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Baggy Shanker vs Stephen Doughty

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


Voting alignment

Baggy Shanker and Stephen Doughty voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 257 shared comparable votes.

249 same votes 8 different votes 257 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
33 Aye 25 No
Tax 100% aligned 58 shared votes
33 Aye 25 No
9 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
19 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 6 No
Transport 100% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 25 No
Tax 100% aligned 58 shared votes
33 Aye 25 No
9 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
19 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 6 No
Transport 100% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

84.3%
12% above average
Rank 105 of 650
Participation
66.4%
6% below average
Rank 491 of 650
536
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,609
2,422 eligible divisions
284
53.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
923
57.4% of votes cast
252
47.0% of votes cast
No votes
686
42.6% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
19
1.2% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
14 years, 0 months
Since 15 Nov 2012

Debates

95
-2.0 vs Commons average
Rank 252 of 650
Appearances
97
0.0 vs Commons average
Rank 247 of 650
111
-58.2 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 650
Contributions
474
+304.8 vs Commons average
Rank 30 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
£2,632,101
all imported IPSA years
£198,540
12% below average
Latest expenses
£294,894
30% above average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
178 of 212 votes
Housing
33 of 33 votes
#2
Defence
55 of 71 votes
Benefits
32 of 32 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
63 of 82 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 47 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
37 of 49 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API