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Sir Jeremy Wright vs Michael Shanks

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

Photograph of Sir Jeremy Wright
Sir Jeremy Wright
Con Kenilworth and Southam
vs
Photograph of Michael Shanks
Michael Shanks
Lab Rutherglen

Voting alignment

Sir Jeremy Wright and Michael Shanks voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 289 shared comparable votes.

13 same votes 276 different votes 289 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 1 No
NHS / Health 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 3 No
Crime / Justice 20% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 6 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
19 Aye 10 No
Migration 14% aligned 29 shared votes
6 Aye 23 No
28 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
40 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
40 Aye 28 No
10 Aye 14 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
17 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 18 shared votes
1 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

70.1%
3% below average
Rank 428 of 649
Participation
64.4%
8% below average
Rank 525 of 649
1,665
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
501
778 eligible divisions
779
46.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
236
47.1% of votes cast
886
53.2% of votes cast
No votes
265
52.9% of votes cast
14
0.8% 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

85
+1.3 vs Commons average
Rank 239 of 649
Appearances
100
+16.3 vs Commons average
Rank 169 of 649
108
-37.9 vs Commons average
Rank 318 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

£2,739,090
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£295,447
31% above average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21% above average
6
3 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
194 of 211 votes
#1
Trade
13 of 14 votes
Housing
57 of 67 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
#3
Work / Employment
38 of 45 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Digital / Online Safety
49 of 60 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 26 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3G 22 Apr 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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