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Martin Vickers vs Michael Shanks

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

Photograph of Martin Vickers
Martin Vickers
Con Brigg and Immingham
vs
Photograph of Michael Shanks
Michael Shanks
Lab Rutherglen

Voting alignment

Martin Vickers and Michael Shanks voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 390 shared comparable votes.

16 same votes 374 different votes 390 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
NHS / Health 50% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
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
5 Aye 14 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
22 Aye 9 No
Migration 10% aligned 31 shared votes
6 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 51 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
51 Aye 26 No
13 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
24 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No
15 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
19 Aye 0 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
0 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

85.0%
12% above average
Rank 95 of 649
Participation
64.4%
8% below average
Rank 525 of 649
2,019
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
501
778 eligible divisions
959
47.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
236
47.1% of votes cast
1,060
52.5% of votes cast
No votes
265
52.9% of votes cast
26
1.3% 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

157
+73.4 vs Commons average
Rank 57 of 650
Appearances
100
+16.4 vs Commons average
Rank 169 of 650
156
+10.3 vs Commons average
Rank 195 of 650
Contributions
408
+262.3 vs Commons average
Rank 34 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,256,309
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£210,269
7% below average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21% above average
8
4 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

Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
#1
Trade
13 of 14 votes
Trade
87 of 91 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Work / Employment
73 of 77 votes
#3
Work / Employment
38 of 45 votes
Migration
160 of 171 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 26 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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