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Michael Shanks vs Zarah Sultana
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Michael Shanks and Zarah Sultana voted the same way 82% of the time, based on 413 shared comparable votes.
339 same votes
74 different votes
413 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
74.7%
2% above average
501
778 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,238
1,658 eligible divisions
236
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
639
51.6% of votes cast
265
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
599
48.4% of votes cast
5
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3% of votes cast
3 years, 0 months
Since 5 Oct 2023
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Debates
100
+16.3 vs Commons average
Appearances
18
-65.7 vs Commons average
408
+262.1 vs Commons average
Contributions
20
-125.9 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
£1,325,082
all imported IPSA years
£272,859
21% above average
Latest expenses
£293,732
30% above average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
13
6 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API