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Mr Douglas Alexander vs Michael Shanks
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Mr Douglas Alexander and Michael Shanks voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 202 shared comparable votes.
198 same votes
4 different votes
202 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
44.5%
28% below average
Participation
63.6%
9% below average
283
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
524
824 eligible divisions
124
43.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
246
46.9% of votes cast
159
56.2% of votes cast
No votes
278
53.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
1.0% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
3 years, 1 months
Since 5 Oct 2023
Debates
54
-41.9 vs Commons average
Appearances
117
+21.1 vs Commons average
241
+73.9 vs Commons average
Contributions
639
+471.9 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£792,708
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£91,911
59% below average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
1
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
No
Aye
rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API