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Jerome Mayhew vs Michael Shanks

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

Photograph of Jerome Mayhew
Jerome Mayhew
Con Broadland and Fakenham
vs
Photograph of Michael Shanks
Michael Shanks
Lab Rutherglen

Voting alignment

Jerome Mayhew and Michael Shanks voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 321 shared comparable votes.

16 same votes 305 different votes 321 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 0 No
NHS / Health 67% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 25% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
21 Aye 7 No
Migration 11% aligned 28 shared votes
4 Aye 24 No
5 Aye 14 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 54 shared votes
27 Aye 27 No
10 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
17 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 12 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

82.3%
10% above average
Rank 150 of 649
Participation
64.4%
8% below average
Rank 525 of 649
1,365
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
501
778 eligible divisions
678
49.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
236
47.1% of votes cast
687
50.3% of votes cast
No votes
265
52.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
1.0% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
3 years, 0 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

121
+37.3 vs Commons average
Rank 117 of 649
Appearances
100
+16.3 vs Commons average
Rank 169 of 649
385
+239.1 vs Commons average
Rank 40 of 649
Contributions
408
+262.1 vs Commons average
Rank 34 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£860,756
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£254,695
13% above average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21% above average
16
5 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
63 of 63 votes
#1
Trade
13 of 14 votes
Trade
49 of 53 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Housing
49 of 54 votes
#3
Work / Employment
38 of 45 votes
Migration
138 of 154 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Devolution / Local Government
48 of 55 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 26 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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