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Greg Smith vs Baggy Shanker

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

Photograph of Greg Smith
Greg Smith
Con Mid Buckinghamshire
vs
Photograph of Baggy Shanker
Baggy Shanker
Lab Derby South

Voting alignment

Greg Smith and Baggy Shanker voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 386 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 380 different votes 386 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
16 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
32 Aye 52 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
52 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 52 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
52 Aye 32 No
7 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
29 Aye 7 No
14 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
5 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
17 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

88.7%
16% above average
Rank 32 of 649
Participation
83.6%
11% above average
Rank 121 of 649
1,467
1,654 eligible divisions
Total votes
490
586 eligible divisions
716
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
259
52.9% of votes cast
751
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
231
47.1% of votes cast
21
1.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

204
+123.4 vs Commons average
Rank 17 of 649
Appearances
74
-6.6 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 649
242
+101.5 vs Commons average
Rank 92 of 649
Contributions
91
-49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 360 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,059,267
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£198,540
all imported IPSA years
£286,530
27% above average
Latest expenses
£198,540
12% below average
10
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 registered categories
3
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
39 of 39 votes
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Migration
149 of 154 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
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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