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Brian Mathew vs Jim Shannon

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


Voting alignment

Brian Mathew and Jim Shannon voted the same way 82% of the time, based on 364 shared comparable votes.

299 same votes 65 different votes 364 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
10 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 10 shared votes
10 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 1 No
Trade 100% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
29 Aye 40 No
Tax 99% aligned 69 shared votes
30 Aye 39 No
11 Aye 13 No
Benefits 92% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 24 No
Education 91% aligned 33 shared votes
8 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 43% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 50% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
8 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 65% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 67% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

65.8%
7% below average
Rank 505 of 649
Participation
85.4%
13% above average
Rank 86 of 649
388
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,028
2,376 eligible divisions
196
50.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,049
51.7% of votes cast
192
49.5% of votes cast
No votes
979
48.3% of votes cast
13
3.4% of votes cast
Against party
24
1.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

81
-1.1 vs Commons average
Rank 254 of 649
Appearances
1,274
+1191.9 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649
91
-51.8 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 649
Contributions
1,627
+1484.2 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£157,740
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,371,512
all imported IPSA years
£157,740
30% below average
Latest expenses
£293,632
30% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
0
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

#1
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#3
Housing
28 of 32 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Benefits
25 of 30 votes
#5
Benefits
74 of 81 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API