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Tom Tugendhat vs Michael Shanks

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

Photograph of Tom Tugendhat
Tom Tugendhat
Con Tonbridge
vs
Photograph of Michael Shanks
Michael Shanks
Lab Rutherglen

Voting alignment

Tom Tugendhat and Michael Shanks voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 295 shared comparable votes.

13 same votes 282 different votes 295 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 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
2 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 16 shared votes
15 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 61 shared votes
44 Aye 17 No
6 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
21 Aye 6 No
15 Aye 0 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 15 shared votes
0 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 5 No
Transport 0% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 8 No
Energy 0% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

73.2%
1% above average
Rank 354 of 649
Participation
64.4%
8% below average
Rank 525 of 649
1,740
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
501
778 eligible divisions
835
48.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
236
47.1% of votes cast
905
52.0% of votes cast
No votes
265
52.9% of votes cast
22
1.3% 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

67
-16.6 vs Commons average
Rank 337 of 650
Appearances
100
+16.4 vs Commons average
Rank 169 of 650
119
-26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 278 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

£2,161,547
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£287,101
27% above average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21% above average
45
5 registered categories
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
191 of 211 votes
#1
Trade
13 of 14 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Migration
141 of 171 votes
#3
Work / Employment
38 of 45 votes
Benefits
65 of 81 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 26 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
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
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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