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Edward Argar vs Michael Shanks

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


Voting alignment

Edward Argar and Michael Shanks voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 414 shared comparable votes.

15 same votes 399 different votes 414 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
2 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 15 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
22 Aye 9 No
Migration 10% aligned 31 shared votes
6 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 48 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
48 Aye 28 No
13 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
24 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No
16 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 14 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

89.9%
17% above average
Rank 20 of 649
Participation
64.4%
8% below average
Rank 525 of 649
2,136
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
501
778 eligible divisions
1,016
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
236
47.1% of votes cast
1,120
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
265
52.9% of votes cast
2
0.1% 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

83
-0.6 vs Commons average
Rank 251 of 650
Appearances
100
+16.4 vs Commons average
Rank 169 of 650
129
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 243 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

£1,201,891
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£201,413
11% below average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21% above average
1
1 registered category
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
209 of 211 votes
#1
Trade
13 of 14 votes
Migration
164 of 171 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#3
Work / Employment
38 of 45 votes
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 26 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API