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Baggy Shanker vs Sir Alec Shelbrooke

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 Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Con Wetherby and Easingwold

Voting alignment

Baggy Shanker and Sir Alec Shelbrooke voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 301 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 297 different votes 301 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
5 Aye 6 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
42 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
26 Aye 42 No
12 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
19 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
26 Aye 42 No
12 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
19 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
21 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
2 Aye 21 No
15 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

84.0%
12% above average
Rank 110 of 650
Participation
72.1%
same as average
Rank 380 of 650
520
619 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,734
2,405 eligible divisions
273
52.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
799
46.1% of votes cast
247
47.5% of votes cast
No votes
935
53.9% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

85
-3.8 vs Commons average
Rank 263 of 650
Appearances
146
+57.2 vs Commons average
Rank 88 of 650
102
-52.6 vs Commons average
Rank 354 of 650
Contributions
182
+27.4 vs Commons average
Rank 173 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
£2,686,484
all imported IPSA years
£198,540
12% below average
Latest expenses
£274,658
21% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 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
42 of 42 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
203 of 212 votes
Housing
32 of 32 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#5
Trade
86 of 94 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API