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Mike Kane vs Michael Shanks

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


Voting alignment

Mike Kane and Michael Shanks voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 387 shared comparable votes.

386 same votes 1 different votes 387 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
32 Aye 20 No
Tax 100% aligned 52 shared votes
32 Aye 20 No
22 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No
6 Aye 24 No
Migration 100% aligned 30 shared votes
6 Aye 24 No
13 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
1 Aye 24 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 25 shared votes
1 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 97% aligned 38 shared votes
26 Aye 12 No
32 Aye 20 No
Tax 100% aligned 52 shared votes
32 Aye 20 No
22 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No
6 Aye 24 No
Migration 100% aligned 30 shared votes
6 Aye 24 No
13 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

72.4%
same as average
Rank 369 of 649
Participation
64.4%
8% below average
Rank 525 of 649
1,720
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
501
778 eligible divisions
976
56.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
236
47.1% of votes cast
744
43.3% of votes cast
No votes
265
52.9% of votes cast
21
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
5
1.0% of votes cast
12 years, 7 months
Since 13 Feb 2014
Commons service
2 years, 11 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

39
-43.3 vs Commons average
Rank 506 of 649
Appearances
99
+16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 649
53
-90.5 vs Commons average
Rank 492 of 649
Contributions
407
+263.5 vs Commons average
Rank 34 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,395,924
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£291,311
29% above average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
2
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

Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#1
Trade
13 of 14 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Defence
61 of 71 votes
#3
Work / Employment
38 of 45 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Migration
139 of 171 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 26 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API