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Michael Shanks vs James Wild

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


Voting alignment

Michael Shanks and James Wild voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 406 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 397 different votes 406 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 2 No
Environment / Climate 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 24 No
Migration 10% aligned 30 shared votes
21 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 7 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
24 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 36 shared votes
12 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
28 Aye 47 No
23 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
13 Aye 23 No
21 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No
1 Aye 21 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 22 shared votes
21 Aye 1 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
85.9%
13% above average
Rank 78 of 649
501
778 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,425
1,658 eligible divisions
236
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
709
49.8% of votes cast
265
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
716
50.2% of votes cast
5
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.9% 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
133
+49.3 vs Commons average
Rank 93 of 649
408
+262.1 vs Commons average
Rank 34 of 649
Contributions
244
+98.1 vs Commons average
Rank 91 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
£985,585
all imported IPSA years
£272,859
21% above average
Latest expenses
£228,734
1% above average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Trade
51 of 53 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 45 votes
#3
Defence
66 of 70 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#4
Work / Employment
63 of 67 votes
Energy
20 of 26 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

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