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Michael Shanks vs David Davis

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


Voting alignment

Michael Shanks and David Davis voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 285 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 280 different votes 285 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 1 No
NHS / Health 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 22 No
Migration 11% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 7% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
41 Aye 18 No
Tax 0% aligned 59 shared votes
18 Aye 41 No
18 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 18 No
Tax 0% aligned 59 shared votes
18 Aye 41 No
18 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
6 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
0 Aye 17 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 17 shared votes
17 Aye 0 No

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

Voting record

63.9 %
9 % below average
Rank 534 of 650
Participation
65.0 %
8 % below average
Rank 516 of 650
480
751 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,528
2,349 eligible divisions
230
47.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
715
46.8 % of votes cast
250
52.1 % of votes cast
No votes
813
53.2 % of votes cast
4
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
91
6.0 % of votes cast
2 years, 9 months
Since 5 Oct 2023
Commons service
17 years, 11 months
Since 10 Jul 2008

Debates

80
+9.1 vs Commons average
Rank 189 of 650
Appearances
57
-13.9 vs Commons average
Rank 345 of 650
304
+178.2 vs Commons average
Rank 48 of 650
Contributions
90
-35.8 vs Commons average
Rank 315 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
£2,621,658
all imported IPSA years
£272,859
21 % above average
Latest expenses
£277,187
23 % above average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
11 of 12 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
198 of 211 votes
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 43 votes
#3
Trade
70 of 89 votes
Defence
27 of 33 votes
#4
Defence
52 of 70 votes
Energy
20 of 26 votes
#5
Migration
125 of 169 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API