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Rachel Blake vs Michael Shanks

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

Photograph of Rachel Blake
Rachel Blake
Lab Cities of London and Westminster
vs
Photograph of Michael Shanks
Michael Shanks
Lab Rutherglen

Voting alignment

Rachel Blake and Michael Shanks voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 324 shared comparable votes.

319 same votes 5 different votes 324 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
44 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 75 shared votes
44 Aye 31 No
22 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
22 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 11 No
Benefits 100% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 75 shared votes
44 Aye 31 No
22 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
22 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 11 No
Benefits 100% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

83.6%
11% above average
Rank 117 of 650
Participation
63.6%
9% below average
Rank 533 of 650
532
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
524
824 eligible divisions
275
51.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
246
46.9% of votes cast
257
48.3% of votes cast
No votes
278
53.1% of votes cast
2
0.4% 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

85
-10.9 vs Commons average
Rank 294 of 650
Appearances
117
+21.1 vs Commons average
Rank 168 of 650
112
-55.1 vs Commons average
Rank 353 of 650
Contributions
639
+471.9 vs Commons average
Rank 13 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£172,923
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£172,923
24% below average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21% above average
3
3 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

Energy
20 of 20 votes
#1
Trade
16 of 17 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#2
Work / Employment
41 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Defence
28 of 34 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Benefits
27 of 33 votes
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 26 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye rebel
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API