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Tom Collins vs Michael Shanks

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


Voting alignment

Tom Collins and Michael Shanks voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 344 shared comparable votes.

343 same votes 1 different votes 344 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
40 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 69 shared votes
40 Aye 29 No
22 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
22 Aye 12 No
23 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 97% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No
40 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 69 shared votes
40 Aye 29 No
22 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
22 Aye 12 No
23 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

88.6%
16% above average
Rank 33 of 649
Participation
64.4%
8% below average
Rank 525 of 649
523
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
501
778 eligible divisions
254
48.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
236
47.1% of votes cast
269
51.4% of votes cast
No votes
265
52.9% of votes cast
14
2.7% of votes cast
Against party
5
1.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
3 years, 0 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

38
-45.6 vs Commons average
Rank 516 of 650
Appearances
100
+16.4 vs Commons average
Rank 169 of 650
45
-100.7 vs Commons average
Rank 528 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

£199,488
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£199,488
12% below 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

Defence
34 of 34 votes
#1
Trade
13 of 14 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Work / Employment
38 of 45 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 26 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API