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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Baggy Shanker
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Sir Desmond Swayne and Baggy Shanker voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 393 shared comparable votes.
7 same votes
386 different votes
393 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
88.5%
16% above average
Participation
83.9%
11% above average
2,129
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
520
620 eligible divisions
988
46.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
273
52.5% of votes cast
1,141
53.6% of votes cast
No votes
247
47.5% of votes cast
54
2.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Debates
154
+61.1 vs Commons average
Appearances
91
-1.9 vs Commons average
165
+3.4 vs Commons average
Contributions
107
-54.6 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£198,540
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£198,540
12% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
No
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process
21 Oct 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API