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Richard Foord vs Baggy Shanker

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


Voting alignment

Richard Foord and Baggy Shanker voted the same way 17% of the time, based on 289 shared comparable votes.

49 same votes 240 different votes 289 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
6 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 78% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 71% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
10 Aye 1 No
Energy 55% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 14 No
Housing 22% aligned 23 shared votes
17 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 36 No
Tax 5% aligned 66 shared votes
39 Aye 27 No
8 Aye 13 No
Education 5% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 8% aligned 26 shared votes
20 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 1 No
Transport 11% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
15 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 12% aligned 33 shared votes
20 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

61.2%
12% below average
Rank 567 of 649
Participation
83.6%
11% above average
Rank 127 of 649
658
1,076 eligible divisions
Total votes
484
579 eligible divisions
353
53.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
259
53.5% of votes cast
305
46.4% of votes cast
No votes
225
46.5% of votes cast
4
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
4 years, 2 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

227
+148.6 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 649
Appearances
77
-1.4 vs Commons average
Rank 263 of 649
252
+115.3 vs Commons average
Rank 77 of 649
Contributions
95
-41.7 vs Commons average
Rank 332 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£772,982
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£198,540
all imported IPSA years
£302,531
34% above average
Latest expenses
£198,540
12% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
4 registered categories
6
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
24 of 29 votes
#1
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Environment / Climate
16 of 20 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Housing
33 of 43 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 17 votes
#4
Migration
74 of 97 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API