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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
Photograph of Alan Mak
Alan Mak
Con Havant

Voting alignment

Michael Shanks and Alan Mak voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 398 shared comparable votes.

11 same votes 387 different votes 398 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
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
7 Aye 14 No
Defence 5% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
53 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
30 Aye 53 No
22 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
13 Aye 22 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

63.9 %
9 % below average
Rank 532 of 649
Participation
85.4 %
13 % above average
Rank 88 of 649
486
761 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,015
2,359 eligible divisions
232
47.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
955
47.4 % of votes cast
254
52.3 % of votes cast
No votes
1,060
52.6 % of votes cast
4
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2 % of votes cast
2 years, 9 months
Since 5 Oct 2023
Commons service
11 years, 2 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

102
+25.5 vs Commons average
Rank 138 of 649
Appearances
18
-58.5 vs Commons average
Rank 593 of 649
378
+242.3 vs Commons average
Rank 36 of 649
Contributions
21
-114.7 vs Commons average
Rank 594 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
30
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
11 of 12 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 43 votes
#3
Trade
82 of 89 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Energy
20 of 26 votes
#5
Work / Employment
68 of 75 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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