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Catherine Fookes vs Jim Shannon

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


Voting alignment

Catherine Fookes and Jim Shannon voted the same way 10% of the time, based on 431 shared comparable votes.

43 same votes 388 different votes 431 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
5 Aye 11 No
Housing 31% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 27% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
16 Aye 13 No
Benefits 21% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
2 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 18% aligned 11 shared votes
11 Aye 0 No
1 Aye 5 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 1 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
52 Aye 29 No
Tax 2% aligned 81 shared votes
31 Aye 50 No
9 Aye 16 No
Transport 4% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
31 Aye 10 No
Education 5% aligned 41 shared votes
12 Aye 29 No

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

Voting record

80.0%
7% above average
Rank 196 of 649
Participation
85.4%
13% above average
Rank 86 of 649
472
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,028
2,376 eligible divisions
241
51.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,049
51.7% of votes cast
231
48.9% of votes cast
No votes
979
48.3% of votes cast
0
0.0% 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

77
-4.7 vs Commons average
Rank 280 of 649
Appearances
1,269
+1187.3 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649
107
-35.3 vs Commons average
Rank 310 of 649
Contributions
1,620
+1477.7 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£211,272
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,371,512
all imported IPSA years
£211,272
7% below average
Latest expenses
£293,632
30% above average
3
2 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

Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Crime / Justice
56 of 62 votes
#5
Benefits
74 of 81 votes

Recent voting overlap

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