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Jamie Stone vs Michael Shanks

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

Photograph of Jamie Stone
Jamie Stone
LD Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
vs
Photograph of Michael Shanks
Michael Shanks
Lab Rutherglen

Voting alignment

Jamie Stone and Michael Shanks voted the same way 44% of the time, based on 314 shared comparable votes.

137 same votes 177 different votes 314 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
5 Aye 20 No
Migration 100% aligned 25 shared votes
5 Aye 20 No
7 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
1 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 19 No
Devolution / Local Government 72% aligned 25 shared votes
1 Aye 24 No
6 Aye 1 No
Energy 71% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 9 No
Benefits 5% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
12 Aye 10 No
Education 9% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
31 Aye 30 No
Tax 13% aligned 61 shared votes
38 Aye 23 No
6 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 14% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 2 No
Transport 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

67.0 %
6 % below average
Rank 479 of 649
Participation
64.0 %
9 % below average
Rank 531 of 649
1,411
2,106 eligible divisions
Total votes
488
763 eligible divisions
759
53.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
234
48.0 % of votes cast
652
46.2 % of votes cast
No votes
254
52.0 % of votes cast
11
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.8 % of votes cast
9 years, 1 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 9 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

71
-6.6 vs Commons average
Rank 293 of 649
Appearances
99
+21.4 vs Commons average
Rank 152 of 649
110
-27.9 vs Commons average
Rank 273 of 649
Contributions
386
+248.1 vs Commons average
Rank 38 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,963,458
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£346,016
53 % above average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21 % above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
3
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
169 of 188 votes
#1
Trade
13 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
60 of 69 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#3
Work / Employment
38 of 45 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 46 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Migration
127 of 163 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 26 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 8 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026 4 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 9 27 Jan 2026
No
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to Lords Amendment 48B but to propose Government amendment (a) and (b) in lieu of LA48B 8 Dec 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
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