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Wendy Morton vs Michael Shanks

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


Voting alignment

Wendy Morton and Michael Shanks voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 336 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 327 different votes 336 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
3 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 15 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
21 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 4% aligned 23 shared votes
1 Aye 22 No
23 Aye 7 No
Migration 3% aligned 30 shared votes
6 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
46 Aye 20 No
9 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
12 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

78.3%
6% above average
Rank 235 of 650
Participation
64.1%
9% below average
Rank 529 of 650
1,865
2,381 eligible divisions
Total votes
502
783 eligible divisions
891
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
237
47.2% of votes cast
974
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
265
52.8% of votes cast
3
0.2% 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

168
+82.8 vs Commons average
Rank 49 of 650
Appearances
104
+18.8 vs Commons average
Rank 164 of 650
273
+124.4 vs Commons average
Rank 78 of 650
Contributions
429
+280.4 vs Commons average
Rank 31 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,630,211
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£253,374
12% above average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21% above average
11
5 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 211 votes
#1
Trade
13 of 14 votes
Trade
87 of 91 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
#3
Work / Employment
38 of 45 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 70 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Migration
150 of 171 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