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Michael Shanks vs Dave Robertson

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


Voting alignment

Michael Shanks and Dave Robertson voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 347 shared comparable votes.

343 same votes 4 different votes 347 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
44 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 79 shared votes
44 Aye 35 No
21 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No
20 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
24 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
24 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 79 shared votes
44 Aye 35 No
21 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No
20 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
24 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
24 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

64.0%
8% below average
Rank 530 of 650
Participation
87.3%
15% above average
Rank 51 of 650
524
819 eligible divisions
Total votes
551
631 eligible divisions
246
46.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
296
53.7% of votes cast
278
53.1% of votes cast
No votes
255
46.3% of votes cast
5
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.7% of votes cast
3 years, 1 months
Since 5 Oct 2023
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

115
+20.5 vs Commons average
Rank 165 of 650
Appearances
135
+40.5 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 650
637
+472.4 vs Commons average
Rank 14 of 650
Contributions
175
+10.4 vs Commons average
Rank 197 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
£212,620
all imported IPSA years
£272,859
21% above average
Latest expenses
£212,620
6% below average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 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
16 of 17 votes
#1
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Work / Employment
41 of 48 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Energy
20 of 26 votes
#5
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API