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Michael Shanks vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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 Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Con Chingford and Woodford Green

Voting alignment

Michael Shanks and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 363 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 354 different votes 363 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
11 Aye 7 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
22 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 34 shared votes
12 Aye 22 No
48 Aye 23 No
Tax 1% aligned 71 shared votes
22 Aye 49 No
6 Aye 23 No
Migration 0% aligned 29 shared votes
23 Aye 6 No
20 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 23 No
Migration 0% aligned 29 shared votes
23 Aye 6 No
20 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
20 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
4 Aye 20 No
14 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
8 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

64.0 %
9 % below average
Rank 531 of 649
Participation
81.5 %
9 % above average
Rank 173 of 649
488
763 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,925
2,361 eligible divisions
234
48.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
882
45.8 % of votes cast
254
52.0 % of votes cast
No votes
1,043
54.2 % of votes cast
4
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1 % of votes cast
2 years, 10 months
Since 5 Oct 2023
Commons service
34 years, 4 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

99
+21.1 vs Commons average
Rank 155 of 650
Appearances
93
+15.1 vs Commons average
Rank 172 of 650
386
+247.7 vs Commons average
Rank 38 of 650
Contributions
171
+32.7 vs Commons average
Rank 152 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
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£272,859
21 % above average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17 % above average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
10
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
Brexit / EU
208 of 211 votes
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 45 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 66 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Energy
20 of 26 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
No
Motion to sit in private 21 Feb 2024
Tax
No
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