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Hannah Spencer vs Michael Shanks

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


Voting alignment

Hannah Spencer and Michael Shanks voted the same way 54% of the time, based on 72 shared comparable votes.

39 same votes 33 different votes 72 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 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 80% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 2 No
Benefits 71% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 2 No
Transport 60% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 3 No
Education 57% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
6 Aye 5 No
Defence 45% aligned 11 shared votes
0 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 27% aligned 15 shared votes
14 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 5 No
Defence 45% aligned 11 shared votes
0 Aye 11 No
4 Aye 3 No
Education 57% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 2 No
Transport 60% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 2 No
Benefits 71% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No

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

Voting record

82.1%
9% above average
Rank 156 of 649
Participation
64.4%
8% below average
Rank 525 of 649
128
156 eligible divisions
Total votes
501
778 eligible divisions
60
46.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
236
47.1% of votes cast
68
53.1% 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
7 months
Since 26 Feb 2026
Commons service
3 years, 0 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

47
-36.7 vs Commons average
Rank 470 of 649
Appearances
100
+16.3 vs Commons average
Rank 169 of 649
50
-95.9 vs Commons average
Rank 509 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

£0
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
n/a
average unavailable
Latest expenses
£272,859
21% above average
15
4 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

#1
Trade
13 of 14 votes
Democracy / Parliament
5 of 5 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Migration
4 of 4 votes
#3
Work / Employment
38 of 45 votes
Work / Employment
3 of 3 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Environment / Climate
3 of 3 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