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Wendy Chamberlain vs Michael Shanks

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


Voting alignment

Wendy Chamberlain and Michael Shanks voted the same way 44% of the time, based on 315 shared comparable votes.

138 same votes 177 different votes 315 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
5 Aye 23 No
Migration 96% aligned 28 shared votes
6 Aye 22 No
8 Aye 2 No
Energy 90% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 2 No
Trade 86% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 82% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 2 No
Housing 80% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 12 No
Education 8% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 3 No
Transport 10% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 11% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
34 Aye 23 No
Tax 18% aligned 57 shared votes
33 Aye 24 No
7 Aye 10 No
Benefits 18% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

68.9%
4% below average
Rank 448 of 649
Participation
64.4%
8% below average
Rank 525 of 649
1,143
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
501
778 eligible divisions
594
52.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
236
47.1% of votes cast
549
48.0% of votes cast
No votes
265
52.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
1.0% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
3 years, 0 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

119
+35.4 vs Commons average
Rank 121 of 650
Appearances
100
+16.4 vs Commons average
Rank 169 of 650
158
+12.3 vs Commons average
Rank 192 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

£1,350,009
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£308,895
37% above average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21% above average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
10
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

Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
#1
Trade
13 of 14 votes
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
#3
Work / Employment
38 of 45 votes
Migration
120 of 154 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Crime / Justice
133 of 174 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