Michael Shanks

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Labour Rutherglen Member ID 4998 House of Commons

250

Votes on record

134

Voted Aye

116

Voted No

Written Questions

🔍 Issue Spotlight

Based on division titles — Parliament API

Housing

9 AYE 4 NO of 13 divisions

AYE Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 64

AYE Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 53

AYE Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 39

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Climate & Energy

3 AYE 1 NO of 4 divisions

AYE Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026

NO Opposition Day: Energy: original words stand part

AYE Draft Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products and Energy Information (Amendment) (Northern I…

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Education

20 AYE 7 NO of 27 divisions

AYE Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 106

AYE Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 102

AYE Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 44

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Justice & Crime

19 AYE 10 NO of 29 divisions

AYE Crime and Policing Bill: motion to agree with all remaining Lords Amendments

AYE Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 359

AYE Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 357

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Defence & Security

8 AYE 9 NO of 17 divisions

NO Opposition Day: Defence

AYE Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree wit…

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Immigration

1 AYE 1 NO of 2 divisions

AYE Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill: Second Reading

NO Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill: Reasoned Amendment on Second Reading

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Employment & Pensions

30 AYE 13 NO of 43 divisions

AYE Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 78

AYE Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 77

AYE Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 43

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Devolution & Democracy

5 AYE 9 NO of 14 divisions

NO Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading

AYE English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Third Reading

NO English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 80

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🗳️ Recent Votes

Source: commonsvotes-api.parliament.uk

NO 2026-05-21

Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading Loading summary…

68 / 242

NO 2026-05-19

King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) Loading summary…

108 / 323

NO 2026-04-28

Privilege Loading summary…

223 / 335

AYE 2026-04-15 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 78 277 / 150

AYE 2026-04-15 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 77 271 / 95

AYE 2026-04-15 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 43 273 / 159

AYE 2026-04-15 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 35 275 / 159

AYE 2026-04-15 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 26 269 / 162

AYE 2026-04-15 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 15 276 / 155

AYE 2026-04-15 Pensions Scheme Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 269 / 103

AYE 2026-04-15 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 278 / 158

AYE 2026-04-14 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to agree with all remaining Lords Amendments 247 / 21

AYE 2026-04-14 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 359 277 / 158

AYE 2026-04-14 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 357 278 / 73

AYE 2026-04-14 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 342 281 / 70

📋 Written Questions

Source: members-api.parliament.uk

2024-05-13 Treasury

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure the adequacy of response times for ministerial correspondence.

2024-05-13 Department for Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the level of public awareness of changes to the highway code made in 2022.

2024-04-24 Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of trends in the level of conflicts resulting from global food insecurity.

2024-04-16 Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, with reference to the oral contribution of 15 April 2024 by the Prime Minister, Official Report, column 37, whether he plans to publish the interim findings of the…

2024-03-14 Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, pursuant to the Answer of 20 November 2023 to Question 1784 on Vladimir Kara-Murza, what progress his Department has made on…

2024-03-13 Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent discussions he has had with the (a) UN Office of Internal Oversight and (b) Catherine Colonna of the independent…

2024-03-12 Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether the contents of the interim report of the UN Office of Internal Oversight Services' review of the UN Relief and Work…

2024-03-12 Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has had recent discussions with his (a) Swedish and (b) Canadian counterpart on the decision of those countries t…

2024-03-12 Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, when he plans to decide whether to reinstate funding for UNRWA.

2024-02-22 Department for Business and Trade

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Written Statement of 22 February 2024 on Post Office Update, UIN HCWS283, what discussions she has had with the Scottish Governmen…

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Improve NHS waiting times in constituency

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Vote against cuts to public services

Voted against 3 of 5 relevant divisions

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Support local housing development

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