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Michael Shanks vs Alan Mak

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

Photograph of Michael Shanks
Michael Shanks
Lab Rutherglen
vs
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Alan Mak
Con Havant

Voting alignment

Michael Shanks and Alan Mak voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 409 shared comparable votes.

13 same votes 396 different votes 409 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
2 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 25 No
Migration 10% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 No
24 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 36 shared votes
12 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
53 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
30 Aye 53 No
24 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
13 Aye 24 No
21 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
8 Aye 21 No
14 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
1 Aye 21 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 22 shared votes
21 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

64.4%
8% below average
Rank 525 of 649
Participation
85.3%
13% above average
Rank 87 of 649
501
778 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,027
2,376 eligible divisions
236
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
960
47.4% of votes cast
265
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
1,067
52.6% of votes cast
5
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 11 months
Since 5 Oct 2023
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

99
+16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 649
Appearances
24
-58.3 vs Commons average
Rank 579 of 649
407
+263.5 vs Commons average
Rank 34 of 649
Contributions
27
-116.5 vs Commons average
Rank 588 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£340,820
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,951,902
all imported IPSA years
£272,859
21% above average
Latest expenses
£292,278
29% above average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
23
7 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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

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

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
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
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Amendment 9 20 Oct 2025
Defence
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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