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Stephen Kinnock vs Michael Shanks

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


Voting alignment

Stephen Kinnock and Michael Shanks voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 430 shared comparable votes.

425 same votes 5 different votes 430 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
48 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 76 shared votes
48 Aye 28 No
23 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
23 Aye 14 No
22 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
22 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 24 No
Migration 100% aligned 30 shared votes
6 Aye 24 No
17 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
48 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 76 shared votes
48 Aye 28 No
23 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
23 Aye 14 No
22 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
22 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 24 No
Migration 100% aligned 30 shared votes
6 Aye 24 No
17 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

74.9%
3% above average
Rank 308 of 650
Participation
64.5%
8% below average
Rank 521 of 650
1,803
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
521
808 eligible divisions
1,016
56.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
243
46.6% of votes cast
787
43.6% of votes cast
No votes
278
53.4% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
1.0% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
3 years, 0 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

106
+13.1 vs Commons average
Rank 185 of 650
Appearances
113
+20.1 vs Commons average
Rank 163 of 650
398
+236.4 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 650
Contributions
635
+473.4 vs Commons average
Rank 14 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,167,873
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£312,875
38% above average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21% above average
4
4 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

Work / Employment
71 of 80 votes
#1
Trade
16 of 17 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Migration
150 of 171 votes
#3
Work / Employment
41 of 48 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 212 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 49 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 26 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API