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Preet Kaur Gill vs Michael Shanks

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

Photograph of Preet Kaur Gill
Preet Kaur Gill
Lab Birmingham Edgbaston
vs
Photograph of Michael Shanks
Michael Shanks
Lab Rutherglen

Voting alignment

Preet Kaur Gill and Michael Shanks voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 391 shared comparable votes.

391 same votes 0 different votes 391 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
39 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 73 shared votes
39 Aye 34 No
20 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
20 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 25 No
Migration 100% aligned 32 shared votes
7 Aye 25 No
17 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
14 Aye 9 No
Benefits 100% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 73 shared votes
39 Aye 34 No
20 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
20 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 25 No
Migration 100% aligned 32 shared votes
7 Aye 25 No
17 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
14 Aye 9 No
Benefits 100% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

72.3%
same as average
Rank 373 of 649
Participation
64.4%
8% below average
Rank 525 of 649
1,534
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
501
778 eligible divisions
856
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
236
47.1% of votes cast
678
44.2% 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
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 11 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

71
-11.3 vs Commons average
Rank 305 of 649
Appearances
99
+16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 649
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 200 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

£1,936,995
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£335,426
48% above average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21% above average
7
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
4
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

Housing
48 of 55 votes
#1
Trade
13 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Trade
74 of 87 votes
#3
Work / Employment
38 of 45 votes
Brexit / EU
157 of 188 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 44 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 26 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
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