Compare
Tahir Ali vs Michael Shanks
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Tahir Ali and Michael Shanks voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 401 shared comparable votes.
399 same votes
2 different votes
401 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
75.8%
3% above average
Participation
64.4%
8% below average
1,257
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
501
778 eligible divisions
664
52.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
236
47.1% of votes cast
593
47.2% of votes cast
No votes
265
52.9% of votes cast
6
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
5
1.0% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 11 months
Since 5 Oct 2023
Debates
28
-54.3 vs Commons average
Appearances
99
+16.7 vs Commons average
39
-104.5 vs Commons average
Contributions
407
+263.5 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£1,069,100
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£269,557
19% above average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21% above average
4
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API