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Sir Andrew Mitchell vs Michael Shanks
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Sir Andrew Mitchell and Michael Shanks voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 231 shared comparable votes.
7 same votes
224 different votes
231 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
63.8 %
9 % below average
Participation
64.6 %
9 % below average
1,474
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
461
714 eligible divisions
708
48.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
226
49.0 % of votes cast
766
52.0 % of votes cast
No votes
235
51.0 % of votes cast
39
2.6 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.9 % of votes cast
24 years, 11 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
2 years, 8 months
Since 5 Oct 2023
Debates
46
-14.4 vs Commons average
Appearances
74
+13.6 vs Commons average
50
-58.9 vs Commons average
Contributions
329
+220.1 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,625,709
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£265,608
17 % above average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21 % above average
20
6 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
0
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
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API