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Lincoln Jopp vs Michael Shanks

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

Photograph of Lincoln Jopp
Lincoln Jopp
Con Spelthorne
vs
Photograph of Michael Shanks
Michael Shanks
Lab Rutherglen

Voting alignment

Lincoln Jopp and Michael Shanks voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 240 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 231 different votes 240 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 9 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 11% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No
19 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 54 shared votes
35 Aye 19 No
7 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
23 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 54 shared votes
35 Aye 19 No
7 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
23 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 8 No
Energy 0% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

68.5%
4% below average
Rank 454 of 649
Participation
64.4%
8% below average
Rank 525 of 649
404
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
501
778 eligible divisions
173
42.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
236
47.1% of votes cast
231
57.2% of votes cast
No votes
265
52.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% 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

205
+121.4 vs Commons average
Rank 19 of 650
Appearances
100
+16.4 vs Commons average
Rank 169 of 650
333
+187.3 vs Commons average
Rank 52 of 650
Contributions
408
+262.3 vs Commons average
Rank 34 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£74,646
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£74,646
67% 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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Trade
13 of 14 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 14 votes
#3
Work / Employment
38 of 45 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Energy
16 of 20 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 26 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
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
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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