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Michael Shanks vs Sarah Gibson

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


Voting alignment

Michael Shanks and Sarah Gibson voted the same way 17% of the time, based on 218 shared comparable votes.

37 same votes 181 different votes 218 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 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 71% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 2 No
Energy 67% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 0 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
8 Aye 4 No
Housing 42% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 11 No
Benefits 19% aligned 16 shared votes
12 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
11 Aye 8 No
Education 5% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
23 Aye 17 No
Tax 8% aligned 40 shared votes
20 Aye 20 No
5 Aye 7 No
Defence 8% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 9 No
Transport 8% aligned 12 shared votes
10 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

64.1%
9% below average
Rank 530 of 649
Participation
62.9%
10% below average
Rank 546 of 649
492
767 eligible divisions
Total votes
364
579 eligible divisions
235
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
193
53.0% of votes cast
257
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
171
47.0% of votes cast
4
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 11 months
Since 5 Oct 2023
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

101
+22.7 vs Commons average
Rank 151 of 649
Appearances
26
-52.3 vs Commons average
Rank 563 of 649
409
+272.6 vs Commons average
Rank 31 of 649
Contributions
32
-104.4 vs Commons average
Rank 560 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
£230,135
all imported IPSA years
£272,859
21% above average
Latest expenses
£230,135
2% above average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
3 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
13 of 14 votes
#1
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 45 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#4
NHS / Health
8 of 11 votes
Energy
20 of 26 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
45 of 62 votes

Recent voting overlap

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