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Caroline Nokes vs Michael Shanks

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

Photograph of Caroline Nokes
Caroline Nokes
Con Romsey and Southampton North
vs
Photograph of Michael Shanks
Michael Shanks
Lab Rutherglen

Voting alignment

Caroline Nokes and Michael Shanks voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 91 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 85 different votes 91 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
Migration 50% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 5 No
Crime / Justice 13% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
17 Aye 0 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 17 shared votes
0 Aye 17 No
5 Aye 10 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 0 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 17 shared votes
0 Aye 17 No
5 Aye 10 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
0 Aye 9 No
Tax 0% aligned 9 shared votes
9 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 5 No
Trade 0% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

59.9 %
13 % below average
Rank 575 of 649
Participation
64.0 %
9 % below average
Rank 531 of 649
1,415
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
488
763 eligible divisions
653
46.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
234
48.0 % of votes cast
762
53.9 % of votes cast
No votes
254
52.0 % of votes cast
37
2.6 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.8 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 10 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

362
+284.1 vs Commons average
Rank 4 of 650
Appearances
99
+21.1 vs Commons average
Rank 155 of 650
0
-138.3 vs Commons average
Rank 650 of 650
Contributions
386
+247.7 vs Commons average
Rank 38 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,363,481
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£236,335
5 % above average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
1
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
197 of 211 votes
#1
Trade
13 of 14 votes
Trade
76 of 91 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
#3
Work / Employment
38 of 45 votes
Democracy / Parliament
28 of 43 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
NHS / Health
36 of 56 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 26 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
King's Speech (Motion for an Address): Amendment (h) 22 Jul 2024
No
No
Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill: Consideration of Lords Message: manuscript amendment 21 May 2024
Digital / Online Safety
Aye
No
Criminal Justice Bill Report Stage: New Clause 59 15 May 2024
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Criminal Justice Bill Report Stage: New Clause 44 15 May 2024
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 8 May 2024
Tax
Aye
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 8 May 2024
Tax
Aye
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 8 May 2024
Tax
Aye
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 8 May 2024
Tax
Aye
Aye
Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 104 30 Apr 2024
Digital / Online Safety
No
Aye
Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 31 30 Apr 2024
Digital / Online Safety
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Risk-based exclusion: amendment (o) 13 May 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023 4 Dec 2023
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Victims and Prisoners Bill Report Stage: New Clause 27 4 Dec 2023
Crime / Justice
Aye
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