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Baggy Shanker vs Sir Julian 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 Julian Smith
Sir Julian Smith
Con Skipton and Ripon

Voting alignment

Baggy Shanker and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 353 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 344 different votes 353 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
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
15 Aye 6 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
4 Aye 17 No
24 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 38 shared votes
14 Aye 24 No
11 Aye 17 No
Defence 4% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
50 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
29 Aye 50 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
29 Aye 50 No
23 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
7 Aye 23 No
18 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
5 Aye 18 No
19 Aye 4 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
4 Aye 19 No
15 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

83.5 %
11 % above average
Rank 129 of 649
Participation
77.4 %
5 % above average
Rank 265 of 649
480
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,827
2,361 eligible divisions
258
53.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
878
48.1 % of votes cast
222
46.3 % of votes cast
No votes
949
51.9 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

80
+2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 649
Appearances
88
+10.4 vs Commons average
Rank 194 of 649
98
-39.6 vs Commons average
Rank 324 of 649
Contributions
105
-32.6 vs Commons average
Rank 297 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
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£198,540
12 % below average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15 % above average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
5
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
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Housing
31 of 31 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 43 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
191 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Amendment 9 20 Oct 2025
Defence
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
Aye
Draft Contracts for Difference (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2025 11 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals) Regulations 2024 13 Nov 2024
Aye
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