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Sir Roger Gale vs Michael Shanks

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


Voting alignment

Sir Roger Gale and Michael Shanks voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 226 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 223 different votes 226 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
5 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 4 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 13 shared votes
3 Aye 10 No
22 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 61 shared votes
39 Aye 22 No
10 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
15 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 61 shared votes
39 Aye 22 No
10 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
15 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
7 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

57.1%
15% below average
Rank 583 of 649
Participation
64.2%
7% below average
Rank 516 of 649
1,351
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
494
770 eligible divisions
622
46.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
235
47.6% of votes cast
729
54.0% of votes cast
No votes
259
52.4% of votes cast
30
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.8% of votes cast
43 years, 2 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
2 years, 11 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

113
+33.0 vs Commons average
Rank 120 of 649
Appearances
101
+21.0 vs Commons average
Rank 154 of 649
101
-38.4 vs Commons average
Rank 321 of 649
Contributions
409
+269.6 vs Commons average
Rank 32 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,582,465
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£243,306
8% above average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21% above average
4
4 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

Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#1
Trade
13 of 14 votes
Defence
56 of 71 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#3
Work / Employment
38 of 45 votes
Housing
48 of 66 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Trade
66 of 91 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 26 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API