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Baggy Shanker vs Valerie Vaz

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


Voting alignment

Baggy Shanker and Valerie Vaz voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 380 shared comparable votes.

375 same votes 5 different votes 380 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
59 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 93 shared votes
59 Aye 34 No
26 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
26 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 17 No
Transport 100% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 4 No
Housing 100% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
59 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 93 shared votes
59 Aye 34 No
26 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
26 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 17 No
Transport 100% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 4 No
Housing 100% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

84.2%
12% above average
Rank 106 of 650
Participation
76.7%
4% above average
Rank 269 of 650
531
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,854
2,417 eligible divisions
281
52.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,043
56.3% of votes cast
250
47.1% of votes cast
No votes
811
43.7% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

96
+1.5 vs Commons average
Rank 236 of 650
Appearances
37
-57.5 vs Commons average
Rank 552 of 650
112
-52.5 vs Commons average
Rank 351 of 650
Contributions
16
-148.5 vs Commons average
Rank 618 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
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
£198,540
12% below average
Latest expenses
£218,663
3% below average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Education
91 of 96 votes
Housing
32 of 32 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
182 of 212 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#5
Transport
83 of 98 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API