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Baggy Shanker vs Seema Malhotra

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


Voting alignment

Baggy Shanker and Seema Malhotra voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 302 shared comparable votes.

295 same votes 7 different votes 302 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
37 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 64 shared votes
37 Aye 27 No
11 Aye 17 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
23 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 24 shared votes
23 Aye 1 No
9 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
18 Aye 1 No
Housing 100% aligned 19 shared votes
18 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 64 shared votes
37 Aye 27 No
11 Aye 17 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
23 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 24 shared votes
23 Aye 1 No
9 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
18 Aye 1 No
Housing 100% aligned 19 shared votes
18 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

84.3%
12% above average
Rank 105 of 650
Participation
68.4%
4% below average
Rank 449 of 650
536
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,657
2,422 eligible divisions
284
53.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
924
55.8% of votes cast
252
47.0% of votes cast
No votes
733
44.2% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.8% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
14 years, 10 months
Since 15 Dec 2011

Debates

95
-0.9 vs Commons average
Rank 248 of 650
Appearances
69
-26.9 vs Commons average
Rank 382 of 650
111
-56.1 vs Commons average
Rank 356 of 650
Contributions
337
+169.9 vs Commons average
Rank 58 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
£2,697,495
all imported IPSA years
£198,540
12% below average
Latest expenses
£252,817
12% above average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
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
42 of 42 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
184 of 212 votes
Housing
33 of 33 votes
#2
Defence
60 of 71 votes
Benefits
32 of 32 votes
#3
Migration
143 of 171 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 49 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#5
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API