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Victoria Atkins vs Michael Shanks

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


Voting alignment

Victoria Atkins and Michael Shanks voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 348 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 341 different votes 348 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 67% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
22 Aye 9 No
Migration 10% aligned 31 shared votes
6 Aye 25 No
28 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
42 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
42 Aye 28 No
9 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 14 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
4 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
17 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 20 shared votes
17 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

80.5%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 650
Participation
64.0%
8% below average
Rank 530 of 650
1,945
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
524
819 eligible divisions
944
48.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
246
46.9% of votes cast
1,001
51.5% of votes cast
No votes
278
53.1% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
5
1.0% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
3 years, 1 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

25
-69.0 vs Commons average
Rank 595 of 650
Appearances
114
+20.0 vs Commons average
Rank 163 of 650
38
-125.8 vs Commons average
Rank 574 of 650
Contributions
636
+472.2 vs Commons average
Rank 14 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,703,387
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£241,610
7% above average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21% above average
10
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
5
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
204 of 212 votes
#1
Trade
16 of 17 votes
Environment / Climate
47 of 49 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Migration
160 of 171 votes
#3
Work / Employment
41 of 48 votes
Energy
61 of 70 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Housing
58 of 67 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 26 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API