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Michael Shanks vs Anneliese Dodds

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


Voting alignment

Michael Shanks and Anneliese Dodds voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 415 shared comparable votes.

415 same votes 0 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
50 Aye 19 No
Tax 100% aligned 69 shared votes
50 Aye 19 No
26 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 38 shared votes
26 Aye 12 No
23 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 No
24 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
24 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 23 No
Migration 100% aligned 29 shared votes
6 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 19 No
Tax 100% aligned 69 shared votes
50 Aye 19 No
26 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 38 shared votes
26 Aye 12 No
23 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 No
24 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
24 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 23 No
Migration 100% aligned 29 shared votes
6 Aye 23 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
78.3%
6% above average
Rank 232 of 649
501
778 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,661
2,121 eligible divisions
236
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
925
55.7% of votes cast
265
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
736
44.3% of votes cast
5
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
11
0.7% 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
90
+6.3 vs Commons average
Rank 221 of 649
408
+262.1 vs Commons average
Rank 34 of 649
Contributions
106
-39.9 vs Commons average
Rank 323 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
£1,671,061
all imported IPSA years
£272,859
21% above average
Latest expenses
£261,480
16% above average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
7
3 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
Education
72 of 76 votes
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 45 votes
#3
Crime / Justice
172 of 194 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Energy
20 of 26 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
40 of 46 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API