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Michael Shanks vs Shockat Adam

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


Voting alignment

Michael Shanks and Shockat Adam voted the same way 47% of the time, based on 237 shared comparable votes.

112 same votes 125 different votes 237 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 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 83% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 5 No
Energy 82% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 5 No
Transport 78% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 13 No
Defence 60% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 7 No
Housing 59% aligned 17 shared votes
13 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
14 Aye 9 No
Education 13% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
30 Aye 16 No
Tax 30% aligned 46 shared votes
22 Aye 24 No
1 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 33% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
16 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 35% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 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
59.0%
14% below average
Rank 581 of 649
501
778 eligible divisions
Total votes
348
590 eligible divisions
236
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
190
54.6% of votes cast
265
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
158
45.4% of votes cast
5
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
n/a
rebellion not calculated
3 years, 0 months
Since 5 Oct 2023
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

100
+16.3 vs Commons average
Rank 169 of 649
Appearances
188
+104.3 vs Commons average
Rank 24 of 649
408
+262.1 vs Commons average
Rank 34 of 649
Contributions
206
+60.1 vs Commons average
Rank 132 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
£231,212
all imported IPSA years
£272,859
21% above average
Latest expenses
£231,212
2% above average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
8
5 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
Housing
26 of 32 votes
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
#2
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 45 votes
#3
Defence
23 of 34 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 14 votes
Energy
20 of 26 votes
#5
Education
31 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

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