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Sir Julian Lewis vs Michael Shanks

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

Photograph of Sir Julian Lewis
Sir Julian Lewis
Con New Forest East
vs
Photograph of Michael Shanks
Michael Shanks
Lab Rutherglen

Voting alignment

Sir Julian Lewis and Michael Shanks voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 401 shared comparable votes.

12 same votes 389 different votes 401 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
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 15 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
29 Aye 50 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
50 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 50 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
50 Aye 29 No
13 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
24 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 No
17 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

80.0%
7% above average
Rank 199 of 649
Participation
64.4%
8% below average
Rank 525 of 649
1,900
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
501
778 eligible divisions
899
47.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
236
47.1% of votes cast
1,001
52.7% of votes cast
No votes
265
52.9% of votes cast
41
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
5
1.0% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 11 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

361
+278.7 vs Commons average
Rank 6 of 649
Appearances
99
+16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 649
478
+334.5 vs Commons average
Rank 23 of 649
Contributions
407
+263.5 vs Commons average
Rank 34 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,159,138
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£212,155
6% below average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21% above average
2
2 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

Brexit / EU
193 of 211 votes
#1
Trade
13 of 14 votes
Trade
83 of 91 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#3
Work / Employment
38 of 45 votes
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Devolution / Local Government
58 of 66 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
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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