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Steve Darling vs Baggy Shanker

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


Voting alignment

Steve Darling and Baggy Shanker voted the same way 16% of the time, based on 334 shared comparable votes.

55 same votes 279 different votes 334 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
3 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 67% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
11 Aye 1 No
Energy 58% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 38 No
Tax 3% aligned 71 shared votes
40 Aye 31 No
9 Aye 15 No
Education 4% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 5% aligned 20 shared votes
16 Aye 4 No
10 Aye 13 No
Benefits 9% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
15 Aye 5 No
Transport 10% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

67.1%
6% below average
Rank 478 of 649
Participation
83.4%
11% above average
Rank 126 of 649
389
580 eligible divisions
Total votes
484
580 eligible divisions
211
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
259
53.5% of votes cast
178
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
225
46.5% of votes cast
6
1.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

139
+60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 73 of 649
Appearances
75
-3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 274 of 649
177
+39.9 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 649
Contributions
92
-45.1 vs Commons average
Rank 343 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£235,469
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£198,540
all imported IPSA years
£235,469
4% above average
Latest expenses
£198,540
12% below average
7
5 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

Housing
26 of 31 votes
#1
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 31 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#4
Benefits
23 of 30 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