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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.

Photograph of Baggy Shanker
Baggy Shanker
Lab Derby South
vs
Photograph of Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Con Chingford and Woodford Green

Voting alignment

Baggy Shanker and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 352 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 345 different votes 352 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
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 8 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 No
21 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 37 shared votes
16 Aye 21 No
50 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
24 Aye 50 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
24 Aye 50 No
26 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
5 Aye 26 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
13 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 12 No
Transport 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 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
81.4%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 649
494
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
262
53.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
887
45.8% of votes cast
232
47.0% of votes cast
No votes
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1% 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 302 of 649
Appearances
98
+16.3 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 649
89
-53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 367 of 649
Contributions
172
+29.7 vs Commons average
Rank 164 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
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£198,540
12% below average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17% above average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
9
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

Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
208 of 211 votes
Housing
32 of 32 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
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
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API