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Jim Shannon vs Bob Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Jim Shannon and Bob Blackman voted the same way 79% of the time, based on 1,822 shared comparable votes.

1,440 same votes 382 different votes 1,822 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
22 Aye 25 No
Energy 94% aligned 47 shared votes
21 Aye 26 No
75 Aye 130 No
Brexit / EU 92% aligned 205 shared votes
79 Aye 126 No
24 Aye 46 No
Education 90% aligned 70 shared votes
21 Aye 49 No
30 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 89% aligned 57 shared votes
30 Aye 27 No
107 Aye 144 No
Tax 88% aligned 251 shared votes
94 Aye 157 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 36 No
Benefits 55% aligned 56 shared votes
19 Aye 37 No
77 Aye 39 No
Migration 56% aligned 116 shared votes
82 Aye 34 No
21 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 58% aligned 38 shared votes
21 Aye 17 No
25 Aye 16 No
Housing 66% aligned 41 shared votes
21 Aye 20 No
35 Aye 21 No
Defence 66% aligned 56 shared votes
28 Aye 28 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 86 of 649
Participation
87.7%
15% above average
Rank 50 of 649
2,028
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,084
2,376 eligible divisions
1,049
51.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
979
47.0% of votes cast
979
48.3% of votes cast
No votes
1,105
53.0% of votes cast
24
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

1,268
+1186.2 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649
Appearances
149
+67.2 vs Commons average
Rank 69 of 649
1,623
+1480.5 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649
Contributions
176
+33.5 vs Commons average
Rank 160 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£3,371,512
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£293,632
30% above average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
10
6 registered categories
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
205 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
211 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
#3
Trade
87 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Benefits
74 of 81 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

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