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Jim Shannon vs Catherine West

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


Voting alignment

Jim Shannon and Catherine West voted the same way 25% of the time, based on 1,516 shared comparable votes.

386 same votes 1,130 different votes 1,516 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
2 Aye 2 No
Cost of Living 50% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
71 Aye 42 No
Migration 46% aligned 113 shared votes
32 Aye 81 No
25 Aye 32 No
Benefits 44% aligned 57 shared votes
37 Aye 20 No
30 Aye 14 No
Defence 43% aligned 44 shared votes
21 Aye 23 No
24 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 42% aligned 38 shared votes
20 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
63 Aye 118 No
Brexit / EU 9% aligned 181 shared votes
112 Aye 69 No
20 Aye 19 No
Energy 10% aligned 39 shared votes
23 Aye 16 No
87 Aye 106 No
Tax 16% aligned 193 shared votes
118 Aye 75 No
27 Aye 49 No
Education 16% aligned 76 shared votes
53 Aye 23 No
22 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 18% aligned 33 shared votes
11 Aye 22 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
73.5%
1% above average
Rank 343 of 649
2,028
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,747
2,376 eligible divisions
1,049
51.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
947
54.2% of votes cast
979
48.3% of votes cast
No votes
800
45.8% of votes cast
24
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.5% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

1,295
+1211.4 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 650
Appearances
49
-34.6 vs Commons average
Rank 460 of 650
1,661
+1515.3 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 650
Contributions
60
-85.7 vs Commons average
Rank 475 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
£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
£293,632
30% above average
Latest expenses
£264,778
17% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
205 of 211 votes
#1
Education
86 of 96 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#2
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Benefits
74 of 81 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

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