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Ms Polly Billington vs Baggy Shanker

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


Voting alignment

Ms Polly Billington and Baggy Shanker voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 440 shared comparable votes.

432 same votes 8 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
61 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 98 shared votes
61 Aye 37 No
28 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 47 shared votes
28 Aye 19 No
30 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
30 Aye 6 No
20 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
20 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
61 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 98 shared votes
61 Aye 37 No
28 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 47 shared votes
28 Aye 19 No
30 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
30 Aye 6 No
20 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
20 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

80.4%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 650
Participation
84.2%
12% above average
Rank 106 of 650
509
633 eligible divisions
Total votes
533
633 eligible divisions
263
51.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
283
53.1% of votes cast
246
48.3% of votes cast
No votes
250
46.9% of votes cast
14
2.8% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

82
-12.5 vs Commons average
Rank 302 of 650
Appearances
96
+1.5 vs Commons average
Rank 237 of 650
125
-39.6 vs Commons average
Rank 308 of 650
Contributions
112
-52.6 vs Commons average
Rank 351 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£162,742
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£198,540
all imported IPSA years
£162,742
28% below average
Latest expenses
£198,540
12% below average
2
1 registered category
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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Housing
32 of 32 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Housing
30 of 32 votes
#4
Tax
105 of 121 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API