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Graham Stringer vs Michael Shanks
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Graham Stringer and Michael Shanks voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 331 shared comparable votes.
323 same votes
8 different votes
331 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
57.7%
15% below average
Participation
64.4%
8% below average
1,372
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
501
778 eligible divisions
685
49.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
236
47.1% of votes cast
687
50.1% of votes cast
No votes
265
52.9% of votes cast
115
8.4% of votes cast
Against party
5
1.0% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
3 years, 0 months
Since 5 Oct 2023
Debates
56
-27.7 vs Commons average
Appearances
100
+16.3 vs Commons average
44
-101.9 vs Commons average
Contributions
408
+262.1 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,011,354
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£160,334
29% below average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21% above average
3
2 registered categories
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
No
rebel
Aye
No
rebel
Aye
No
rebel
Aye
Aye
rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading
1 Jul 2025
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API