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Michael Shanks vs Josh Babarinde

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


Voting alignment

Michael Shanks and Josh Babarinde voted the same way 17% of the time, based on 257 shared comparable votes.

43 same votes 214 different votes 257 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
1 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 2 No
Energy 67% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No
8 Aye 4 No
Housing 58% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 0 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
12 Aye 12 No
Education 4% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
34 Aye 26 No
Tax 5% aligned 60 shared votes
29 Aye 31 No
15 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 5% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
4 Aye 10 No
Transport 7% aligned 14 shared votes
11 Aye 3 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

64.0%
9% below average
Rank 531 of 649
Participation
70.1%
3% below average
Rank 430 of 649
488
763 eligible divisions
Total votes
403
575 eligible divisions
234
48.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
214
53.1% of votes cast
254
52.0% of votes cast
No votes
189
46.9% of votes cast
4
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.5% of votes cast
2 years, 10 months
Since 5 Oct 2023
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

101
+22.7 vs Commons average
Rank 150 of 650
Appearances
119
+40.7 vs Commons average
Rank 99 of 650
409
+270.0 vs Commons average
Rank 32 of 650
Contributions
136
-3.0 vs Commons average
Rank 206 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
£181,159
all imported IPSA years
£272,859
21% above average
Latest expenses
£181,159
20% below average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
2 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
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 45 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#4
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Energy
20 of 26 votes
#5
Benefits
26 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

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