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Michael Shanks vs Douglas McAllister

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


Voting alignment

Michael Shanks and Douglas McAllister voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 340 shared comparable votes.

339 same votes 1 different votes 340 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
39 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 65 shared votes
39 Aye 26 No
21 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 27 shared votes
7 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 97% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
39 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 65 shared votes
39 Aye 26 No
21 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 27 shared votes
7 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 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
88.3%
16% above average
Rank 41 of 649
501
778 eligible divisions
Total votes
521
590 eligible divisions
236
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
257
49.3% of votes cast
265
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
264
50.7% of votes cast
5
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
17
3.3% of votes cast
3 years, 0 months
Since 5 Oct 2023
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

100
+16.4 vs Commons average
Rank 169 of 650
Appearances
110
+26.4 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 650
408
+262.3 vs Commons average
Rank 34 of 650
Contributions
131
-14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 238 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
£142,257
all imported IPSA years
£272,859
21% above average
Latest expenses
£142,257
37% below average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
1 registered category
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
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 45 votes
#3
Defence
33 of 34 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#4
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Energy
20 of 26 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
59 of 62 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API