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Mark Garnier vs Michael Shanks

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


Voting alignment

Mark Garnier and Michael Shanks voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 377 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 369 different votes 377 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 1 No
Environment / Climate 25% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 15 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No
19 Aye 9 No
Migration 11% aligned 28 shared votes
6 Aye 22 No
9 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
29 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
42 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
42 Aye 29 No
10 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 14 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
21 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 22 shared votes
1 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

83.8 %
11 % above average
Rank 121 of 647
Participation
64.2 %
9 % below average
Rank 528 of 647
1,956
2,333 eligible divisions
Total votes
472
735 eligible divisions
954
48.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
227
48.1 % of votes cast
1,002
51.2 % of votes cast
No votes
245
51.9 % of votes cast
23
1.2 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.8 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 8 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

73
+6.8 vs Commons average
Rank 199 of 650
Appearances
77
+10.8 vs Commons average
Rank 187 of 650
240
+122.2 vs Commons average
Rank 62 of 650
Contributions
323
+205.2 vs Commons average
Rank 37 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,564,250
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£260,744
15 % above average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21 % above average
19
7 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

Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
#1
Trade
10 of 11 votes
Trade
83 of 88 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#3
Defence
23 of 27 votes
Migration
152 of 169 votes
#4
Work / Employment
36 of 43 votes
#5
Energy
19 of 23 votes

Recent voting overlap

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