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Jeff Smith vs Michael Shanks

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

Photograph of Jeff Smith
Jeff Smith
Lab Manchester Withington
vs
Photograph of Michael Shanks
Michael Shanks
Lab Rutherglen

Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Michael Shanks voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 460 shared comparable votes.

456 same votes 4 different votes 460 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
51 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
51 Aye 34 No
22 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
22 Aye 12 No
20 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
20 Aye 13 No
24 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 31 shared votes
24 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
51 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
51 Aye 34 No
22 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
22 Aye 12 No
20 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
20 Aye 13 No
24 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 31 shared votes
24 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

79.6%
7% above average
Rank 203 of 650
Participation
64.5%
8% below average
Rank 521 of 650
1,915
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
521
808 eligible divisions
1,040
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
243
46.6% of votes cast
875
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
278
53.4% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
5
1.0% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
3 years, 0 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

56
-35.0 vs Commons average
Rank 444 of 650
Appearances
111
+20.0 vs Commons average
Rank 165 of 650
72
-86.5 vs Commons average
Rank 462 of 650
Contributions
581
+422.5 vs Commons average
Rank 16 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26% above average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21% above average
4
2 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

Housing
62 of 67 votes
#1
Trade
16 of 17 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Work / Employment
41 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
74 of 82 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 26 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye rebel
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API