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Gareth Bacon vs Baggy Shanker

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


Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Baggy Shanker voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 417 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 410 different votes 417 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
4 Aye 3 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 17 No
Benefits 9% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
19 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 43 shared votes
24 Aye 19 No
35 Aye 54 No
Tax 0% aligned 89 shared votes
54 Aye 35 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 54 No
Tax 0% aligned 89 shared votes
54 Aye 35 No
8 Aye 33 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 41 shared votes
33 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
6 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
19 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
18 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

87.6%
15% above average
Rank 48 of 650
Participation
83.9%
11% above average
Rank 113 of 650
1,478
1,688 eligible divisions
Total votes
520
620 eligible divisions
727
49.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
273
52.5% of votes cast
751
50.8% of votes cast
No votes
247
47.5% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

63
-28.0 vs Commons average
Rank 394 of 650
Appearances
87
-4.0 vs Commons average
Rank 263 of 650
95
-63.5 vs Commons average
Rank 384 of 650
Contributions
103
-55.5 vs Commons average
Rank 363 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£198,540
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£198,540
12% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
1
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

Brexit / EU
64 of 64 votes
#1
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
Trade
55 of 56 votes
#2
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Work / Employment
67 of 70 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 45 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
60 of 63 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API