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Michael Shanks vs Dame Nia Griffith

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


Voting alignment

Michael Shanks and Dame Nia Griffith voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 416 shared comparable votes.

415 same votes 1 different votes 416 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
48 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 80 shared votes
48 Aye 32 No
22 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
22 Aye 14 No
23 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 24 No
Migration 100% aligned 30 shared votes
6 Aye 24 No
16 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
48 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 80 shared votes
48 Aye 32 No
22 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
22 Aye 14 No
23 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 24 No
Migration 100% aligned 30 shared votes
6 Aye 24 No
16 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 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
77.8%
5% above average
Rank 249 of 649
501
778 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,849
2,376 eligible divisions
236
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,023
55.3% of votes cast
265
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
826
44.7% of votes cast
5
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
16
0.9% of votes cast
3 years, 0 months
Since 5 Oct 2023
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

100
+16.3 vs Commons average
Rank 169 of 649
Appearances
71
-12.7 vs Commons average
Rank 308 of 649
408
+262.1 vs Commons average
Rank 34 of 649
Contributions
84
-61.9 vs Commons average
Rank 389 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
£2,805,379
all imported IPSA years
£272,859
21% above average
Latest expenses
£279,114
23% above average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
4 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
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
#2
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 45 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#4
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Energy
20 of 26 votes
#5
Migration
148 of 171 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API