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Julia Buckley vs Michael Shanks

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


Voting alignment

Julia Buckley and Michael Shanks voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 308 shared comparable votes.

304 same votes 4 different votes 308 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
25 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 56 shared votes
25 Aye 31 No
24 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
24 Aye 8 No
18 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 18 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
15 Aye 6 No
Education 100% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 56 shared votes
25 Aye 31 No
24 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
24 Aye 8 No
18 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 18 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
15 Aye 6 No
Education 100% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

78.0%
6% above average
Rank 245 of 650
Participation
64.0%
8% below average
Rank 530 of 650
492
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
524
819 eligible divisions
241
49.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
246
46.9% of votes cast
251
51.0% of votes cast
No votes
278
53.1% of votes cast
7
1.4% of votes cast
Against party
5
1.0% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
3 years, 1 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

33
-61.5 vs Commons average
Rank 567 of 650
Appearances
115
+20.5 vs Commons average
Rank 165 of 650
34
-130.6 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 650
Contributions
637
+472.4 vs Commons average
Rank 14 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£246,317
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£246,317
9% 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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Trade
16 of 17 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Housing
31 of 32 votes
#3
Work / Employment
41 of 48 votes
Work / Employment
39 of 42 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Defence
31 of 34 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 26 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API