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Michael Shanks vs Christine Jardine

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


Voting alignment

Michael Shanks and Christine Jardine voted the same way 43% of the time, based on 290 shared comparable votes.

125 same votes 165 different votes 290 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
5 Aye 22 No
Migration 100% aligned 27 shared votes
5 Aye 22 No
3 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
10 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 87% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 2 No
Housing 79% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 3 No
Energy 67% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 10 No
Education 7% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
2 Aye 4 No
Transport 17% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
7 Aye 16 No
Defence 17% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
40 Aye 19 No
Tax 19% aligned 59 shared votes
30 Aye 29 No
11 Aye 10 No
Benefits 19% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 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
66.2%
6% below average
Rank 497 of 649
501
778 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,405
2,121 eligible divisions
236
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
784
55.8% of votes cast
265
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
621
44.2% 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
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

100
+16.4 vs Commons average
Rank 169 of 650
Appearances
154
+70.4 vs Commons average
Rank 66 of 650
408
+262.3 vs Commons average
Rank 34 of 650
Contributions
159
+13.3 vs Commons average
Rank 190 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£340,820
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,941,958
all imported IPSA years
£272,859
21% above average
Latest expenses
£318,822
41% above average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
16
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
176 of 188 votes
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 45 votes
#3
Migration
136 of 163 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
36 of 46 votes
Energy
20 of 26 votes
#5
Trade
68 of 87 votes

Recent voting overlap

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