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Blake Stephenson vs Jim Shannon

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


Voting alignment

Blake Stephenson and Jim Shannon voted the same way 93% of the time, based on 396 shared comparable votes.

368 same votes 28 different votes 396 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
9 Aye 27 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
9 Aye 27 No
5 Aye 8 No
Energy 100% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
0 Aye 5 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 5 shared votes
0 Aye 5 No
1 Aye 3 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 1 No
Trade 100% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 9 No
Housing 50% aligned 16 shared votes
13 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 67% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 75% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 0 No
Democracy / Parliament 83% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 2 No
Migration 83% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

71.4%
1% below average
Rank 397 of 649
Participation
85.4%
13% above average
Rank 86 of 649
421
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,028
2,376 eligible divisions
191
45.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,049
51.7% of votes cast
230
54.6% of votes cast
No votes
979
48.3% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
24
1.2% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

85
+1.3 vs Commons average
Rank 241 of 649
Appearances
1,295
+1211.3 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649
165
+19.1 vs Commons average
Rank 177 of 649
Contributions
1,661
+1515.1 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£203,629
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,371,512
all imported IPSA years
£203,629
10% below average
Latest expenses
£293,632
30% above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
4 of 4 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Crime / Justice
51 of 62 votes
#3
Tax
92 of 112 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
31 of 39 votes
#5
Benefits
74 of 81 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API