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Helen Whately vs Jim Shannon
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Helen Whately and Jim Shannon voted the same way 78% of the time, based on 1,743 shared comparable votes.
1,359 same votes
384 different votes
1,743 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
83.7%
11% above average
Participation
85.4%
13% above average
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,028
2,376 eligible divisions
950
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,049
51.7% of votes cast
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
979
48.3% of votes cast
4
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
24
1.2% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Debates
44
-39.7 vs Commons average
Appearances
1,295
+1211.3 vs Commons average
66
-79.9 vs Commons average
Contributions
1,661
+1515.1 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,371,512
all imported IPSA years
£269,510
19% above average
Latest expenses
£293,632
30% above average
9
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
3
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98
21 Apr 2026
Aye
rebel
No
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API