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David Davis vs Michael Shanks

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


Voting alignment

David Davis and Michael Shanks voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 272 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 267 different votes 272 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
2 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
19 Aye 9 No
Migration 11% aligned 28 shared votes
6 Aye 22 No
6 Aye 8 No
Digital / Online Safety 7% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No
17 Aye 41 No
Tax 0% aligned 58 shared votes
41 Aye 17 No
8 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 41 No
Tax 0% aligned 58 shared votes
41 Aye 17 No
8 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
17 Aye 0 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 17 shared votes
0 Aye 17 No
8 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

64.9 %
8 % below average
Rank 522 of 648
Participation
64.6 %
9 % below average
Rank 531 of 648
1,501
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
461
714 eligible divisions
696
46.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
226
49.0 % of votes cast
805
53.6 % of votes cast
No votes
235
51.0 % of votes cast
91
6.1 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.9 % of votes cast
17 years, 10 months
Since 10 Jul 2008
Commons service
2 years, 8 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

60
-0.4 vs Commons average
Rank 231 of 648
Appearances
74
+13.6 vs Commons average
Rank 169 of 648
95
-13.9 vs Commons average
Rank 246 of 648
Contributions
329
+220.1 vs Commons average
Rank 31 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,621,658
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£277,187
23 % above average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21 % above average
5
4 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

Brexit / EU
198 of 211 votes
#1
Trade
10 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 45 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Trade
69 of 88 votes
#3
Defence
19 of 22 votes
Migration
125 of 169 votes
#4
Work / Employment
36 of 43 votes
Defence
43 of 59 votes
#5
Energy
19 of 23 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API