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Ian Sollom vs Michael Shanks

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


Voting alignment

Ian Sollom and Michael Shanks voted the same way 16% of the time, based on 268 shared comparable votes.

43 same votes 225 different votes 268 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
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 71% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 1 No
Energy 63% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
10 Aye 6 No
Housing 44% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 1 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
12 Aye 17 No
Education 3% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
27 Aye 32 No
Tax 5% aligned 59 shared votes
35 Aye 24 No
11 Aye 3 No
Transport 7% aligned 14 shared votes
4 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 10% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

74.1%
1% above average
Rank 333 of 649
Participation
64.1%
9% below average
Rank 530 of 649
430
580 eligible divisions
Total votes
492
768 eligible divisions
222
51.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
235
47.8% of votes cast
208
48.4% of votes cast
No votes
257
52.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.8% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 11 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

82
+3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 230 of 649
Appearances
101
+22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 151 of 649
93
-44.1 vs Commons average
Rank 336 of 649
Contributions
409
+271.9 vs Commons average
Rank 32 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£208,212
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£208,212
8% below average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
0
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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#3
Work / Employment
38 of 45 votes
Housing
27 of 31 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Benefits
26 of 30 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