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Dr Caroline Johnson vs Michael Shanks

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

Photograph of Dr Caroline Johnson
Dr Caroline Johnson
Con Sleaford and North Hykeham
vs
Photograph of Michael Shanks
Michael Shanks
Lab Rutherglen

Voting alignment

Dr Caroline Johnson and Michael Shanks voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 377 shared comparable votes.

13 same votes 364 different votes 377 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
3 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 50% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 15 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No
26 Aye 43 No
Tax 1% aligned 69 shared votes
42 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
24 Aye 9 No
23 Aye 6 No
Migration 0% aligned 29 shared votes
6 Aye 23 No
6 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
18 Aye 6 No
12 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
19 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
1 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

82.9%
10% above average
Rank 138 of 649
Participation
64.4%
8% below average
Rank 525 of 649
1,836
2,216 eligible divisions
Total votes
501
778 eligible divisions
896
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
236
47.1% of votes cast
940
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
265
52.9% of votes cast
10
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
5
1.0% of votes cast
9 years, 9 months
Since 8 Dec 2016
Commons service
2 years, 11 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

142
+59.7 vs Commons average
Rank 76 of 649
Appearances
99
+16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 649
402
+258.5 vs Commons average
Rank 36 of 649
Contributions
407
+263.5 vs Commons average
Rank 34 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,451,695
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£229,187
1% above average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
1
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
204 of 211 votes
#1
Trade
13 of 14 votes
Migration
154 of 164 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Trade
82 of 89 votes
#3
Work / Employment
38 of 45 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Devolution / Local Government
58 of 65 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 26 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
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