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Michael Shanks vs Sir Julian Lewis

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 Julian Lewis
Sir Julian Lewis
Con New Forest East

Voting alignment

Michael Shanks and Sir Julian Lewis voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 401 shared comparable votes.

12 same votes 389 different votes 401 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
3 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 50% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
13 Aye 7 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
20 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
50 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
29 Aye 50 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
29 Aye 50 No
24 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
13 Aye 24 No
22 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
10 Aye 22 No
7 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 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
80.0%
7% above average
Rank 199 of 649
501
778 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,900
2,376 eligible divisions
236
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
899
47.3% of votes cast
265
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
1,001
52.7% of votes cast
5
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.2% of votes cast
3 years, 0 months
Since 5 Oct 2023
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

100
+16.3 vs Commons average
Rank 169 of 649
Appearances
367
+283.3 vs Commons average
Rank 6 of 649
408
+262.1 vs Commons average
Rank 34 of 649
Contributions
484
+338.1 vs Commons average
Rank 24 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
£2,159,138
all imported IPSA years
£272,859
21% above average
Latest expenses
£212,155
6% below average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
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
13 of 14 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
193 of 211 votes
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
#2
Trade
83 of 91 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 45 votes
#3
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
Energy
20 of 26 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
58 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
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
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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