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Lisa Smart vs Michael Shanks

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


Voting alignment

Lisa Smart and Michael Shanks voted the same way 17% of the time, based on 246 shared comparable votes.

43 same votes 203 different votes 246 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
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 71% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 1 No
Energy 67% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
10 Aye 6 No
Housing 44% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 3 No
Transport 0% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 16 No
Education 3% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
29 Aye 33 No
Tax 5% aligned 62 shared votes
36 Aye 26 No
6 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 10% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

66.3%
6% below average
Rank 501 of 649
Participation
64.1%
9% below average
Rank 531 of 649
384
579 eligible divisions
Total votes
492
767 eligible divisions
209
54.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
235
47.8% of votes cast
175
45.6% of votes cast
No votes
257
52.2% of votes cast
2
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.8% of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 10 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

158
+80.2 vs Commons average
Rank 41 of 650
Appearances
101
+23.2 vs Commons average
Rank 149 of 650
215
+77.0 vs Commons average
Rank 107 of 650
Contributions
409
+271.0 vs Commons average
Rank 32 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£239,061
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£239,061
6% above average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21% above average
21
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
3
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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Trade
13 of 14 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#3
Work / Employment
38 of 45 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 26 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API