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Michael Shanks vs Sir Roger Gale
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Michael Shanks and Sir Roger Gale voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 226 shared comparable votes.
3 same votes
223 different votes
226 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
64.4%
8% below average
Participation
56.9%
16% below average
501
778 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,351
2,376 eligible divisions
236
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
622
46.0% of votes cast
265
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
729
54.0% of votes cast
5
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
30
2.2% of votes cast
3 years, 0 months
Since 5 Oct 2023
Commons service
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Debates
100
+16.3 vs Commons average
Appearances
110
+26.3 vs Commons average
408
+262.1 vs Commons average
Contributions
96
-49.9 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,582,465
all imported IPSA years
£272,859
21% above average
Latest expenses
£243,306
8% above average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots
15 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API