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Dawn Butler vs Michael Shanks
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Dawn Butler and Michael Shanks voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 382 shared comparable votes.
380 same votes
2 different votes
382 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
63.8%
9% below average
Participation
64.5%
8% below average
1,536
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
521
808 eligible divisions
849
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
243
46.6% of votes cast
687
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
278
53.4% of votes cast
25
1.6% of votes cast
Against party
5
1.0% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
3 years, 0 months
Since 5 Oct 2023
Debates
59
-34.6 vs Commons average
Appearances
113
+19.4 vs Commons average
63
-100.0 vs Commons average
Contributions
635
+472.0 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,182,360
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27% above average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21% above average
10
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
4
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
rebel
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API