Michael Shanks

Voting record

Based on 9 recorded Commons divisions at Second or Third Reading of bills tracked by Hear, Hear — not a full voting record. “Didn’t vote” means Parliament has no vote recorded for them in that division (absent, abstained, paired, or excused). See the All votes tab below for every division.

See Michael Shanks’s full voting record on Parliament’s site →

Every Commons division on file for Michael Shanks — amendments, motions and opposition-day votes as well as bills. Took part in 501 of 778 (64%).

Covers 9 Mar 2016 to 11 Sep 2026 — Parliament’s votes data doesn’t go back further. “No vote recorded” is Parliament’s own list of members with nothing recorded for that division: it can mean absent, deliberately abstaining, paired, or excused, and the data doesn’t say which. Click a division title for Parliament’s own page for it.

Government & opposition roles

Michael Shanks currently holds 1 government or shadow front-bench post. See Government for who else currently holds one.

Declared financial interests

From Parliament’s Register of Members’ Financial Interests — Parliament’s official register for Michael Shanks →. Topic tags below are our own automated, best-effort keyword match, not Parliament’s classification.

Written questions to government

No written questions on file for Michael Shanks yet — this only covers what Hear, Hear has fetched so far (see Written questions), not necessarily every question Michael Shanks has ever tabled.

Business costs (IPSA)

£295,305.81 paid out to or for Michael Shanks across 187 claims — combining every financial year on file, not just the current one — covering office costs, accommodation, travel, and bought-in/temporary staffing. This does not include Michael Shanks’s permanent staff’s salaries — typically the biggest single share of an MP’s real costs — which IPSA only publishes once a year, after the year closes, as one aggregate figure, never as individual claims. Some categories (especially travel) are reported by IPSA as one whole-year total rather than itemised by date — marked “Aggregated” below. See MP expenses to filter this to a single year.

Every claim on file for Michael Shanks →

Early Day Motions

No Early Day Motions on file as tabled by Michael Shanks — this only covers motions tabled within Hear, Hear’s current tracking window (see Early Day Motions), not necessarily Michael Shanks’s full record.

All-Party Parliamentary Groups

Michael Shanks isn’t listed as an officer of any All-Party Parliamentary Group on file — true of most MPs. See APPGs for the full register.