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Liz Twist vs Michael Shanks

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


Voting alignment

Liz Twist and Michael Shanks voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 484 shared comparable votes.

484 same votes 0 different votes 484 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
49 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 84 shared votes
49 Aye 35 No
27 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 39 shared votes
27 Aye 12 No
24 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 38 shared votes
24 Aye 14 No
23 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 25 No
Migration 100% aligned 32 shared votes
7 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 84 shared votes
49 Aye 35 No
27 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 39 shared votes
27 Aye 12 No
24 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 38 shared votes
24 Aye 14 No
23 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 25 No
Migration 100% aligned 32 shared votes
7 Aye 25 No

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

Voting record

84.6%
12% above average
Rank 104 of 649
Participation
64.4%
8% below average
Rank 525 of 649
1,794
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
501
778 eligible divisions
974
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
236
47.1% of votes cast
820
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
265
52.9% of votes cast
16
0.9% of votes cast
Against party
5
1.0% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 11 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

104
+22.2 vs Commons average
Rank 150 of 649
Appearances
99
+17.2 vs Commons average
Rank 167 of 649
148
+5.5 vs Commons average
Rank 200 of 649
Contributions
407
+264.5 vs Commons average
Rank 34 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,878,627
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£305,039
35% above average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
2
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
68 of 69 votes
#1
Trade
13 of 14 votes
Housing
52 of 55 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 46 votes
#3
Work / Employment
38 of 45 votes
Work / Employment
68 of 73 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Migration
149 of 163 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 26 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API