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Baggy Shanker vs Sammy Wilson

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


Voting alignment

Baggy Shanker and Sammy Wilson voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 278 shared comparable votes.

22 same votes 256 different votes 278 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
10 Aye 6 No
Housing 50% aligned 16 shared votes
12 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
17 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 15% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
5 Aye 5 No
Benefits 10% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 16 No
Defence 7% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
29 Aye 41 No
9 Aye 2 No
Education 0% aligned 11 shared votes
2 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 4 No
Transport 0% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 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
62.0%
11% below average
Rank 558 of 649
494
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,472
2,376 eligible divisions
262
53.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
732
49.7% of votes cast
232
47.0% of votes cast
No votes
740
50.3% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
11
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

72
-10.2 vs Commons average
Rank 300 of 649
Appearances
109
+26.8 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649
89
-54.3 vs Commons average
Rank 368 of 649
Contributions
154
+10.7 vs Commons average
Rank 192 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
£2,714,557
all imported IPSA years
£198,540
12% below average
Latest expenses
£250,082
11% above average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
195 of 211 votes
Housing
32 of 32 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#4
Defence
50 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#5
Energy
47 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API