The House of Commons is not currently sitting. Next scheduled business: Tuesday 1 September 2026.

Compare

Seamus Logan vs Michael Shanks

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

Photograph of Seamus Logan
Seamus Logan
SNP Aberdeenshire North and Moray East
vs
Photograph of Michael Shanks
Michael Shanks
Lab Rutherglen

Voting alignment

Seamus Logan and Michael Shanks voted the same way 35% of the time, based on 107 shared comparable votes.

37 same votes 70 different votes 107 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
1 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 80% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 0 No
Transport 75% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
12 Aye 10 No
Benefits 27% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
4 Aye 0 No
Defence 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 4 No
Energy 13% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
21 Aye 21 No
Tax 17% aligned 42 shared votes
26 Aye 16 No
4 Aye 0 No
Defence 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
12 Aye 10 No
Benefits 27% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
4 Aye 0 No
Transport 75% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

26.4 %
46 % below average
Rank 640 of 649
Participation
64.0 %
9 % below average
Rank 531 of 649
152
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
488
763 eligible divisions
87
57.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
234
48.0 % of votes cast
65
42.8 % of votes cast
No votes
254
52.0 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.8 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 9 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

117
+39.0 vs Commons average
Rank 102 of 649
Appearances
99
+21.0 vs Commons average
Rank 155 of 649
195
+56.5 vs Commons average
Rank 128 of 649
Contributions
386
+247.5 vs Commons average
Rank 38 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£213,278
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£213,278
6 % 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

Benefits
25 of 30 votes
#1
Trade
13 of 14 votes
Migration
9 of 13 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Democracy / Parliament
6 of 10 votes
#3
Work / Employment
38 of 45 votes
Energy
11 of 20 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Tax
59 of 111 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 26 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 77 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 43 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 35 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 26 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Pensions Scheme Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 21 Jan 2026
Tax
No
Where they voted the same
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 78 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 15 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37 9 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026 4 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API