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Simon Hoare vs Baggy Shanker

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


Voting alignment

Simon Hoare and Baggy Shanker voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 336 shared comparable votes.

11 same votes 325 different votes 336 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
3 Aye 3 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 7 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 6 No
Energy 8% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
42 Aye 34 No
8 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
28 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
15 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
5 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

74.5%
2% above average
Rank 324 of 649
Participation
83.7%
11% above average
Rank 116 of 649
1,769
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
494
590 eligible divisions
829
46.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
262
53.0% of votes cast
940
53.1% of votes cast
No votes
232
47.0% of votes cast
46
2.6% 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

99
+16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 167 of 649
Appearances
72
-10.3 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 649
128
-15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 241 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

£2,084,672
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£198,540
all imported IPSA years
£272,934
21% above average
Latest expenses
£198,540
12% below average
3
3 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

Brexit / EU
193 of 211 votes
#1
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#2
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Energy
58 of 70 votes
#4
Tax
257 of 322 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API