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Sir Mark Tami vs Michael Shanks

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

Photograph of Sir Mark Tami
Sir Mark Tami
Lab Alyn and Deeside
vs
Photograph of Michael Shanks
Michael Shanks
Lab Rutherglen

Voting alignment

Sir Mark Tami and Michael Shanks voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 482 shared comparable votes.

479 same votes 3 different votes 482 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
53 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 88 shared votes
53 Aye 35 No
27 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 39 shared votes
27 Aye 12 No
27 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 38 shared votes
27 Aye 11 No
23 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
23 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 24 No
Migration 100% aligned 31 shared votes
7 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
53 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 88 shared votes
53 Aye 35 No
27 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 39 shared votes
27 Aye 12 No
27 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 38 shared votes
27 Aye 11 No
23 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
23 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 24 No
Migration 100% aligned 31 shared votes
7 Aye 24 No

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

Voting record

82.7%
10% above average
Rank 140 of 650
Participation
64.5%
8% below average
Rank 521 of 650
1,989
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
521
808 eligible divisions
1,081
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
243
46.6% of votes cast
908
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
278
53.4% of votes cast
15
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
5
1.0% of votes cast
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
3 years, 0 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

0
-89.6 vs Commons average
Rank 645 of 650
Appearances
110
+20.4 vs Commons average
Rank 162 of 650
0
-156.0 vs Commons average
Rank 644 of 650
Contributions
528
+372.0 vs Commons average
Rank 21 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,953,004
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£286,200
27% above average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21% above average
3
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

Foreign Affairs
78 of 82 votes
#1
Trade
16 of 17 votes
Education
91 of 96 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 49 votes
#3
Work / Employment
41 of 48 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 80 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 26 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API