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Gareth Davies vs Michael Shanks

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

Photograph of Gareth Davies
Gareth Davies
Con Grantham and Bourne
vs
Photograph of Michael Shanks
Michael Shanks
Lab Rutherglen

Voting alignment

Gareth Davies and Michael Shanks voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 381 shared comparable votes.

13 same votes 368 different votes 381 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
4 Aye 15 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
22 Aye 9 No
Migration 10% aligned 31 shared votes
6 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 51 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
51 Aye 27 No
9 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
21 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
19 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
1 Aye 19 No
6 Aye 14 No
Housing 0% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

83.2%
11% above average
Rank 129 of 649
Participation
64.4%
8% below average
Rank 525 of 649
1,380
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
501
778 eligible divisions
691
50.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
236
47.1% of votes cast
689
49.9% of votes cast
No votes
265
52.9% of votes cast
3
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
5
1.0% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 11 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

48
-34.3 vs Commons average
Rank 460 of 649
Appearances
99
+16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 649
62
-81.5 vs Commons average
Rank 469 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

£1,160,498
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£271,157
20% above average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21% above average
8
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
2
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
63 of 63 votes
#1
Trade
13 of 14 votes
Migration
147 of 154 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#3
Work / Employment
38 of 45 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Crime / Justice
155 of 174 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 26 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
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
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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