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Leigh Ingham vs Michael Shanks

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


Voting alignment

Leigh Ingham and Michael Shanks voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 259 shared comparable votes.

256 same votes 3 different votes 259 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
29 Aye 22 No
Tax 100% aligned 51 shared votes
29 Aye 22 No
23 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
5 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 22 No
Tax 100% aligned 51 shared votes
29 Aye 22 No
23 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
5 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

63.5%
9% below average
Rank 533 of 650
Participation
64.0%
8% below average
Rank 530 of 650
401
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
524
819 eligible divisions
199
49.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
246
46.9% of votes cast
202
50.4% of votes cast
No votes
278
53.1% of votes cast
2
0.5% 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

117
+22.5 vs Commons average
Rank 157 of 650
Appearances
115
+20.5 vs Commons average
Rank 165 of 650
143
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 263 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

£240,870
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£240,870
6% 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

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