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Dr Zubir Ahmed vs Michael Shanks

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


Voting alignment

Dr Zubir Ahmed and Michael Shanks voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 292 shared comparable votes.

292 same votes 0 different votes 292 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
32 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 59 shared votes
32 Aye 27 No
21 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No
21 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
21 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 11 No
Defence 100% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 59 shared votes
32 Aye 27 No
21 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No
21 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
21 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 11 No
Defence 100% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

73.7%
1% above average
Rank 338 of 649
Participation
64.4%
8% below average
Rank 525 of 649
435
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
501
778 eligible divisions
227
52.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
236
47.1% of votes cast
208
47.8% of votes cast
No votes
265
52.9% of votes cast
14
3.2% 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

72
-11.6 vs Commons average
Rank 306 of 650
Appearances
100
+16.4 vs Commons average
Rank 169 of 650
154
+8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 201 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

£243,911
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£243,911
8% above average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21% above average
4
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

Migration
12 of 13 votes
#1
Trade
13 of 14 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Benefits
27 of 30 votes
#3
Work / Employment
38 of 45 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Energy
17 of 20 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 26 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API