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Dame Chi Onwurah vs Michael Shanks

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


Voting alignment

Dame Chi Onwurah and Michael Shanks voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 399 shared comparable votes.

399 same votes 0 different votes 399 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
29 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 55 shared votes
29 Aye 26 No
25 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 36 shared votes
25 Aye 11 No
18 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
16 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
5 Aye 24 No
Migration 100% aligned 29 shared votes
5 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 55 shared votes
29 Aye 26 No
25 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 36 shared votes
25 Aye 11 No
18 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
16 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
5 Aye 24 No
Migration 100% aligned 29 shared votes
5 Aye 24 No

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

Voting record

76.3%
4% above average
Rank 279 of 649
Participation
64.4%
8% below average
Rank 525 of 649
1,812
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
501
778 eligible divisions
1,005
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
236
47.1% of votes cast
807
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
265
52.9% of votes cast
18
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
1.0% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 11 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

109
+26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 137 of 649
Appearances
99
+16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 649
158
+14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 183 of 649
Contributions
407
+263.5 vs Commons average
Rank 34 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,938,496
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£303,201
34% above average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21% above average
14
5 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
2
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
67 of 69 votes
#1
Trade
13 of 14 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
Work / Employment
38 of 45 votes
Work / Employment
67 of 77 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Defence
61 of 71 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 26 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API