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Michael Shanks vs Chris Coghlan

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


Voting alignment

Michael Shanks and Chris Coghlan voted the same way 15% of the time, based on 208 shared comparable votes.

31 same votes 177 different votes 208 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 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 71% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 1 No
Energy 67% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
7 Aye 1 No
Housing 50% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 0 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
8 Aye 5 No
Crime / Justice 15% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
0 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
15 Aye 12 No
Education 4% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
30 Aye 25 No
Tax 5% aligned 55 shared votes
28 Aye 27 No
5 Aye 10 No
Defence 7% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

64.2%
7% below average
Rank 516 of 649
Participation
52.2%
19% below average
Rank 603 of 649
494
770 eligible divisions
Total votes
304
582 eligible divisions
235
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
177
58.2% of votes cast
259
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
127
41.8% of votes cast
4
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 11 months
Since 5 Oct 2023
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

101
+21.0 vs Commons average
Rank 154 of 649
Appearances
60
-20.0 vs Commons average
Rank 369 of 649
409
+269.6 vs Commons average
Rank 32 of 649
Contributions
72
-67.4 vs Commons average
Rank 420 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
£188,989
all imported IPSA years
£272,859
21% above average
Latest expenses
£188,989
16% below average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
#2
NHS / Health
8 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 45 votes
#3
Work / Employment
27 of 39 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#4
Education
33 of 50 votes
Energy
20 of 26 votes
#5
Tax
70 of 112 votes

Recent voting overlap

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