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Edward Argar vs Jim Shannon

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


Voting alignment

Edward Argar and Jim Shannon voted the same way 78% of the time, based on 1,881 shared comparable votes.

1,471 same votes 410 different votes 1,881 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
24 Aye 26 No
Energy 94% aligned 50 shared votes
25 Aye 25 No
80 Aye 124 No
Brexit / EU 88% aligned 204 shared votes
74 Aye 130 No
30 Aye 35 No
Work / Employment 88% aligned 65 shared votes
30 Aye 35 No
98 Aye 163 No
Tax 87% aligned 261 shared votes
115 Aye 146 No
20 Aye 44 No
Education 84% aligned 64 shared votes
22 Aye 42 No
Most different by topic
86 Aye 38 No
Migration 55% aligned 124 shared votes
80 Aye 44 No
19 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 56% aligned 36 shared votes
19 Aye 17 No
25 Aye 39 No
Benefits 58% aligned 64 shared votes
26 Aye 38 No
20 Aye 27 No
Housing 64% aligned 47 shared votes
31 Aye 16 No
29 Aye 27 No
Defence 66% aligned 56 shared votes
36 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

89.8%
17% above average
Rank 22 of 650
Participation
85.3%
13% above average
Rank 78 of 650
2,171
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,062
2,417 eligible divisions
1,032
47.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,065
51.6% of votes cast
1,139
52.5% of votes cast
No votes
997
48.4% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
24
1.2% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

85
-9.2 vs Commons average
Rank 292 of 650
Appearances
1,431
+1336.8 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 650
137
-27.1 vs Commons average
Rank 277 of 650
Contributions
1,884
+1719.9 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,201,891
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,371,512
all imported IPSA years
£201,413
11% below average
Latest expenses
£293,632
30% above average
1
1 registered category
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

Brexit / EU
210 of 212 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
206 of 212 votes
Environment / Climate
47 of 49 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
47 of 49 votes
Migration
164 of 171 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
Foreign Affairs
78 of 82 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