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Dame Nia Griffith vs Michael Shanks

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


Voting alignment

Dame Nia Griffith and Michael Shanks voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 416 shared comparable votes.

415 same votes 1 different votes 416 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
48 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 80 shared votes
48 Aye 32 No
22 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
22 Aye 14 No
23 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 24 No
Migration 100% aligned 30 shared votes
6 Aye 24 No
16 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
48 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 80 shared votes
48 Aye 32 No
22 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
22 Aye 14 No
23 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 24 No
Migration 100% aligned 30 shared votes
6 Aye 24 No
16 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

77.8%
5% above average
Rank 249 of 649
Participation
64.4%
8% below average
Rank 525 of 649
1,849
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
501
778 eligible divisions
1,023
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
236
47.1% of votes cast
826
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
265
52.9% of votes cast
16
0.9% of votes cast
Against party
5
1.0% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 11 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

70
-12.3 vs Commons average
Rank 310 of 649
Appearances
99
+16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 649
83
-60.5 vs Commons average
Rank 387 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

£2,805,379
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£279,114
23% above average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21% above average
5
4 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
67 of 69 votes
#1
Trade
13 of 14 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
#3
Work / Employment
38 of 45 votes
Defence
62 of 71 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Migration
148 of 171 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 26 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API