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Sir Ashley Fox vs Michael Shanks

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


Voting alignment

Sir Ashley Fox and Michael Shanks voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 249 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 245 different votes 249 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 13 No
Benefits 13% aligned 16 shared votes
11 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
28 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 62 shared votes
34 Aye 28 No
7 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
20 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 62 shared votes
34 Aye 28 No
7 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
20 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

76.9 %
4 % above average
Rank 276 of 647
Participation
64.4 %
9 % below average
Rank 530 of 647
410
533 eligible divisions
Total votes
464
721 eligible divisions
179
43.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
226
48.7 % of votes cast
231
56.3 % of votes cast
No votes
238
51.3 % of votes cast
13
3.2 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.9 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 8 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

117
+54.3 vs Commons average
Rank 56 of 647
Appearances
79
+16.3 vs Commons average
Rank 161 of 647
179
+66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 96 of 647
Contributions
347
+234.3 vs Commons average
Rank 29 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£159,406
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£159,406
30 % below average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21 % above average
4
3 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

Work / Employment
35 of 37 votes
#1
Trade
10 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Tax
97 of 108 votes
#3
Defence
19 of 22 votes
Housing
27 of 31 votes
#4
Work / Employment
36 of 43 votes
Crime / Justice
53 of 61 votes
#5
Energy
19 of 23 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API