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Michael Shanks vs Mr Mark Francois

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

Photograph of Michael Shanks
Michael Shanks
Lab Rutherglen
vs
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Mr Mark Francois
Con Rayleigh and Wickford

Voting alignment

Michael Shanks and Mr Mark Francois voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 312 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 306 different votes 312 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
2 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 3 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 18 No
Migration 4% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
46 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
25 Aye 46 No
22 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
9 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
46 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
25 Aye 46 No
22 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
9 Aye 22 No
13 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 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
67.8%
5% below average
Rank 466 of 649
501
778 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,611
2,376 eligible divisions
236
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
749
46.5% of votes cast
265
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
862
53.5% of votes cast
5
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
36
2.2% of votes cast
3 years, 0 months
Since 5 Oct 2023
Commons service
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

100
+16.3 vs Commons average
Rank 169 of 649
Appearances
129
+45.3 vs Commons average
Rank 99 of 649
408
+262.1 vs Commons average
Rank 34 of 649
Contributions
366
+220.1 vs Commons average
Rank 43 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
£2,057,296
all imported IPSA years
£272,859
21% above average
Latest expenses
£242,339
7% above average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
202 of 211 votes
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 45 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#4
Housing
53 of 67 votes
Energy
20 of 26 votes
#5
Defence
53 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Third reading 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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