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Christian Wakeford vs Michael Shanks

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

Photograph of Christian Wakeford
Christian Wakeford
Lab Bury South
vs
Photograph of Michael Shanks
Michael Shanks
Lab Rutherglen

Voting alignment

Christian Wakeford and Michael Shanks voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 422 shared comparable votes.

417 same votes 5 different votes 422 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
35 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 64 shared votes
35 Aye 29 No
26 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
26 Aye 11 No
24 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 36 shared votes
24 Aye 12 No
6 Aye 23 No
Migration 100% aligned 29 shared votes
6 Aye 23 No
19 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 64 shared votes
35 Aye 29 No
26 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
26 Aye 11 No
24 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 36 shared votes
24 Aye 12 No
6 Aye 23 No
Migration 100% aligned 29 shared votes
6 Aye 23 No
19 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

86.4%
14% above average
Rank 62 of 650
Participation
64.5%
8% below average
Rank 521 of 650
1,459
1,688 eligible divisions
Total votes
521
808 eligible divisions
696
47.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
243
46.6% of votes cast
763
52.3% of votes cast
No votes
278
53.4% of votes cast
9
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
5
1.0% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
3 years, 0 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

1
-91.9 vs Commons average
Rank 636 of 650
Appearances
113
+20.1 vs Commons average
Rank 163 of 650
1
-160.6 vs Commons average
Rank 633 of 650
Contributions
635
+473.4 vs Commons average
Rank 14 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,415,566
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£335,718
48% above average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21% above average
0
0 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
63 of 63 votes
#1
Trade
16 of 17 votes
Defence
69 of 70 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Work / Employment
66 of 70 votes
#3
Work / Employment
41 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 45 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 41 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 26 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye rebel
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API