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Nick Smith vs Michael Shanks

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


Voting alignment

Nick Smith and Michael Shanks voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 420 shared comparable votes.

418 same votes 2 different votes 420 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
51 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 80 shared votes
51 Aye 29 No
24 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 38 shared votes
24 Aye 14 No
23 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
23 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 24 No
Migration 100% aligned 31 shared votes
7 Aye 24 No
21 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
51 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 80 shared votes
51 Aye 29 No
24 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 38 shared votes
24 Aye 14 No
23 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
23 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 24 No
Migration 100% aligned 31 shared votes
7 Aye 24 No
21 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

74.9%
2% above average
Rank 313 of 649
Participation
64.4%
8% below average
Rank 525 of 649
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
501
778 eligible divisions
1,016
57.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
236
47.1% of votes cast
763
42.9% of votes cast
No votes
265
52.9% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
5
1.0% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 11 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

95
+12.7 vs Commons average
Rank 188 of 649
Appearances
99
+16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 649
125
-18.5 vs Commons average
Rank 251 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

£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11% above average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21% above average
0
0 registered categories
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

Education
89 of 96 votes
#1
Trade
13 of 14 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Housing
59 of 67 votes
#3
Work / Employment
38 of 45 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 26 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API