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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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
63.9 %
9 % below average
Participation
60.5 %
12 % below average
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
Appearances
56
-14.9 vs Commons average
304
+178.2 vs Commons average
Contributions
93
-32.8 vs Commons average
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API