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Baggy Shanker vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Baggy Shanker and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 372 shared comparable votes.
7 same votes
365 different votes
372 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
83.9%
11% above average
Participation
81.3%
9% above average
520
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,956
2,406 eligible divisions
273
52.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
898
45.9% of votes cast
247
47.5% of votes cast
No votes
1,058
54.1% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Debates
91
-2.0 vs Commons average
Appearances
99
+6.0 vs Commons average
107
-55.0 vs Commons average
Contributions
161
-1.0 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£198,540
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£198,540
12% below average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17% above average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
8
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
No
Aye
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process
21 Oct 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API