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David Williams vs Michael Shanks

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


Voting alignment

David Williams and Michael Shanks voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 322 shared comparable votes.

322 same votes 0 different votes 322 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
39 Aye 25 No
Tax 100% aligned 64 shared votes
39 Aye 25 No
22 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No
24 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
24 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
14 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 25 No
Tax 100% aligned 64 shared votes
39 Aye 25 No
22 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No
24 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
24 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
14 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

86.3%
14% above average
Rank 69 of 649
Participation
64.4%
8% below average
Rank 525 of 649
509
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
501
778 eligible divisions
260
51.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
236
47.1% of votes cast
249
48.9% of votes cast
No votes
265
52.9% of votes cast
15
2.9% of votes cast
Against party
5
1.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
3 years, 0 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

60
-23.6 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 650
Appearances
100
+16.4 vs Commons average
Rank 169 of 650
76
-69.7 vs Commons average
Rank 422 of 650
Contributions
408
+262.3 vs Commons average
Rank 34 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£176,534
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£176,534
22% below average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21% above average
2
2 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

Education
50 of 50 votes
#1
Trade
13 of 14 votes
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Housing
32 of 32 votes
#3
Work / Employment
38 of 45 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 26 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API