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Baggy Shanker vs Sir Edward Leigh

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


Voting alignment

Baggy Shanker and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 280 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 276 different votes 280 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
20 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 34 shared votes
14 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 7 No
Benefits 5% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
50 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
25 Aye 50 No
18 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
7 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
25 Aye 50 No
18 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
7 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

83.2 %
10 % above average
Rank 139 of 647
Participation
75.5 %
2 % above average
Rank 307 of 647
447
537 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,753
2,323 eligible divisions
245
54.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
825
47.1 % of votes cast
202
45.2 % of votes cast
No votes
928
52.9 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
21
1.2 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
43 years, 0 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

63
-0.6 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 647
Appearances
156
+92.4 vs Commons average
Rank 21 of 647
78
-35.6 vs Commons average
Rank 329 of 647
Contributions
176
+62.4 vs Commons average
Rank 100 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£198,540
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£198,540
12 % below average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4 % below average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 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
37 of 37 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Housing
31 of 31 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
Defence
50 of 59 votes
#4
Energy
54 of 67 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#5
Tax
254 of 318 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API