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Ed Davey vs Michael Shanks

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


Voting alignment

Ed Davey and Michael Shanks voted the same way 48% of the time, based on 247 shared comparable votes.

119 same votes 128 different votes 247 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
4 Aye 22 No
Migration 100% aligned 26 shared votes
4 Aye 22 No
0 Aye 17 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 17 shared votes
0 Aye 17 No
3 Aye 0 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
7 Aye 3 No
Energy 80% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 2 No
Trade 67% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 12 No
Education 9% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 3 No
Transport 10% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 13% aligned 16 shared votes
12 Aye 4 No
29 Aye 20 No
Tax 18% aligned 49 shared votes
29 Aye 20 No
7 Aye 3 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

60.2%
12% below average
Rank 574 of 649
Participation
64.4%
8% below average
Rank 525 of 649
1,276
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
501
778 eligible divisions
715
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
236
47.1% of votes cast
561
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
265
52.9% of votes cast
8
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
5
1.0% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
3 years, 0 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

65
-18.7 vs Commons average
Rank 347 of 649
Appearances
100
+16.3 vs Commons average
Rank 169 of 649
108
-37.9 vs Commons average
Rank 320 of 649
Contributions
408
+262.1 vs Commons average
Rank 34 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,538,367
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£294,578
30% above average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21% above average
11
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
11
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
170 of 188 votes
#1
Trade
13 of 14 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Migration
113 of 163 votes
#3
Work / Employment
38 of 45 votes
NHS / Health
36 of 52 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Crime / Justice
122 of 194 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 26 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API