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Stephen Doughty vs Michael Shanks

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


Voting alignment

Stephen Doughty and Michael Shanks voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 253 shared comparable votes.

253 same votes 0 different votes 253 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
20 Aye 17 No
Tax 100% aligned 37 shared votes
20 Aye 17 No
5 Aye 23 No
Migration 100% aligned 28 shared votes
5 Aye 23 No
19 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
13 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 17 No
Tax 100% aligned 37 shared votes
20 Aye 17 No
5 Aye 23 No
Migration 100% aligned 28 shared votes
5 Aye 23 No
19 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
13 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

66.7 %
7 % below average
Rank 498 of 648
Participation
64.6 %
9 % below average
Rank 531 of 648
1,541
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
461
714 eligible divisions
894
58.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
226
49.0 % of votes cast
647
42.0 % of votes cast
No votes
235
51.0 % of votes cast
17
1.1 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.9 % of votes cast
13 years, 6 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
2 years, 8 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

54
-6.4 vs Commons average
Rank 293 of 648
Appearances
74
+13.6 vs Commons average
Rank 169 of 648
298
+189.1 vs Commons average
Rank 37 of 648
Contributions
329
+220.1 vs Commons average
Rank 31 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,632,101
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£294,894
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21 % above average
0
0 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
177 of 211 votes
#1
Trade
10 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 43 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#3
Defence
19 of 22 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 45 votes
#4
Work / Employment
36 of 43 votes
Defence
46 of 59 votes
#5
Energy
19 of 23 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API