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Stephen Kinnock vs Baggy Shanker

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

Photograph of Stephen Kinnock
Stephen Kinnock
Lab Aberafan Maesteg
vs
Photograph of Baggy Shanker
Baggy Shanker
Lab Derby South

Voting alignment

Stephen Kinnock and Baggy Shanker voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 400 shared comparable votes.

400 same votes 0 different votes 400 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
50 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 79 shared votes
50 Aye 29 No
22 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
22 Aye 18 No
28 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
28 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
19 Aye 6 No
Education 100% aligned 25 shared votes
19 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 79 shared votes
50 Aye 29 No
22 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
22 Aye 18 No
28 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
28 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
19 Aye 6 No
Education 100% aligned 25 shared votes
19 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

75.4%
3% above average
Rank 300 of 649
Participation
83.7%
11% above average
Rank 116 of 649
1,792
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
494
590 eligible divisions
1,013
56.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
262
53.0% of votes cast
779
43.5% of votes cast
No votes
232
47.0% of votes cast
2
0.1% 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

115
+32.7 vs Commons average
Rank 124 of 649
Appearances
72
-10.3 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 649
443
+299.5 vs Commons average
Rank 28 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

£2,167,873
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£198,540
all imported IPSA years
£312,875
38% above average
Latest expenses
£198,540
12% below average
4
4 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

Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#1
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#2
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Migration
150 of 171 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
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