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David Chadwick vs Michael Shanks

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


Voting alignment

David Chadwick and Michael Shanks voted the same way 17% of the time, based on 259 shared comparable votes.

43 same votes 216 different votes 259 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
1 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 1 No
Energy 75% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
10 Aye 5 No
Housing 40% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 1 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
13 Aye 16 No
Education 3% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
28 Aye 32 No
Tax 5% aligned 60 shared votes
35 Aye 25 No
10 Aye 3 No
Transport 8% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

68.0%
5% below average
Rank 463 of 649
Participation
64.0%
9% below average
Rank 531 of 649
391
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
488
763 eligible divisions
207
52.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
234
48.0% of votes cast
184
47.1% of votes cast
No votes
254
52.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.8% of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 10 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

96
+17.7 vs Commons average
Rank 163 of 650
Appearances
101
+22.7 vs Commons average
Rank 150 of 650
132
-7.0 vs Commons average
Rank 214 of 650
Contributions
409
+270.0 vs Commons average
Rank 32 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£178,068
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£178,068
21% below average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21% above average
6
3 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

Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#1
Trade
13 of 14 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#3
Work / Employment
38 of 45 votes
Benefits
25 of 30 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 26 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API