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Sarah Smith vs Baggy Shanker
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Sarah Smith and Baggy Shanker voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 367 shared comparable votes.
360 same votes
7 different votes
367 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
64.5%
8% below average
Participation
84.3%
12% above average
410
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
536
636 eligible divisions
217
52.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
284
53.0% of votes cast
193
47.1% of votes cast
No votes
252
47.0% of votes cast
14
3.4% 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
75
-20.6 vs Commons average
Appearances
95
-0.6 vs Commons average
94
-72.5 vs Commons average
Contributions
111
-55.5 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£195,060
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£198,540
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14% below average
Latest expenses
£198,540
12% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 registered categories
0
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
rebel
No
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API