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Baggy Shanker vs Sam Carling

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


Voting alignment

Baggy Shanker and Sam Carling voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 450 shared comparable votes.

450 same votes 0 different votes 450 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
53 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 93 shared votes
53 Aye 40 No
28 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
28 Aye 16 No
28 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
28 Aye 9 No
20 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
53 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 93 shared votes
53 Aye 40 No
28 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
28 Aye 16 No
28 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
28 Aye 9 No
20 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 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
89.2%
17% above average
Rank 26 of 649
494
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
526
590 eligible divisions
262
53.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
275
52.3% of votes cast
232
47.0% of votes cast
No votes
251
47.7% 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
59
-24.6 vs Commons average
Rank 388 of 650
91
-54.7 vs Commons average
Rank 368 of 650
Contributions
80
-65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 408 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
£150,223
all imported IPSA years
£198,540
12% below average
Latest expenses
£150,223
34% below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
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
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Housing
32 of 32 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#4
Housing
31 of 32 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#5
Energy
19 of 20 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

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