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Liz Saville Roberts vs Michael Shanks

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

Photograph of Liz Saville Roberts
Liz Saville Roberts
PC Dwyfor Meirionnydd
vs
Photograph of Michael Shanks
Michael Shanks
Lab Rutherglen

Voting alignment

Liz Saville Roberts and Michael Shanks voted the same way 59% of the time, based on 334 shared comparable votes.

198 same votes 136 different votes 334 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
0 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 5 shared votes
0 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 26 No
Migration 97% aligned 31 shared votes
6 Aye 25 No
3 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 86% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 85% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 11 No
Benefits 35% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
15 Aye 8 No
Defence 39% aligned 23 shared votes
5 Aye 18 No
35 Aye 18 No
Tax 42% aligned 53 shared votes
34 Aye 19 No
19 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 46% aligned 35 shared votes
24 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 5 No
Transport 46% aligned 13 shared votes
3 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

71.0%
2% below average
Rank 406 of 649
Participation
64.4%
8% below average
Rank 525 of 649
1,687
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
501
778 eligible divisions
953
56.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
236
47.1% of votes cast
734
43.5% of votes cast
No votes
265
52.9% of votes cast
4
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
5
1.0% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 11 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

142
+58.3 vs Commons average
Rank 81 of 649
Appearances
100
+16.3 vs Commons average
Rank 169 of 649
184
+38.1 vs Commons average
Rank 154 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

£2,266,514
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£324,256
43% above average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21% above average
18
6 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
7
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

Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
#1
Trade
13 of 14 votes
Trade
80 of 91 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Benefits
68 of 81 votes
#3
Work / Employment
38 of 45 votes
Migration
138 of 171 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 77 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 26 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
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