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Mike Wood vs Michael Shanks

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

Photograph of Mike Wood
Mike Wood
Con Kingswinford and South Staffordshire
vs
Photograph of Michael Shanks
Michael Shanks
Lab Rutherglen

Voting alignment

Mike Wood and Michael Shanks voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 376 shared comparable votes.

14 same votes 362 different votes 376 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 2 No
Environment / Climate 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
20 Aye 8 No
Migration 11% aligned 28 shared votes
5 Aye 23 No
5 Aye 15 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
44 Aye 30 No
9 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
12 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 11 No
Housing 0% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

86.2%
14% above average
Rank 72 of 649
Participation
64.4%
8% below average
Rank 525 of 649
2,049
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
501
778 eligible divisions
986
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
236
47.1% of votes cast
1,063
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
265
52.9% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
5
1.0% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
3 years, 0 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

112
+28.4 vs Commons average
Rank 135 of 650
Appearances
100
+16.4 vs Commons average
Rank 169 of 650
149
+3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 207 of 650
Contributions
408
+262.3 vs Commons average
Rank 34 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,040,385
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£275,907
22% above average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
5
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
67 of 69 votes
#1
Trade
13 of 14 votes
Migration
162 of 171 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#3
Work / Employment
38 of 45 votes
Trade
84 of 91 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Housing
61 of 67 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 26 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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