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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.

Photograph of Gareth Bacon
Gareth Bacon
Con Orpington
vs
Photograph of Baggy Shanker
Baggy Shanker
Lab Derby South

Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Baggy Shanker voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 365 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 359 different votes 365 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
3 Aye 3 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 17 No
Benefits 9% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
17 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
33 Aye 54 No
Tax 0% aligned 87 shared votes
54 Aye 33 No
8 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
28 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 54 No
Tax 0% aligned 87 shared votes
54 Aye 33 No
8 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
28 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
18 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
19 Aye 5 No
15 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

87.8 %
15 % above average
Rank 52 of 650
Participation
83.5 %
11 % above average
Rank 127 of 650
1,421
1,619 eligible divisions
Total votes
460
551 eligible divisions
699
49.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
247
53.7 % of votes cast
722
50.8 % of votes cast
No votes
213
46.3 % of votes cast
5
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

46
-21.5 vs Commons average
Rank 401 of 650
Appearances
71
+3.5 vs Commons average
Rank 214 of 650
57
-62.9 vs Commons average
Rank 435 of 650
Contributions
86
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 314 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
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 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
63 of 63 votes
#1
Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
Trade
49 of 50 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Migration
145 of 152 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 65 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 41 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API