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Danny Kruger vs Michael Shanks

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

Photograph of Danny Kruger
Danny Kruger
RUK East Wiltshire
vs
Photograph of Michael Shanks
Michael Shanks
Lab Rutherglen

Voting alignment

Danny Kruger and Michael Shanks voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 345 shared comparable votes.

11 same votes 334 different votes 345 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 11 No
Benefits 13% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
22 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 4% aligned 24 shared votes
1 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 7 No
Migration 3% aligned 30 shared votes
6 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 50 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
50 Aye 23 No
10 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 14 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 13 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

78.6%
6% above average
Rank 227 of 649
Participation
64.4%
8% below average
Rank 525 of 649
1,304
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
501
778 eligible divisions
645
49.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
236
47.1% of votes cast
659
50.5% of votes cast
No votes
265
52.9% of votes cast
14
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
1.0% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 11 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

67
-15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 328 of 649
Appearances
99
+16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 649
71
-72.5 vs Commons average
Rank 438 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

£1,285,037
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£287,990
27% above average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21% above average
8
4 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

Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
#1
Trade
13 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
49 of 50 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Trade
51 of 53 votes
#3
Work / Employment
38 of 45 votes
Migration
145 of 154 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 44 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 26 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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