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Julia Lopez vs Michael Shanks

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

Photograph of Julia Lopez
Julia Lopez
Con Hornchurch and Upminster
vs
Photograph of Michael Shanks
Michael Shanks
Lab Rutherglen

Voting alignment

Julia Lopez and Michael Shanks voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 367 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 358 different votes 367 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
19 Aye 8 No
Migration 11% aligned 27 shared votes
5 Aye 22 No
5 Aye 15 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
30 Aye 53 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
53 Aye 30 No
10 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 53 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
53 Aye 30 No
10 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 14 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
21 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 22 shared votes
1 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

83.4 %
11 % above average
Rank 133 of 650
Participation
64.4 %
8 % below average
Rank 530 of 650
1,736
2,082 eligible divisions
Total votes
476
739 eligible divisions
834
48.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
227
47.7 % of votes cast
902
52.0 % of votes cast
No votes
249
52.3 % of votes cast
14
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.8 % of votes cast
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 8 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

31
-36.5 vs Commons average
Rank 512 of 650
Appearances
78
+10.5 vs Commons average
Rank 187 of 650
39
-80.9 vs Commons average
Rank 520 of 650
Contributions
324
+204.1 vs Commons average
Rank 39 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,261,152
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£227,011
same as average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21 % above average
0
0 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

Brexit / EU
185 of 188 votes
#1
Trade
10 of 11 votes
Migration
150 of 161 votes
#2
Defence
27 of 31 votes
Trade
76 of 84 votes
#3
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
#4
Work / Employment
36 of 43 votes
Tax
249 of 284 votes
#5
Energy
19 of 23 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 11 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
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Where they voted the same
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
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
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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