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Richard Fuller vs Michael Shanks

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


Voting alignment

Richard Fuller and Michael Shanks voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 375 shared comparable votes.

12 same votes 363 different votes 375 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 2 No
Environment / Climate 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
21 Aye 9 No
Migration 10% aligned 30 shared votes
6 Aye 24 No
5 Aye 15 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 34 shared votes
22 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
42 Aye 23 No
10 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
24 Aye 10 No
16 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
4 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
17 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

79.0%
6% above average
Rank 224 of 649
Participation
64.4%
8% below average
Rank 525 of 649
1,310
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
501
778 eligible divisions
618
47.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
236
47.1% of votes cast
692
52.8% of votes cast
No votes
265
52.9% of votes cast
11
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
5
1.0% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 11 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

36
-46.3 vs Commons average
Rank 522 of 649
Appearances
99
+16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 649
51
-92.5 vs Commons average
Rank 504 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

£2,221,578
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£273,108
21% above average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21% above average
4
3 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

Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
#1
Trade
13 of 14 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
#3
Work / Employment
38 of 45 votes
Work / Employment
61 of 67 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Crime / Justice
156 of 174 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 26 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API