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Graham Leadbitter vs Michael Shanks

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


Voting alignment

Graham Leadbitter and Michael Shanks voted the same way 38% of the time, based on 120 shared comparable votes.

45 same votes 75 different votes 120 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
3 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 86% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
14 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 75% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 0 No
Transport 60% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
11 Aye 10 No
Benefits 33% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 0 No
Defence 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 0 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 4 No
Energy 14% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
20 Aye 21 No
Tax 17% aligned 41 shared votes
26 Aye 15 No
4 Aye 0 No
Defence 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
11 Aye 10 No
Benefits 33% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

27.8%
45% below average
Rank 639 of 649
Participation
64.4%
8% below average
Rank 525 of 649
164
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
501
778 eligible divisions
98
59.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
236
47.1% of votes cast
66
40.2% of votes cast
No votes
265
52.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% 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

76
-7.6 vs Commons average
Rank 290 of 650
Appearances
100
+16.4 vs Commons average
Rank 169 of 650
89
-56.7 vs Commons average
Rank 373 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

£253,574
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£253,574
12% above average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21% above average
2
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

Democracy / Parliament
12 of 14 votes
#1
Trade
13 of 14 votes
Benefits
24 of 30 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Migration
8 of 13 votes
#3
Work / Employment
38 of 45 votes
Work / Employment
20 of 39 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Tax
56 of 112 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 26 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API