UK Parliament · member 4998
Michael Shanks MP
- Party
- Labour — Labour Party
- Constituency
- Rutherglen
- Member for this seat since
- 5 October 2023
- In the records
- Every register entry that names Michael Shanks, and how each was tied to them
Declared interests
MPs must register financial interests within 28 days. This is the register’s own text, republished verbatim from the official Register of Members’ Financial Interests. Registering an interest is a requirement met, not a finding against anyone.
Miscellaneous
- A member of General Teaching Council for Scotland. This is an unpaid role. (registered 1 November 2023)
- A trustee of Glasgow Disabled Scouts. This is an unpaid role. (registered 1 November 2023)
- A trustee of Interfaith Glasgow. This is an unpaid role. (registered 1 November 2023)
- A trustee of Epilepsy Scotland. This is an unpaid role. (registered 1 November 2023)
Source: UK Parliament Register of Members’ Financial Interests API (Open Parliament Licence). Amounts are shown only where the register itself records one as a figure; nothing is parsed out of the free text.
Voting record
In the 359 recorded divisions where Michael Shanks and at least one other Labour member were recorded voting, Michael Shanks voted the same way as most voting Labour members 355 times (98.9%).
This compares Michael Shanks with other members of their own party who were recorded voting in the same division. It is not a measure of loyalty to a whip: Civometry holds no whipping records, so it cannot say which votes were whipped, and voting differently from party colleagues is not described here as a rebellion. Members not recorded in a division are excluded from the comparison rather than counted, because an absence from a division list is not a vote and does not mean the member was absent from the House.
Donations reported to the Electoral Commission
£13,890 across 2 reported donations from 2 distinct donor names, received from 1 January 2019 onward.
| Donor (as published) | Status | Donations | Total value | Received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Together | Company | 1 | £10,000 | 2024-04-04 |
| William Haughey | Individual | 1 | £3,890 | 2024-04-01 |
Source: Electoral Commission register of donations. Reporting thresholds apply, so this is not every sum given. A donation is a lawful, reported transaction; its presence here says nothing about why it was made and nothing about anything that followed it.
Staffing and business costs paid by IPSA
2025-26: £22,049 across 51 claim lines; 2024-25: £272,859 across 133 claim lines; 2023-24: £70,506 across 53 claim lines.
| Year | Category | Claim lines | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Office Costs | 29 | £18,061 |
| 2025-26 | Accommodation | 20 | £2,708 |
| 2025-26 | Staffing | 2 | £1,280 |
| 2024-25 | Staffing | 2 | £211,486 |
| 2024-25 | Office Costs | 83 | £25,884 |
| 2024-25 | Accommodation | 31 | £21,846 |
| 2024-25 | MP Travel | 3 | £8,882 |
| 2024-25 | Staff Travel | 14 | £4,760 |
| 2023-24 | Staffing | 1 | £40,122 |
| 2023-24 | Office Costs | 26 | £15,216 |
| 2023-24 | MP Travel | 5 | £7,531 |
| 2023-24 | Accommodation | 18 | £7,103 |
| 2023-24 | Staff Travel | 3 | £535 |
| Date | Category | Description | Paid | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 2024 | Accommodation · Hotel - London | London hotel stay (see notes re. date) | £975 | Paid |
| 15 March 2024 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | [200009953-788] | £9 | Paid |
| 20 July 2024 | Accommodation · Hotel - London | AIRBNB [***] | £895 | Paid |
| 31 March 2025 | Staff Travel · Mileage - car | Aggregated figure for travel during 2024-25 | £88 | Paid |
| 31 March 2024 | Staff Travel · Mileage - car | Aggregated figure for travel during 2023-24 | £88 | Paid |
| 10 May 2024 | Office Costs · Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline — WWW.THEPHONE.COOP | £88 | Paid |
| 16 September 2025 | Office Costs · Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline — YOUR COOP | £85 | Paid |
| 14 July 2025 | Office Costs · Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline — YOUR COOP | £85 | Paid |
| 31 January 2025 | Office Costs · Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline — YOUR COOP [200011726-287] | £84 | Paid |
| 24 November 2023 | Office Costs · Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | — | £84 | Paid |
| 2 May 2025 | Office Costs · Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline — YOUR COOP | £84 | Paid |
| 19 February 2025 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | £9 | Paid |
| 24 February 2026 | Accommodation · Utilities | Electricity — Electricity | £78 | Paid |
| 13 July 2024 | Accommodation · Hotel - London | AIRBNB [***] | £730 | Paid |
| 31 March 2024 | MP Travel · Rail | Aggregated figure for travel during 2023-24 | £725 | Paid |
Source: IPSA, MP staffing and business costs (Open Government Licence v3), joined on IPSA’s Parliamentary ID, which is Parliament’s member id. These are the running costs of an MP’s office and staff, claimed within IPSA’s rules and paid by IPSA; they are not the member’s salary and not personal income. A claim is a claim, not a finding. Staffing costs are published by IPSA in aggregate categories, not per employee.
Meetings recorded in departmental transparency returns
45 meetings recorded under this name as a minister in the quarterly returns of Department for Energy Security and Net Zero. The name in the department’s file matched exactly one member of the Commons, which is the only reason it is shown here.
| Date | Met | Purpose, as recorded | Department |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 2024 | Octopus Energy | To discuss energy pricing and energy infrastructure | Department for Energy Security and Net Zero |
| 18 September 2024 | Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners | Follow up meeting to discuss Allocation Round 6 (AR6) | Department for Energy Security and Net Zero |
| 17 September 2024 | NEO Energy | To discuss the fiscal environment in the UK and the North Sea energy industry | Department for Energy Security and Net Zero |
| 17 September 2024 | Robert Gordon University | To discuss green skills and Just Transition | Department for Energy Security and Net Zero |
| 17 September 2024 | Baker Hughes | To discuss the fiscal environment in the UK and the North Sea energy industry | Department for Energy Security and Net Zero |
| 17 September 2024 | North Sea Transition Forum | Roundtable to bring together North Sea Industry players and regulators | Department for Energy Security and Net Zero |
| 16 September 2024 | BP | To discuss the fiscal environment in the UK and the North Sea energy industry | Department for Energy Security and Net Zero |
| 12 September 2024 | PetroIneos | To discuss government response to the closure of the Grangemouth refinery | Department for Energy Security and Net Zero |
| 12 September 2024 | Unite, STUC, GMB | Call to discuss government response to the closure of the Grangemouth refinery, and support for workers | Department for Energy Security and Net Zero |
| 12 September 2024 | Fuels Industry UK | To discuss the closure of Grangemouth refinery | Department for Energy Security and Net Zero |
| 12 September 2024 | GFIB | Meeting of the Grangemouth Future Industry Board to discuss the closure of the Grangemouth refinery | Department for Energy Security and Net Zero |
| 11 September 2024 | Offshore Wind Industry Council | Council to discuss ramping up offshore wind project delivery | Department for Energy Security and Net Zero |
Source: each department’s “ministerial gifts, hospitality, travel and meetings” return on GOV.UK (Open Government Licence v3), read by Civometry and listed under ministerial transparency. A recorded meeting establishes that the department published the line; it does not establish what was said or what followed. Every meeting is on the member’s graph page.
Sources on this page: UK Parliament Members API, Register of Members’ Financial Interests API and Commons Votes API (Open Parliament Licence); Electoral Commission register of donations; IPSA business costs. Each section links its own official record. This page assembles public registers and draws no conclusion from their appearing together.