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Gareth Snell vs Jim Shannon

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

Photograph of Gareth Snell
Gareth Snell
Lab Stoke-on-Trent Central
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Photograph of Jim Shannon
Jim Shannon
DUP Strangford

Voting alignment

Gareth Snell and Jim Shannon voted the same way 12% of the time, based on 823 shared comparable votes.

98 same votes 725 different votes 823 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 10 No
Housing 45% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
15 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 22% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
18 Aye 11 No
Benefits 17% aligned 29 shared votes
8 Aye 21 No
16 Aye 4 No
Foreign Affairs 15% aligned 20 shared votes
3 Aye 17 No
5 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 14% aligned 14 shared votes
11 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 10 No
Trade 0% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
11 Aye 12 No
Energy 0% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 4 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
80 Aye 60 No
Tax 4% aligned 140 shared votes
61 Aye 79 No
11 Aye 18 No
Defence 7% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

86.7%
14% above average
Rank 62 of 649
Participation
85.3%
13% above average
Rank 87 of 649
509
587 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,025
2,373 eligible divisions
250
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,049
51.8% of votes cast
259
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
976
48.2% of votes cast
1
0.2% 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

173
+92.3 vs Commons average
Rank 29 of 649
Appearances
1,257
+1176.3 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649
270
+129.4 vs Commons average
Rank 67 of 649
Contributions
1,596
+1455.4 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£797,891
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,371,512
all imported IPSA years
£176,059
22% below average
Latest expenses
£293,632
30% above average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
4
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

Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
63 of 66 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#5
Benefits
74 of 81 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Where they voted the same
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to agree with all remaining Lords Amendments 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Protections for children from online harms 24 Feb 2026
Education
No
Aye
Referendums Relating to Council Tax Increases (Principles) (England) Report 2026-27 11 Feb 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Local Government Finance Report (England) 2026-27 11 Feb 2026
Devolution / Local Government Tax
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 2 27 Jan 2026
No
Aye
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
Aye
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