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Kit Malthouse vs Michael Shanks

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

Photograph of Kit Malthouse
Kit Malthouse
Con North West Hampshire
vs
Photograph of Michael Shanks
Michael Shanks
Lab Rutherglen

Voting alignment

Kit Malthouse and Michael Shanks voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 386 shared comparable votes.

13 same votes 373 different votes 386 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 2 No
Environment / Climate 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 15 No
Benefits 12% aligned 17 shared votes
13 Aye 4 No
22 Aye 9 No
Migration 10% aligned 31 shared votes
6 Aye 25 No
8 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
29 Aye 49 No
Tax 1% aligned 78 shared votes
48 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 No
13 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
21 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 22 shared votes
1 Aye 21 No
16 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
7 Aye 13 No
Housing 0% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

86.1 %
13 % above average
Rank 71 of 649
Participation
63.9 %
9 % below average
Rank 532 of 649
2,031
2,359 eligible divisions
Total votes
486
761 eligible divisions
970
47.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
232
47.7 % of votes cast
1,061
52.2 % of votes cast
No votes
254
52.3 % of votes cast
20
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.8 % of votes cast
11 years, 2 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 9 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

78
+1.0 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 649
Appearances
102
+25.0 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
120
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 232 of 649
Contributions
378
+241.3 vs Commons average
Rank 37 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,190,913
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£293,019
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21 % above average
5
4 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

Trade
86 of 89 votes
#1
Trade
11 of 12 votes
Migration
163 of 171 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
#3
Work / Employment
36 of 43 votes
Devolution / Local Government
61 of 66 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Work / Employment
67 of 75 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 26 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
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
Where they voted the same
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Economic Activity of Public Bodies Carry-Over 22 Apr 2024
No
No
Motion to sit in private 21 Feb 2024
Tax
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
No
Scotland (Self-Determination): Ten Minute Rule Motion 16 Jan 2024
No
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