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Michael Shanks vs Brendan O'Hara

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


Voting alignment

Michael Shanks and Brendan O'Hara voted the same way 66% of the time, based on 226 shared comparable votes.

150 same votes 76 different votes 226 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 2 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
0 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 4 shared votes
0 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 24 No
Migration 97% aligned 30 shared votes
5 Aye 25 No
14 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 89% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 86% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 16 No
Tax 31% aligned 51 shared votes
30 Aye 21 No
1 Aye 2 No
Defence 33% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
14 Aye 8 No
Benefits 36% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 5 No
Energy 42% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 4 No
Transport 57% aligned 7 shared votes
6 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
57.7%
15% below average
Rank 590 of 649
501
778 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,370
2,376 eligible divisions
236
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
754
55.0% of votes cast
265
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
616
45.0% of votes cast
5
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
3 years, 0 months
Since 5 Oct 2023
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

100
+16.3 vs Commons average
Rank 169 of 649
Appearances
82
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 257 of 649
408
+262.1 vs Commons average
Rank 34 of 649
Contributions
96
-49.9 vs Commons average
Rank 350 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
£2,535,264
all imported IPSA years
£272,859
21% above average
Latest expenses
£358,048
58% above average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
7
5 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Migration
163 of 171 votes
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 45 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
53 of 60 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#4
Trade
74 of 91 votes
Energy
20 of 26 votes
#5
Work / Employment
62 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API