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Nigel Farage vs Michael Shanks

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

Photograph of Nigel Farage
Nigel Farage
RUK Clacton
vs
Photograph of Michael Shanks
Michael Shanks
Lab Rutherglen

Voting alignment

Nigel Farage and Michael Shanks voted the same way 9% of the time, based on 110 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 100 different votes 110 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
6 Aye 0 No
Crime / Justice 17% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 2 No
Education 14% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 2 No
Housing 14% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 5 No
Tax 0% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
4 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 4 No
Energy 0% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

40.0%
33% below average
Rank 634 of 649
Participation
64.4%
8% below average
Rank 525 of 649
6
15 eligible divisions
Total votes
501
778 eligible divisions
4
66.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
236
47.1% of votes cast
2
33.3% of votes cast
No votes
265
52.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
1.0% of votes cast
1 months
Since 13 Aug 2026
Commons service
2 years, 11 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

13
-69.1 vs Commons average
Rank 614 of 649
Appearances
100
+17.9 vs Commons average
Rank 168 of 649
15
-127.9 vs Commons average
Rank 615 of 649
Contributions
408
+265.1 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£162,580
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£162,580
28% below average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21% above average
35
7 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
0
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

Democracy / Parliament
4 of 4 votes
#1
Trade
13 of 14 votes
No topic data
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
No topic data
#3
Work / Employment
38 of 45 votes
No topic data
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
No topic data
#5
Energy
20 of 26 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 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
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026 4 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 16 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye
Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737) 16 Jul 2025
Aye
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
No
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
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
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Report Stage: New Clause 34 18 Mar 2025
Education
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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