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Baggy Shanker vs Paul Holmes

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


Voting alignment

Baggy Shanker and Paul Holmes voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 328 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 320 different votes 328 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
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 7 No
Benefits 12% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 No
23 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 40 shared votes
17 Aye 23 No
42 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
30 Aye 42 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
30 Aye 42 No
25 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
2 Aye 25 No
11 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
15 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No
12 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 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
85.0%
12% above average
Rank 93 of 649
494
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,410
1,658 eligible divisions
262
53.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
702
49.8% of votes cast
232
47.0% of votes cast
No votes
708
50.2% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

72
-9.7 vs Commons average
Rank 299 of 649
Appearances
114
+32.3 vs Commons average
Rank 126 of 649
89
-53.2 vs Commons average
Rank 367 of 649
Contributions
395
+252.8 vs Commons average
Rank 38 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
£1,091,272
all imported IPSA years
£198,540
12% below average
Latest expenses
£234,722
4% above average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Housing
32 of 32 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Trade
50 of 53 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 44 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