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Bradley Thomas vs Michael Shanks

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

Photograph of Bradley Thomas
Bradley Thomas
Con Bromsgrove
vs
Photograph of Michael Shanks
Michael Shanks
Lab Rutherglen

Voting alignment

Bradley Thomas and Michael Shanks voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 314 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 304 different votes 314 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
5 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 14 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No
31 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
42 Aye 31 No
10 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
42 Aye 31 No
10 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
24 Aye 7 No
16 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
10 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

81.0%
8% above average
Rank 182 of 649
Participation
64.4%
8% below average
Rank 525 of 649
478
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
501
778 eligible divisions
220
46.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
236
47.1% of votes cast
258
54.0% of votes cast
No votes
265
52.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
1.0% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 11 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

167
+84.7 vs Commons average
Rank 40 of 649
Appearances
99
+16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 649
255
+111.5 vs Commons average
Rank 83 of 649
Contributions
407
+263.5 vs Commons average
Rank 34 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£215,617
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£215,617
5% below average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
2
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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Trade
13 of 14 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Crime / Justice
56 of 62 votes
#3
Work / Employment
38 of 45 votes
Tax
100 of 112 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 26 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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