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Ben Lake vs Baggy Shanker
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Ben Lake and Baggy Shanker voted the same way 40% of the time, based on 308 shared comparable votes.
123 same votes
185 different votes
308 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
75.8%
3% above average
Participation
83.7%
11% above average
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
494
590 eligible divisions
897
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
262
53.0% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
232
47.0% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Debates
67
-16.6 vs Commons average
Appearances
74
-9.6 vs Commons average
69
-76.7 vs Commons average
Contributions
91
-54.7 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£198,540
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£198,540
12% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
2
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API