181,438
20% below average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Housing
31 of 31 votes
#2
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
54 of 62 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#5
Trade
6 of 7 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API