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Jim Shannon vs Ben Obese-Jecty

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


Voting alignment

Jim Shannon and Ben Obese-Jecty voted the same way 93% of the time, based on 429 shared comparable votes.

397 same votes 32 different votes 429 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
11 Aye 28 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
11 Aye 28 No
10 Aye 7 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 7 No
Energy 100% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 6 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 3 No
Trade 100% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 4 No
Housing 47% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
1 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 80% aligned 5 shared votes
0 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 1 No
Democracy / Parliament 83% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
5 Aye 1 No
Migration 83% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
8 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 85% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

85.4%
13% above average
Rank 78 of 650
Participation
74.7%
2% above average
Rank 318 of 650
2,054
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
463
620 eligible divisions
1,062
51.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
218
47.1% of votes cast
992
48.3% of votes cast
No votes
245
52.9% of votes cast
24
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

1,373
+1283.0 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 650
Appearances
209
+119.0 vs Commons average
Rank 22 of 650
1,789
+1632.4 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 650
Contributions
267
+110.4 vs Commons average
Rank 92 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£3,371,512
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£156,927
all imported IPSA years
£293,632
30% above average
Latest expenses
£156,927
31% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
206 of 212 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Environment / Climate
47 of 49 votes
#2
Work / Employment
39 of 42 votes
#3
Defence
30 of 34 votes
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
#4
Benefits
74 of 81 votes
#5
Education
41 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API