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James Wild vs Michael Shanks

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

Photograph of James Wild
James Wild
Con North West Norfolk
vs
Photograph of Michael Shanks
Michael Shanks
Lab Rutherglen

Voting alignment

James Wild and Michael Shanks voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 390 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 382 different votes 390 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 2 No
Environment / Climate 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
21 Aye 9 No
Migration 10% aligned 30 shared votes
6 Aye 24 No
5 Aye 15 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 36 shared votes
24 Aye 12 No
27 Aye 47 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
47 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 47 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
47 Aye 27 No
13 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
21 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
21 Aye 9 No
21 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 22 shared votes
1 Aye 21 No
13 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

86.5 %
14 % above average
Rank 69 of 647
Participation
64.2 %
9 % below average
Rank 528 of 647
1,397
1,615 eligible divisions
Total votes
472
735 eligible divisions
692
49.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
227
48.1 % of votes cast
705
50.5 % of votes cast
No votes
245
51.9 % of votes cast
11
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.8 % of votes cast
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 8 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

108
+41.8 vs Commons average
Rank 87 of 650
Appearances
77
+10.8 vs Commons average
Rank 187 of 650
210
+92.2 vs Commons average
Rank 83 of 650
Contributions
323
+205.2 vs Commons average
Rank 37 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£985,585
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£228,734
1 % above average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21 % above average
3
2 registered categories
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

Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
#1
Trade
10 of 11 votes
Trade
49 of 50 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Defence
60 of 63 votes
#3
Defence
23 of 27 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 41 votes
#4
Work / Employment
36 of 43 votes
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
#5
Energy
19 of 23 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023 4 Dec 2023
Environment / Climate
Aye
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