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Alex Burghart vs Michael Shanks

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


Voting alignment

Alex Burghart and Michael Shanks voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 364 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 356 different votes 364 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
1 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
21 Aye 9 No
Migration 10% aligned 30 shared votes
6 Aye 24 No
27 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
46 Aye 27 No
7 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
46 Aye 27 No
7 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 14 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

85.3 %
13 % above average
Rank 90 of 650
Participation
64.4 %
8 % below average
Rank 530 of 650
1,776
2,082 eligible divisions
Total votes
476
739 eligible divisions
858
48.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
227
47.7 % of votes cast
918
51.7 % of votes cast
No votes
249
52.3 % of votes cast
4
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.8 % of votes cast
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 8 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

64
-3.5 vs Commons average
Rank 266 of 650
Appearances
78
+10.5 vs Commons average
Rank 187 of 650
109
-10.9 vs Commons average
Rank 232 of 650
Contributions
324
+204.1 vs Commons average
Rank 39 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,112,100
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£203,620
10 % below average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21 % above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
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

Brexit / EU
188 of 188 votes
#1
Trade
10 of 11 votes
Migration
154 of 161 votes
#2
Defence
27 of 31 votes
Trade
80 of 84 votes
#3
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 40 votes
#4
Work / Employment
36 of 43 votes
#5
Energy
19 of 23 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API