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Kirsteen Sullivan vs Michael Shanks

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


Voting alignment

Kirsteen Sullivan and Michael Shanks voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 272 shared comparable votes.

271 same votes 1 different votes 272 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
37 Aye 24 No
Tax 100% aligned 61 shared votes
37 Aye 24 No
14 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 No
18 Aye 4 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 22 shared votes
18 Aye 4 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 11 No
Transport 100% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 7 No
Benefits 95% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
37 Aye 24 No
Tax 100% aligned 61 shared votes
37 Aye 24 No
14 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 No
18 Aye 4 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 22 shared votes
18 Aye 4 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

71.5%
1% below average
Rank 390 of 649
Participation
64.4%
8% below average
Rank 525 of 649
422
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
501
778 eligible divisions
225
53.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
236
47.1% of votes cast
197
46.7% of votes cast
No votes
265
52.9% of votes cast
16
3.8% of votes cast
Against party
5
1.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
3 years, 0 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

77
-6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 650
Appearances
100
+16.3 vs Commons average
Rank 169 of 650
93
-52.9 vs Commons average
Rank 361 of 650
Contributions
408
+262.1 vs Commons average
Rank 34 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£198,590
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£198,590
12% below average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21% above average
4
3 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
31 of 32 votes
#1
Trade
13 of 14 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Energy
18 of 20 votes
#3
Work / Employment
38 of 45 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Crime / Justice
51 of 62 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 26 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API