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Stuart Andrew vs Michael Shanks

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

Photograph of Stuart Andrew
Stuart Andrew
Con Daventry
vs
Photograph of Michael Shanks
Michael Shanks
Lab Rutherglen

Voting alignment

Stuart Andrew and Michael Shanks voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 411 shared comparable votes.

15 same votes 396 different votes 411 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
2 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 14 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
22 Aye 9 No
Migration 10% aligned 31 shared votes
6 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 52 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
52 Aye 30 No
13 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
24 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 14 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
21 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 22 shared votes
1 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

86.6%
14% above average
Rank 64 of 649
Participation
64.4%
8% below average
Rank 525 of 649
2,058
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
501
778 eligible divisions
991
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
236
47.1% of votes cast
1,067
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
265
52.9% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
5
1.0% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
3 years, 0 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

58
-25.6 vs Commons average
Rank 393 of 650
Appearances
100
+16.4 vs Commons average
Rank 169 of 650
80
-65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 405 of 650
Contributions
408
+262.3 vs Commons average
Rank 34 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£3,028,565
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£367,659
63% above average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21% above average
1
1 registered category
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

Brexit / EU
206 of 211 votes
#1
Trade
13 of 14 votes
Work / Employment
73 of 77 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Work / Employment
38 of 45 votes
Migration
160 of 171 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Digital / Online Safety
56 of 60 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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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
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