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Helen Whately vs Baggy Shanker

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

Photograph of Helen Whately
Helen Whately
Con Faversham and Mid Kent
vs
Photograph of Baggy Shanker
Baggy Shanker
Lab Derby South

Voting alignment

Helen Whately and Baggy Shanker voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 353 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 348 different votes 353 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
13 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
29 Aye 51 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
51 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 51 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
51 Aye 29 No
8 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
19 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 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

83.7%
11% above average
Rank 119 of 649
Participation
83.7%
11% above average
Rank 116 of 649
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
494
590 eligible divisions
950
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
262
53.0% of votes cast
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
232
47.0% of votes cast
4
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

44
-39.7 vs Commons average
Rank 488 of 649
Appearances
74
-9.7 vs Commons average
Rank 297 of 649
66
-79.9 vs Commons average
Rank 461 of 649
Contributions
91
-54.9 vs Commons average
Rank 368 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£198,540
all imported IPSA years
£269,510
19% above average
Latest expenses
£198,540
12% below average
9
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 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

Trade
86 of 91 votes
#1
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
#2
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
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
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
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