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Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown vs Michael Shanks

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


Voting alignment

Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown and Michael Shanks voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 356 shared comparable votes.

15 same votes 341 different votes 356 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 1 No
NHS / Health 50% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 6 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
22 Aye 9 No
Migration 10% aligned 31 shared votes
6 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
44 Aye 31 No
10 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 14 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
12 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

80.2%
8% above average
Rank 192 of 649
Participation
64.4%
8% below average
Rank 525 of 649
1,906
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
501
778 eligible divisions
908
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
236
47.1% of votes cast
998
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
265
52.9% of votes cast
25
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
5
1.0% of votes cast
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
3 years, 0 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

39
-44.6 vs Commons average
Rank 512 of 650
Appearances
100
+16.4 vs Commons average
Rank 169 of 650
53
-92.7 vs Commons average
Rank 501 of 650
Contributions
408
+262.3 vs Commons average
Rank 34 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,311,579
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£252,269
12% above average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21% above average
8
6 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

Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
#1
Trade
13 of 14 votes
Digital / Online Safety
56 of 60 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#3
Work / Employment
38 of 45 votes
Migration
155 of 171 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 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