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Sammy Wilson vs Michael Shanks
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Sammy Wilson and Michael Shanks voted the same way 14% of the time, based on 304 shared comparable votes.
43 same votes
261 different votes
304 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
62.0%
11% below average
Participation
64.3%
8% below average
1,470
2,372 eligible divisions
Total votes
498
774 eligible divisions
732
49.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
235
47.2% of votes cast
738
50.2% of votes cast
No votes
263
52.8% of votes cast
11
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.8% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 11 months
Since 5 Oct 2023
Debates
104
+24.2 vs Commons average
Appearances
101
+21.2 vs Commons average
149
+10.1 vs Commons average
Contributions
409
+270.1 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,714,557
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£250,082
11% 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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots
15 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API