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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.

Photograph of Michael Shanks
Michael Shanks
Lab Rutherglen
vs
Photograph of Shockat Adam
Shockat Adam
Ind Leicester South

Voting alignment

Michael Shanks and Shockat Adam voted the same way 48% of the time, based on 223 shared comparable votes.

106 same votes 117 different votes 223 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
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
8 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 53% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 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

63.9 %
9 % below average
Rank 534 of 650
Participation
59.1 %
14 % below average
Rank 582 of 650
480
751 eligible divisions
Total votes
333
563 eligible divisions
230
47.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
181
54.4 % of votes cast
250
52.1 % of votes cast
No votes
152
45.6 % of votes cast
4
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
n/a
rebellion not calculated
2 years, 9 months
Since 5 Oct 2023
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

80
+9.1 vs Commons average
Rank 189 of 650
Appearances
177
+106.1 vs Commons average
Rank 18 of 650
304
+178.2 vs Commons average
Rank 48 of 650
Contributions
191
+65.2 vs Commons average
Rank 107 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£340,820
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£230,874
all imported IPSA years
£272,859
21 % above average
Latest expenses
£230,874
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
11 of 12 votes
#1
Housing
26 of 31 votes
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
#2
Trade
4 of 5 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 43 votes
#3
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
Defence
27 of 33 votes
#4
Migration
8 of 11 votes
Energy
20 of 26 votes
#5
Defence
23 of 33 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 8 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 43 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 35 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 26 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Pensions Scheme Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Where they voted the same
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 78 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 77 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 15 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 359 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 333 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API