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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 333 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 324 different votes 333 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
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
23 Aye 50 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
50 Aye 23 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 232 of 649
Participation
64.0 %
9 % below average
Rank 531 of 649
1,291
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
488
763 eligible divisions
637
49.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
234
48.0 % of votes cast
654
50.7 % of votes cast
No votes
254
52.0 % of votes cast
14
1.1 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.8 % of votes cast
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 9 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

54
-24.5 vs Commons average
Rank 403 of 649
Appearances
100
+21.5 vs Commons average
Rank 150 of 649
59
-80.3 vs Commons average
Rank 460 of 649
Contributions
402
+262.7 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
7
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 Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
Where they voted the same
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
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Third reading 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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