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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 399 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 390 different votes 399 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 3 No
Environment / Climate 25% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
21 Aye 9 No
Migration 10% aligned 30 shared votes
6 Aye 24 No
29 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
46 Aye 29 No
13 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
46 Aye 29 No
13 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 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
10 Aye 14 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

85.1%
13% above average
Rank 85 of 650
Participation
64.5%
8% below average
Rank 521 of 650
1,831
2,151 eligible divisions
Total votes
521
808 eligible divisions
884
48.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
243
46.6% of votes cast
947
51.7% of votes cast
No votes
278
53.4% of votes cast
4
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
5
1.0% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
3 years, 0 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

97
+5.2 vs Commons average
Rank 227 of 650
Appearances
113
+21.2 vs Commons average
Rank 163 of 650
168
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 193 of 650
Contributions
635
+475.5 vs Commons average
Rank 14 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
7
4 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
189 of 189 votes
#1
Trade
16 of 17 votes
Trade
86 of 90 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Migration
154 of 163 votes
#3
Work / Employment
41 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 26 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