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Baggy Shanker vs Saqib Bhatti

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 Saqib Bhatti
Saqib Bhatti
Con Meriden and Solihull East

Voting alignment

Baggy Shanker and Saqib Bhatti voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 297 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 295 different votes 297 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
21 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 38 shared votes
16 Aye 22 No
48 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
25 Aye 48 No
28 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
4 Aye 28 No
18 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
6 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
48 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
25 Aye 48 No
28 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
4 Aye 28 No
18 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
6 Aye 18 No
14 Aye 4 No
Benefits 0% aligned 18 shared votes
4 Aye 14 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

82.9 %
10 % above average
Rank 149 of 648
Participation
81.9 %
9 % above average
Rank 174 of 648
436
526 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,305
1,594 eligible divisions
243
55.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
643
49.3 % of votes cast
193
44.3 % of votes cast
No votes
662
50.7 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

67
+6.3 vs Commons average
Rank 196 of 648
Appearances
63
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 217 of 648
83
-26.3 vs Commons average
Rank 295 of 648
Contributions
87
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 283 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£198,540
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,147,083
all imported IPSA years
£198,540
12 % below average
Latest expenses
£271,361
20 % above average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 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
37 of 37 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Housing
31 of 31 votes
#2
Trade
47 of 50 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
Migration
142 of 152 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 23 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 37 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API