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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 368 shared comparable votes.

302 same votes 66 different votes 368 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
7 Aye 1 No
Energy 75% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

63.7%
9% below average
Rank 532 of 650
Participation
85.4%
13% above average
Rank 78 of 650
395
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,054
2,406 eligible divisions
200
50.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,062
51.7% of votes cast
195
49.4% of votes cast
No votes
992
48.3% of votes cast
13
3.3% 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

87
-6.0 vs Commons average
Rank 271 of 650
Appearances
1,416
+1323.0 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 650
96
-66.0 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 650
Contributions
1,857
+1695.0 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 650

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
206 of 212 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
47 of 49 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#3
Housing
28 of 32 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 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