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Dr Lauren Sullivan vs Michael Shanks

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


Voting alignment

Dr Lauren Sullivan and Michael Shanks voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 329 shared comparable votes.

329 same votes 0 different votes 329 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
42 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 69 shared votes
42 Aye 27 No
22 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
22 Aye 11 No
24 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
24 Aye 8 No
21 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No
12 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 69 shared votes
42 Aye 27 No
22 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
22 Aye 11 No
24 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
24 Aye 8 No
21 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No
12 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

87.6%
15% above average
Rank 52 of 649
Participation
64.4%
8% below average
Rank 525 of 649
517
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
501
778 eligible divisions
271
52.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
236
47.1% of votes cast
246
47.6% of votes cast
No votes
265
52.9% of votes cast
11
2.1% 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

56
-27.6 vs Commons average
Rank 415 of 650
Appearances
100
+16.4 vs Commons average
Rank 169 of 650
68
-77.7 vs Commons average
Rank 452 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

£154,312
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£154,312
32% 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

Housing
32 of 32 votes
#1
Trade
13 of 14 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#3
Work / Employment
38 of 45 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 26 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API