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Louise Haigh vs Michael Shanks

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


Voting alignment

Louise Haigh and Michael Shanks voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 333 shared comparable votes.

331 same votes 2 different votes 333 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
30 Aye 13 No
Tax 100% aligned 43 shared votes
30 Aye 13 No
22 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 34 shared votes
22 Aye 12 No
6 Aye 24 No
Migration 100% aligned 30 shared votes
6 Aye 24 No
13 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
11 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 13 No
Tax 100% aligned 43 shared votes
30 Aye 13 No
22 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 34 shared votes
22 Aye 12 No
6 Aye 24 No
Migration 100% aligned 30 shared votes
6 Aye 24 No
13 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
11 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

64.5%
8% below average
Rank 519 of 650
Participation
64.0%
8% below average
Rank 530 of 650
1,559
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
524
819 eligible divisions
896
57.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
246
46.9% of votes cast
663
42.5% of votes cast
No votes
278
53.1% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
1.0% of votes cast
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
3 years, 1 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

17
-77.5 vs Commons average
Rank 615 of 650
Appearances
115
+20.5 vs Commons average
Rank 165 of 650
288
+123.4 vs Commons average
Rank 90 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

£2,002,785
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£226,069
same as average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21% above average
7
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
6
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

Work / Employment
67 of 80 votes
#1
Trade
16 of 17 votes
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 47 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Defence
54 of 71 votes
#3
Work / Employment
41 of 48 votes
Brexit / EU
161 of 212 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Trade
69 of 94 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 26 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API