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Michael Shanks vs Dr Andrew Murrison

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


Voting alignment

Michael Shanks and Dr Andrew Murrison voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 421 shared comparable votes.

14 same votes 407 different votes 421 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
3 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 50% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
13 Aye 7 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
6 Aye 25 No
Migration 10% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
53 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
29 Aye 53 No
24 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
13 Aye 24 No
21 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
10 Aye 21 No
14 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
8 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
13 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
83.0%
10% above average
Rank 134 of 649
501
778 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,973
2,376 eligible divisions
236
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
942
47.7% of votes cast
265
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
1,031
52.3% of votes cast
5
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 11 months
Since 5 Oct 2023
Commons service
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

99
+16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 649
Appearances
225
+142.7 vs Commons average
Rank 12 of 649
407
+263.5 vs Commons average
Rank 34 of 649
Contributions
267
+123.5 vs Commons average
Rank 74 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
£1,842,285
all imported IPSA years
£272,859
21% above average
Latest expenses
£170,920
24% below average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 45 votes
#3
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#4
Migration
154 of 171 votes
Energy
20 of 26 votes
#5
Work / Employment
69 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API