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Charlie Dewhirst vs Michael Shanks

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


Voting alignment

Charlie Dewhirst and Michael Shanks voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 263 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 254 different votes 263 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 15 No
Benefits 15% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 23 shared votes
17 Aye 6 No
29 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
42 Aye 29 No
10 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
42 Aye 29 No
10 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No
12 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

65.8%
7% below average
Rank 506 of 649
Participation
64.4%
8% below average
Rank 525 of 649
388
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
501
778 eligible divisions
169
43.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
236
47.1% of votes cast
219
56.4% of votes cast
No votes
265
52.9% of votes cast
1
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
5
1.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 11 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

97
+13.3 vs Commons average
Rank 185 of 649
Appearances
100
+16.3 vs Commons average
Rank 169 of 649
115
-30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 291 of 649
Contributions
408
+262.1 vs Commons average
Rank 34 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£184,765
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£184,765
18% below average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21% above average
4
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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Trade
13 of 14 votes
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 14 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Tax
95 of 112 votes
#3
Work / Employment
38 of 45 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Education
40 of 50 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