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Michael Shanks vs Dr Luke Evans

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


Voting alignment

Michael Shanks and Dr Luke Evans voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 403 shared comparable votes.

12 same votes 391 different votes 403 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
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
12 Aye 7 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
6 Aye 25 No
Migration 10% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
13 Aye 24 No
22 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
10 Aye 22 No
14 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 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
85.5%
13% above average
Rank 83 of 649
501
778 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,418
1,658 eligible divisions
236
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
690
48.7% of votes cast
265
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
728
51.3% of votes cast
5
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
15
1.1% 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
168
+84.3 vs Commons average
Rank 42 of 649
408
+262.1 vs Commons average
Rank 34 of 649
Contributions
354
+208.1 vs Commons average
Rank 46 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
£1,271,955
all imported IPSA years
£272,859
21% above average
Latest expenses
£289,674
28% above average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
63 of 63 votes
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 45 votes
#3
Migration
147 of 154 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Energy
20 of 26 votes
#5
Trade
50 of 53 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API