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Ian Murray vs Michael Shanks

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


Voting alignment

Ian Murray and Michael Shanks voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 353 shared comparable votes.

350 same votes 3 different votes 353 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
40 Aye 18 No
Tax 100% aligned 58 shared votes
40 Aye 18 No
6 Aye 24 No
Migration 100% aligned 30 shared votes
6 Aye 24 No
20 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
18 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 18 No
Tax 100% aligned 58 shared votes
40 Aye 18 No
6 Aye 24 No
Migration 100% aligned 30 shared votes
6 Aye 24 No
20 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
18 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

71.1%
1% below average
Rank 398 of 650
Participation
64.0%
8% below average
Rank 530 of 650
1,718
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
524
819 eligible divisions
952
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
246
46.9% of votes cast
766
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
278
53.1% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
5
1.0% of votes cast
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
3 years, 1 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

75
-19.5 vs Commons average
Rank 338 of 650
Appearances
115
+20.5 vs Commons average
Rank 165 of 650
152
-12.5 vs Commons average
Rank 241 of 650
Contributions
637
+472.5 vs Commons average
Rank 14 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,997,266
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£277,506
23% above average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21% above average
7
3 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
192 of 212 votes
#1
Trade
16 of 17 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Foreign Affairs
66 of 82 votes
#3
Work / Employment
41 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 49 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Benefits
63 of 81 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 26 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API