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Michael Shanks vs Victoria Atkins

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


Voting alignment

Michael Shanks and Victoria Atkins voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 323 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 317 different votes 323 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 0 No
NHS / Health 67% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 24 No
Migration 10% aligned 30 shared votes
21 Aye 9 No
42 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
27 Aye 42 No
17 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
27 Aye 42 No
17 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
14 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
17 Aye 4 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
4 Aye 17 No
17 Aye 3 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 20 shared votes
3 Aye 17 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
81.3 %
9 % above average
Rank 177 of 650
480
751 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,910
2,349 eligible divisions
230
47.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
923
48.3 % of votes cast
250
52.1 % of votes cast
No votes
987
51.7 % of votes cast
4
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
2 years, 9 months
Since 5 Oct 2023
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

80
+9.1 vs Commons average
Rank 189 of 650
Appearances
18
-52.9 vs Commons average
Rank 584 of 650
304
+178.2 vs Commons average
Rank 48 of 650
Contributions
28
-97.8 vs Commons average
Rank 565 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
£1,703,387
all imported IPSA years
£272,859
21 % above average
Latest expenses
£241,610
7 % above average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 43 votes
#3
Migration
159 of 169 votes
Defence
27 of 33 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Energy
20 of 26 votes
#5
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API