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Michael Shanks vs Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst

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


Voting alignment

Michael Shanks and Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 300 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 294 different votes 300 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
11 Aye 5 No
Benefits 13% aligned 16 shared votes
3 Aye 13 No
2 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
17 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
42 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
30 Aye 42 No
21 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
10 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
30 Aye 42 No
21 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
10 Aye 21 No
24 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
7 Aye 24 No
8 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 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
78.1%
6% above average
Rank 239 of 649
501
778 eligible divisions
Total votes
461
590 eligible divisions
236
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
206
44.7% of votes cast
265
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
255
55.3% of votes cast
5
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
17
3.7% of votes cast
3 years, 0 months
Since 5 Oct 2023
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

100
+16.3 vs Commons average
Rank 169 of 649
Appearances
115
+31.3 vs Commons average
Rank 129 of 649
408
+262.1 vs Commons average
Rank 34 of 649
Contributions
145
-0.9 vs Commons average
Rank 217 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
£202,248
all imported IPSA years
£272,859
21% above average
Latest expenses
£202,248
11% below average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
13
5 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
#2
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 45 votes
#3
Defence
30 of 34 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#4
Tax
98 of 112 votes
Energy
20 of 26 votes
#5
Housing
28 of 32 votes

Recent voting overlap

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