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Jim Shannon vs Esther McVey

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


Voting alignment

Jim Shannon and Esther McVey voted the same way 82% of the time, based on 1,229 shared comparable votes.

1,004 same votes 225 different votes 1,229 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
12 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
16 Aye 16 No
Energy 97% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
65 Aye 88 No
Tax 94% aligned 153 shared votes
58 Aye 95 No
55 Aye 104 No
Brexit / EU 93% aligned 159 shared votes
56 Aye 103 No
20 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 86% aligned 44 shared votes
20 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
66 Aye 35 No
Migration 60% aligned 101 shared votes
72 Aye 29 No
13 Aye 19 No
Benefits 63% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 No
31 Aye 17 No
Defence 65% aligned 48 shared votes
22 Aye 26 No
18 Aye 39 No
Foreign Affairs 65% aligned 57 shared votes
20 Aye 37 No
73 Aye 46 No
Crime / Justice 70% aligned 119 shared votes
61 Aye 58 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
64.7%
8% below average
Rank 522 of 649
2,028
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
1,049
51.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
630
45.9% of votes cast
979
48.3% of votes cast
No votes
743
54.1% of votes cast
24
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
54
3.9% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

1,269
+1187.3 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649
Appearances
109
+27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 139 of 649
1,620
+1477.7 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649
Contributions
160
+17.7 vs Commons average
Rank 175 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
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£293,632
30% above average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
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
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 87 votes
Benefits
74 of 81 votes
#5
Transport
67 of 88 votes

Recent voting overlap

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