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Kerry McCarthy vs Baggy Shanker

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


Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Baggy Shanker voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 410 shared comparable votes.

409 same votes 1 different votes 410 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
53 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 84 shared votes
53 Aye 31 No
25 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
25 Aye 16 No
28 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
28 Aye 5 No
11 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No
20 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
53 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 84 shared votes
53 Aye 31 No
25 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
25 Aye 16 No
28 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
28 Aye 5 No
11 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No
20 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

79.0 %
6 % above average
Rank 227 of 650
Participation
83.7 %
11 % above average
Rank 124 of 650
1,851
2,344 eligible divisions
Total votes
467
558 eligible divisions
1,040
56.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
252
54.0 % of votes cast
811
43.8 % of votes cast
No votes
215
46.0 % of votes cast
6
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
21 years, 1 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

65
-4.8 vs Commons average
Rank 273 of 650
Appearances
76
+6.2 vs Commons average
Rank 203 of 650
92
-32.0 vs Commons average
Rank 296 of 650
Contributions
91
-33.0 vs Commons average
Rank 304 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£3,045,317
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£198,540
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37 % above average
Latest expenses
£198,540
12 % below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
4 registered categories
7
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

Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#1
Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
Defence
64 of 70 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 43 votes
#4
Education
83 of 95 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API