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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.

Photograph of Michael Shanks
Michael Shanks
Lab Rutherglen
vs
Photograph of Zarah Sultana
Zarah Sultana
YP Coventry South

Voting alignment

Michael Shanks and Zarah Sultana voted the same way 83% of the time, based on 394 shared comparable votes.

326 same votes 68 different votes 394 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
5 Aye 24 No
Migration 100% aligned 29 shared votes
5 Aye 24 No
3 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
39 Aye 25 No
Tax 97% aligned 64 shared votes
39 Aye 25 No
10 Aye 8 No
Energy 94% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 11 No
Benefits 50% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
26 Aye 6 No
Crime / Justice 53% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 No
5 Aye 5 No
Trade 70% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No
21 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 80% aligned 35 shared votes
16 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 9 No
Education 81% aligned 27 shared votes
17 Aye 10 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
74.5 %
2 % above average
Rank 330 of 650
480
751 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,215
1,631 eligible divisions
230
47.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
629
51.8 % of votes cast
250
52.1 % of votes cast
No votes
586
48.2 % of votes cast
4
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3 % of votes cast
2 years, 9 months
Since 5 Oct 2023
Commons service
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

80
+9.1 vs Commons average
Rank 189 of 650
Appearances
16
-54.9 vs Commons average
Rank 593 of 650
304
+178.2 vs Commons average
Rank 48 of 650
Contributions
18
-107.8 vs Commons average
Rank 600 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
£1,325,082
all imported IPSA years
£272,859
21 % above average
Latest expenses
£293,732
30 % above average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
15
5 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

Trade
11 of 12 votes
#1
Work / Employment
60 of 65 votes
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
#2
Migration
140 of 152 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 43 votes
#3
Housing
45 of 53 votes
Defence
27 of 33 votes
#4
Defence
58 of 69 votes
Energy
20 of 26 votes
#5
NHS / Health
39 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 15 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to agree with all remaining Lords Amendments 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 342 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API