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Lee Anderson vs Michael Shanks

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

Photograph of Lee Anderson
Lee Anderson
RUK Ashfield
vs
Photograph of Michael Shanks
Michael Shanks
Lab Rutherglen

Voting alignment

Lee Anderson and Michael Shanks voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 317 shared comparable votes.

16 same votes 301 different votes 317 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
1 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
10 Aye 4 No
Transport 14% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 12 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 9 No
Housing 8% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No
22 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 4% aligned 24 shared votes
1 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 61 shared votes
42 Aye 19 No
11 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
12 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 5 No
Migration 0% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

75.2%
3% above average
Rank 306 of 649
Participation
64.4%
8% below average
Rank 525 of 649
1,247
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
501
778 eligible divisions
626
50.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
236
47.1% of votes cast
621
49.8% of votes cast
No votes
265
52.9% of votes cast
10
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
5
1.0% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
3 years, 0 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

57
-26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 403 of 649
Appearances
100
+16.3 vs Commons average
Rank 169 of 649
80
-65.9 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 649
Contributions
408
+262.1 vs Commons average
Rank 34 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,149,279
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£264,074
17% above average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21% above average
9
4 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

Trade
53 of 53 votes
#1
Trade
13 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Work / Employment
38 of 45 votes
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Migration
134 of 154 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 26 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
Aye
Railways Bill: Second Reading 9 Dec 2025
Transport
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 16 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye
Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737) 16 Jul 2025
Aye
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
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