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Michael Shanks vs Jeremy Corbyn

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


Voting alignment

Michael Shanks and Jeremy Corbyn voted the same way 71% of the time, based on 279 shared comparable votes.

198 same votes 81 different votes 279 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
5 Aye 22 No
Migration 100% aligned 27 shared votes
5 Aye 22 No
6 Aye 1 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
0 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 5 No
Education 31% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 11 No
Benefits 35% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
18 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 52% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 11 No
Defence 61% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 10 No
Transport 62% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 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
62.4 %
10 % below average
Rank 551 of 650
480
751 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,466
2,349 eligible divisions
230
47.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
812
55.4 % of votes cast
250
52.1 % of votes cast
No votes
654
44.6 % of votes cast
4
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3 % of votes cast
2 years, 9 months
Since 5 Oct 2023
Commons service
43 years, 0 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

80
+9.1 vs Commons average
Rank 189 of 650
Appearances
113
+42.1 vs Commons average
Rank 92 of 650
304
+178.2 vs Commons average
Rank 48 of 650
Contributions
162
+36.2 vs Commons average
Rank 145 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
£2,714,849
all imported IPSA years
£272,859
21 % above average
Latest expenses
£284,788
26 % above average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
30
3 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
11 of 12 votes
#1
Migration
142 of 169 votes
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 43 votes
#3
Housing
51 of 66 votes
Defence
27 of 33 votes
#4
Work / Employment
53 of 75 votes
Energy
20 of 26 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
48 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

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