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Michael Shanks vs Paulette Hamilton

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
Photograph of Paulette Hamilton
Paulette Hamilton
Lab Birmingham Erdington

Voting alignment

Michael Shanks and Paulette Hamilton voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 408 shared comparable votes.

408 same votes 0 different votes 408 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
53 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 86 shared votes
53 Aye 33 No
23 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
23 Aye 13 No
22 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
22 Aye 14 No
23 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 33 shared votes
23 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 24 No
Migration 100% aligned 30 shared votes
6 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
53 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 86 shared votes
53 Aye 33 No
23 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
23 Aye 13 No
22 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
22 Aye 14 No
23 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 33 shared votes
23 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 24 No
Migration 100% aligned 30 shared votes
6 Aye 24 No

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

Voting record

64.6 %
9 % below average
Rank 530 of 647
Participation
75.6 %
2 % above average
Rank 306 of 647
468
725 eligible divisions
Total votes
844
1,117 eligible divisions
227
48.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
419
49.6 % of votes cast
241
51.5 % of votes cast
No votes
425
50.4 % of votes cast
4
0.9 % of votes cast
Against party
7
0.8 % of votes cast
2 years, 8 months
Since 5 Oct 2023
Commons service
4 years, 3 months
Since 3 Mar 2022

Debates

74
+10.4 vs Commons average
Rank 181 of 647
Appearances
45
-18.6 vs Commons average
Rank 393 of 647
320
+206.4 vs Commons average
Rank 34 of 647
Contributions
65
-48.6 vs Commons average
Rank 390 of 647

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£340,820
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£789,073
all imported IPSA years
£272,859
21 % above average
Latest expenses
£285,345
26 % above average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
2 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
10 of 11 votes
#1
Work / Employment
55 of 61 votes
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
#2
Education
54 of 60 votes
Defence
19 of 22 votes
#3
Migration
111 of 124 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 43 votes
#4
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
Energy
19 of 23 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API