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Jim Allister vs Michael Shanks

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


Voting alignment

Jim Allister and Michael Shanks voted the same way 13% of the time, based on 268 shared comparable votes.

34 same votes 234 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
5 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 38% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 25% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 6 No
Housing 25% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 20 No
Education 10% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 4 No
Benefits 9% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 7 No
Energy 0% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 4 No
Transport 0% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 0 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

70.0%
3% below average
Rank 430 of 649
Participation
64.4%
8% below average
Rank 525 of 649
411
587 eligible divisions
Total votes
499
775 eligible divisions
203
49.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
236
47.3% of votes cast
208
50.6% of votes cast
No votes
263
52.7% 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

197
+115.8 vs Commons average
Rank 20 of 649
Appearances
100
+18.8 vs Commons average
Rank 162 of 649
256
+114.8 vs Commons average
Rank 78 of 649
Contributions
408
+266.8 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£209,116
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£209,116
8% below average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21% above average
3
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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Trade
13 of 14 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Education
42 of 50 votes
#3
Work / Employment
38 of 45 votes
Tax
90 of 112 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 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