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Chris Elmore vs Michael Shanks

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


Voting alignment

Chris Elmore and Michael Shanks voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 410 shared comparable votes.

406 same votes 4 different votes 410 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
49 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 78 shared votes
49 Aye 29 No
27 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 41 shared votes
27 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 25 No
Migration 100% aligned 32 shared votes
7 Aye 25 No
16 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
15 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 78 shared votes
49 Aye 29 No
27 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 41 shared votes
27 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 25 No
Migration 100% aligned 32 shared votes
7 Aye 25 No
16 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
15 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

77.5%
5% above average
Rank 259 of 650
Participation
64.5%
8% below average
Rank 521 of 650
1,824
2,355 eligible divisions
Total votes
521
808 eligible divisions
1,002
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
243
46.6% of votes cast
822
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
278
53.4% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
1.0% of votes cast
10 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2016
Commons service
3 years, 0 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

45
-48.0 vs Commons average
Rank 503 of 650
Appearances
113
+20.0 vs Commons average
Rank 164 of 650
240
+78.0 vs Commons average
Rank 115 of 650
Contributions
635
+473.0 vs Commons average
Rank 14 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,290,713
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£343,439
52% above average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21% above average
3
1 registered category
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

Housing
58 of 62 votes
#1
Trade
16 of 17 votes
Migration
151 of 165 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Defence
64 of 71 votes
#3
Work / Employment
41 of 48 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 55 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Work / Employment
68 of 78 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 26 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API