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Michael Shanks vs Mr Will Forster
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Michael Shanks and Mr Will Forster voted the same way 17% of the time, based on 264 shared comparable votes.
45 same votes
219 different votes
264 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
64.0%
9% below average
Participation
74.6%
2% above average
488
763 eligible divisions
Total votes
429
575 eligible divisions
234
48.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
226
52.7% of votes cast
254
52.0% of votes cast
No votes
203
47.3% of votes cast
4
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.9% 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
Appearances
172
+93.7 vs Commons average
409
+270.0 vs Commons average
Contributions
216
+77.0 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
£153,282
all imported IPSA years
£272,859
21% above average
Latest expenses
£153,282
32% below average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API