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Michael Shanks vs Ed Davey

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


Voting alignment

Michael Shanks and Ed Davey voted the same way 47% of the time, based on 239 shared comparable votes.

113 same votes 126 different votes 239 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
4 Aye 22 No
Migration 100% aligned 26 shared votes
4 Aye 22 No
0 Aye 17 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 17 shared votes
0 Aye 17 No
3 Aye 0 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
7 Aye 3 No
Energy 80% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 1 No
Trade 67% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 8 No
Education 9% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
4 Aye 6 No
Transport 10% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
12 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 13% aligned 16 shared votes
2 Aye 14 No
4 Aye 4 No
Defence 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
29 Aye 20 No
Tax 18% aligned 49 shared votes
29 Aye 20 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
60.5 %
12 % below average
Rank 571 of 650
480
751 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,267
2,094 eligible divisions
230
47.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
711
56.1 % of votes cast
250
52.1 % of votes cast
No votes
556
43.9 % of votes cast
4
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.5 % of votes cast
2 years, 9 months
Since 5 Oct 2023
Commons service
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

80
+9.1 vs Commons average
Rank 189 of 650
Appearances
56
-14.9 vs Commons average
Rank 357 of 650
304
+178.2 vs Commons average
Rank 48 of 650
Contributions
93
-32.8 vs Commons average
Rank 307 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
£2,538,367
all imported IPSA years
£272,859
21 % above average
Latest expenses
£294,578
30 % above average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
13
5 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
11
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
170 of 188 votes
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
#2
Work / Employment
36 of 43 votes
#3
Migration
113 of 161 votes
Defence
27 of 33 votes
#4
NHS / Health
36 of 52 votes
Energy
20 of 26 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
122 of 193 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API