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Michael Shanks vs Alex Burghart

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 Alex Burghart
Alex Burghart
Con Brentwood and Ongar

Voting alignment

Michael Shanks and Alex Burghart voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 381 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 372 different votes 381 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 0 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 24 No
Migration 10% aligned 30 shared votes
21 Aye 9 No
46 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
28 Aye 46 No
14 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
19 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
46 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
28 Aye 46 No
14 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
19 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
14 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 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
85.1%
12% above average
Rank 90 of 649
501
778 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,805
2,121 eligible divisions
236
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
870
48.2% of votes cast
265
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
935
51.8% of votes cast
5
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
3 years, 0 months
Since 5 Oct 2023
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

100
+16.3 vs Commons average
Rank 169 of 649
Appearances
82
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 259 of 649
408
+262.1 vs Commons average
Rank 34 of 649
Contributions
136
-9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 225 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
£1,112,100
all imported IPSA years
£272,859
21% above average
Latest expenses
£203,620
10% below average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
7
4 registered categories
0
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

Trade
13 of 14 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 188 votes
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
#2
Trade
83 of 87 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 45 votes
#3
Migration
154 of 163 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
58 of 63 votes
Energy
20 of 26 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
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 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 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
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
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
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
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
Aye
Draft Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023 4 Dec 2023
Environment / Climate
Aye
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