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Baggy Shanker vs Sir Geoffrey Cox

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 Geoffrey Cox
Sir Geoffrey Cox
Con Torridge and Tavistock

Voting alignment

Baggy Shanker and Sir Geoffrey Cox voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 232 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 229 different votes 232 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
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
11 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
35 Aye 21 No
Tax 0% aligned 56 shared votes
21 Aye 35 No
18 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
6 Aye 18 No
6 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 21 No
Tax 0% aligned 56 shared votes
21 Aye 35 No
18 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
6 Aye 18 No
6 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 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
65.7%
7% below average
Rank 505 of 650
520
619 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,405 eligible divisions
273
52.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
747
47.2% of votes cast
247
47.5% of votes cast
No votes
834
52.8% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

85
-3.8 vs Commons average
Rank 263 of 650
Appearances
15
-73.8 vs Commons average
Rank 616 of 650
102
-52.6 vs Commons average
Rank 354 of 650
Contributions
23
-131.6 vs Commons average
Rank 606 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
£2,716,834
all imported IPSA years
£198,540
12% below average
Latest expenses
£264,705
17% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
16
3 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
173 of 212 votes
Housing
32 of 32 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
48 of 60 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 94 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#4
Migration
126 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#5
Defence
52 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Opposition Day motion: Inheritance Tax 14 Oct 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Opposition Day motion: MoD Bicester and illegal migrants 14 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over extension motion 13 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Third Reading 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: Amendment 1 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: New Clause 25 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API