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Jeff Smith vs Baggy Shanker

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

Photograph of Jeff Smith
Jeff Smith
Lab Manchester Withington
vs
Photograph of Baggy Shanker
Baggy Shanker
Lab Derby South

Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Baggy Shanker voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 440 shared comparable votes.

440 same votes 0 different votes 440 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
51 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 87 shared votes
51 Aye 36 No
25 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 36 shared votes
25 Aye 11 No
13 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
23 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
21 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
51 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 87 shared votes
51 Aye 36 No
25 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 36 shared votes
25 Aye 11 No
13 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
23 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
21 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

79.6%
7% above average
Rank 208 of 649
Participation
83.7%
11% above average
Rank 116 of 649
1,891
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
494
590 eligible divisions
1,028
54.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
262
53.0% of votes cast
863
45.6% of votes cast
No votes
232
47.0% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

55
-27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 414 of 649
Appearances
72
-10.3 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 649
71
-72.5 vs Commons average
Rank 436 of 649
Contributions
89
-54.5 vs Commons average
Rank 369 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£198,540
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26% above average
Latest expenses
£198,540
12% below average
4
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

Housing
62 of 67 votes
#1
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Housing
32 of 32 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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