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Rachel Hopkins vs Michael Shanks

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

Photograph of Rachel Hopkins
Rachel Hopkins
Lab Luton South and South Bedfordshire
vs
Photograph of Michael Shanks
Michael Shanks
Lab Rutherglen

Voting alignment

Rachel Hopkins and Michael Shanks voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 493 shared comparable votes.

488 same votes 5 different votes 493 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
54 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 91 shared votes
54 Aye 37 No
27 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 39 shared votes
27 Aye 12 No
23 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
23 Aye 13 No
22 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
22 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 25 No
Migration 100% aligned 32 shared votes
7 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
54 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 91 shared votes
54 Aye 37 No
27 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 39 shared votes
27 Aye 12 No
23 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
23 Aye 13 No
22 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
22 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 25 No
Migration 100% aligned 32 shared votes
7 Aye 25 No

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

Voting record

85.1%
13% above average
Rank 84 of 650
Participation
64.5%
8% below average
Rank 521 of 650
1,437
1,688 eligible divisions
Total votes
521
808 eligible divisions
758
52.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
243
46.6% of votes cast
679
47.3% of votes cast
No votes
278
53.4% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
1.0% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
3 years, 0 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

84
-6.0 vs Commons average
Rank 275 of 650
Appearances
111
+21.0 vs Commons average
Rank 160 of 650
97
-59.6 vs Commons average
Rank 371 of 650
Contributions
566
+409.4 vs Commons average
Rank 18 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,064,817
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£253,152
12% above average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
1
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
53 of 54 votes
#1
Trade
16 of 17 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 45 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Education
65 of 69 votes
#3
Work / Employment
41 of 48 votes
Migration
143 of 154 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 63 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
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 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API