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Catherine Atkinson vs Michael Shanks

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


Voting alignment

Catherine Atkinson and Michael Shanks voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 322 shared comparable votes.

322 same votes 0 different votes 322 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
40 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 69 shared votes
40 Aye 29 No
22 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No
23 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
19 Aye 6 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 25 shared votes
19 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 69 shared votes
40 Aye 29 No
22 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No
23 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
19 Aye 6 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 25 shared votes
19 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

79.5%
7% above average
Rank 210 of 649
Participation
64.4%
8% below average
Rank 525 of 649
469
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
501
778 eligible divisions
240
51.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
236
47.1% of votes cast
229
48.8% of votes cast
No votes
265
52.9% of votes cast
15
3.2% of votes cast
Against party
5
1.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
3 years, 0 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

90
+6.4 vs Commons average
Rank 218 of 650
Appearances
100
+16.4 vs Commons average
Rank 169 of 650
181
+35.3 vs Commons average
Rank 159 of 650
Contributions
408
+262.3 vs Commons average
Rank 34 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£207,563
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£207,563
8% below average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21% above average
4
2 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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Trade
13 of 14 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
#3
Work / Employment
38 of 45 votes
Housing
28 of 32 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 26 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API