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Colum Eastwood vs Michael Shanks

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


Voting alignment

Colum Eastwood and Michael Shanks voted the same way 89% of the time, based on 233 shared comparable votes.

208 same votes 25 different votes 233 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 23 No
Migration 100% aligned 28 shared votes
5 Aye 23 No
9 Aye 6 No
Housing 100% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 8 No
Transport 100% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 4 No
Defence 100% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 2 No
Energy 100% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 5 No
Benefits 36% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 7 No
Foreign Affairs 83% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
20 Aye 14 No
Tax 85% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 4 No
Crime / Justice 91% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
23 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 94% aligned 33 shared votes
23 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

53.5%
19% below average
Rank 613 of 650
Participation
64.5%
8% below average
Rank 521 of 650
903
1,688 eligible divisions
Total votes
521
808 eligible divisions
498
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
243
46.6% of votes cast
405
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
278
53.4% of votes cast
1
0.1% 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

33
-59.1 vs Commons average
Rank 566 of 650
Appearances
113
+20.9 vs Commons average
Rank 163 of 650
87
-73.1 vs Commons average
Rank 417 of 650
Contributions
635
+474.9 vs Commons average
Rank 14 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,517,457
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£327,867
45% 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

Foreign Affairs
59 of 63 votes
#1
Trade
16 of 17 votes
Migration
128 of 154 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Work / Employment
58 of 70 votes
#3
Work / Employment
41 of 48 votes
Brexit / EU
53 of 64 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 26 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API