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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 415 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 406 different votes 415 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 2 No
Environment / Climate 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 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
Most different by topic
31 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
42 Aye 31 No
9 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
27 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 14 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
16 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

83.6%
11% above average
Rank 119 of 650
Participation
64.5%
8% below average
Rank 521 of 650
2,011
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
521
808 eligible divisions
984
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
243
46.6% of votes cast
1,027
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
278
53.4% of votes cast
25
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
5
1.0% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
3 years, 0 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

79
-11.6 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 650
Appearances
111
+20.4 vs Commons average
Rank 165 of 650
126
-31.6 vs Commons average
Rank 292 of 650
Contributions
581
+423.4 vs Commons average
Rank 16 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
22
7 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
4
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
211 of 212 votes
#1
Trade
16 of 17 votes
Trade
89 of 94 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
#3
Work / Employment
41 of 48 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Migration
152 of 171 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