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Baggy Shanker vs Sir Bernard Jenkin

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


Voting alignment

Baggy Shanker and Sir Bernard Jenkin voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 328 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 322 different votes 328 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
6 Aye 6 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
2 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
16 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 No
46 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
29 Aye 46 No
Most different by topic
46 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
29 Aye 46 No
13 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
18 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
17 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 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
79.7%
7% above average
Rank 204 of 649
494
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,893
2,376 eligible divisions
262
53.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
47.4% of votes cast
232
47.0% of votes cast
No votes
996
52.6% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

72
-9.7 vs Commons average
Rank 299 of 649
Appearances
126
+44.3 vs Commons average
Rank 98 of 649
89
-53.2 vs Commons average
Rank 367 of 649
Contributions
193
+50.8 vs Commons average
Rank 138 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
£2,529,411
all imported IPSA years
£198,540
12% below average
Latest expenses
£260,047
15% above average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 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
205 of 211 votes
Housing
32 of 32 votes
#2
Migration
158 of 171 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#5
Trade
81 of 91 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API