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Michael Shanks vs Bobby Dean

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


Voting alignment

Michael Shanks and Bobby Dean voted the same way 17% of the time, based on 240 shared comparable votes.

41 same votes 199 different votes 240 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 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 80% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 2 No
Energy 63% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
7 Aye 7 No
Housing 43% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 17 No
Defence 17% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
17 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 16% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 10 No
Education 4% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
34 Aye 20 No
Tax 6% aligned 54 shared votes
23 Aye 31 No
4 Aye 10 No
Transport 7% aligned 14 shared votes
11 Aye 3 No
15 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 10% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
10 Aye 9 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

64.1%
9% below average
Rank 530 of 649
Participation
68.7%
4% below average
Rank 456 of 649
492
767 eligible divisions
Total votes
398
579 eligible divisions
235
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
208
52.3% of votes cast
257
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
190
47.7% of votes cast
4
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.5% of votes cast
2 years, 10 months
Since 5 Oct 2023
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

101
+22.2 vs Commons average
Rank 153 of 649
Appearances
91
+12.2 vs Commons average
Rank 191 of 649
409
+271.5 vs Commons average
Rank 31 of 649
Contributions
107
-30.5 vs Commons average
Rank 292 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
£178,307
all imported IPSA years
£272,859
21% above average
Latest expenses
£178,307
21% below average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
#2
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 45 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#4
Education
41 of 50 votes
Energy
20 of 26 votes
#5
Benefits
24 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API