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Nick Timothy vs Michael Shanks

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

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Nick Timothy
Con West Suffolk
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Photograph of Michael Shanks
Michael Shanks
Lab Rutherglen

Voting alignment

Nick Timothy and Michael Shanks voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 264 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 256 different votes 264 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 13 No
Benefits 13% aligned 16 shared votes
11 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
27 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 64 shared votes
37 Aye 27 No
7 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
24 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 64 shared votes
37 Aye 27 No
7 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
24 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No
15 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
3 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 19 shared votes
16 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

69.2%
3% below average
Rank 446 of 649
Participation
64.4%
8% below average
Rank 525 of 649
408
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
501
778 eligible divisions
196
48.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
236
47.1% of votes cast
212
52.0% of votes cast
No votes
265
52.9% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
5
1.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 11 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

84
+0.3 vs Commons average
Rank 244 of 649
Appearances
100
+16.3 vs Commons average
Rank 169 of 649
122
-23.9 vs Commons average
Rank 267 of 649
Contributions
408
+262.1 vs Commons average
Rank 34 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£199,214
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£199,214
12% below average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21% above average
22
5 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

Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
#1
Trade
13 of 14 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#3
Work / Employment
38 of 45 votes
Energy
16 of 20 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Environment / Climate
7 of 9 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: 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
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
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
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
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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