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Shockat Adam vs Michael Shanks

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


Voting alignment

Shockat Adam and Michael Shanks voted the same way 47% of the time, based on 237 shared comparable votes.

112 same votes 125 different votes 237 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
2 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 83% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 5 No
Energy 82% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 3 No
Transport 78% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 7 No
Defence 60% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
13 Aye 4 No
Housing 59% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 0 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
10 Aye 13 No
Education 13% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
22 Aye 24 No
Tax 30% aligned 46 shared votes
30 Aye 16 No
5 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 33% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 35% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

59.0%
14% below average
Rank 581 of 649
Participation
64.4%
8% below average
Rank 525 of 649
348
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
501
778 eligible divisions
190
54.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
236
47.1% of votes cast
158
45.4% of votes cast
No votes
265
52.9% of votes cast
n/a
rebellion not calculated
Against party
5
1.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
3 years, 0 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

188
+104.3 vs Commons average
Rank 24 of 649
Appearances
100
+16.3 vs Commons average
Rank 169 of 649
206
+60.1 vs Commons average
Rank 132 of 649
Contributions
408
+262.1 vs Commons average
Rank 34 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£231,212
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£231,212
2% above average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21% above average
8
5 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

Housing
26 of 32 votes
#1
Trade
13 of 14 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Defence
23 of 34 votes
#3
Work / Employment
38 of 45 votes
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 14 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Education
31 of 50 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