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James Cartlidge vs Jim Shannon

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


Voting alignment

James Cartlidge and Jim Shannon voted the same way 77% of the time, based on 1,781 shared comparable votes.

1,379 same votes 402 different votes 1,781 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
23 Aye 22 No
Energy 98% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
30 Aye 32 No
Work / Employment 89% aligned 62 shared votes
31 Aye 31 No
80 Aye 124 No
Brexit / EU 88% aligned 204 shared votes
75 Aye 129 No
94 Aye 157 No
Tax 88% aligned 251 shared votes
109 Aye 142 No
16 Aye 30 No
Digital / Online Safety 85% aligned 46 shared votes
23 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 30 No
Benefits 54% aligned 54 shared votes
25 Aye 29 No
83 Aye 37 No
Migration 54% aligned 120 shared votes
76 Aye 44 No
19 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 54% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
21 Aye 27 No
Housing 63% aligned 48 shared votes
31 Aye 17 No
24 Aye 21 No
Defence 64% aligned 45 shared votes
28 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

86.4%
14% above average
Rank 67 of 649
Participation
85.4%
13% above average
Rank 86 of 649
2,052
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,028
2,376 eligible divisions
982
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,049
51.7% of votes cast
1,070
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
979
48.3% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
24
1.2% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 649
Appearances
1,276
+1193.7 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649
154
+10.5 vs Commons average
Rank 193 of 649
Contributions
1,633
+1489.5 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,908,598
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,371,512
all imported IPSA years
£280,834
24% above average
Latest expenses
£293,632
30% above average
3
1 registered category
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

Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
73 of 77 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#5
Benefits
74 of 81 votes

Recent voting overlap

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