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Sir Geoffrey Cox vs Michael Shanks

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


Voting alignment

Sir Geoffrey Cox and Michael Shanks voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 271 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 261 different votes 271 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
10 Aye 8 No
Migration 17% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
15 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
38 Aye 15 No
4 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
38 Aye 15 No
4 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 No
21 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 22 shared votes
1 Aye 21 No
7 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

66.1%
6% below average
Rank 498 of 649
Participation
64.4%
8% below average
Rank 525 of 649
1,571
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
501
778 eligible divisions
740
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
236
47.1% of votes cast
831
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
265
52.9% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
5
1.0% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
3 years, 0 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

8
-75.6 vs Commons average
Rank 627 of 650
Appearances
100
+16.4 vs Commons average
Rank 169 of 650
13
-132.7 vs Commons average
Rank 621 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

£2,716,834
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£264,705
17% above average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21% above average
16
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
1
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
173 of 211 votes
#1
Trade
13 of 14 votes
Digital / Online Safety
48 of 60 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Trade
72 of 91 votes
#3
Work / Employment
38 of 45 votes
Migration
126 of 171 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Defence
52 of 71 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 26 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API