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Michael Shanks vs Dave Doogan

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

Photograph of Michael Shanks
Michael Shanks
Lab Rutherglen
vs
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Dave Doogan
SNP Angus and Perthshire Glens

Voting alignment

Michael Shanks and Dave Doogan voted the same way 62% of the time, based on 191 shared comparable votes.

118 same votes 73 different votes 191 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
1 Aye 2 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 20 No
Migration 96% aligned 23 shared votes
2 Aye 21 No
9 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 86% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 86% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
16 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 80% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 11 No
Benefits 25% aligned 16 shared votes
11 Aye 5 No
32 Aye 16 No
Tax 27% aligned 48 shared votes
27 Aye 21 No
1 Aye 2 No
Defence 33% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
7 Aye 5 No
Energy 42% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 5 No
Trade 67% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 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
48.2%
24% below average
Rank 624 of 649
501
778 eligible divisions
Total votes
799
1,658 eligible divisions
236
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
433
54.2% of votes cast
265
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
366
45.8% 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
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

100
+16.3 vs Commons average
Rank 169 of 649
Appearances
92
+8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 207 of 649
408
+262.1 vs Commons average
Rank 34 of 649
Contributions
156
+10.1 vs Commons average
Rank 194 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
£1,355,209
all imported IPSA years
£272,859
21% above average
Latest expenses
£322,192
42% above average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Trade
47 of 53 votes
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
53 of 63 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 45 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 41 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#4
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
Energy
20 of 26 votes
#5
Migration
121 of 154 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 23 Feb 2026
Trade
Aye
No
Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 23 Feb 2026
Trade
Aye
No
Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: Amendment 1 23 Feb 2026
Trade
Aye
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 21 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
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