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Jim Shannon vs Helen Whately

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


Voting alignment

Jim Shannon and Helen Whately voted the same way 78% of the time, based on 1,766 shared comparable votes.

1,381 same votes 385 different votes 1,766 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 20 No
Energy 98% aligned 43 shared votes
22 Aye 21 No
70 Aye 124 No
Brexit / EU 90% aligned 194 shared votes
73 Aye 121 No
104 Aye 145 No
Tax 88% aligned 249 shared votes
89 Aye 160 No
22 Aye 44 No
Education 86% aligned 66 shared votes
21 Aye 45 No
29 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 86% aligned 50 shared votes
30 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 51% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
76 Aye 41 No
Migration 56% aligned 117 shared votes
82 Aye 35 No
26 Aye 38 No
Benefits 58% aligned 64 shared votes
25 Aye 39 No
29 Aye 16 No
Housing 60% aligned 45 shared votes
19 Aye 26 No
32 Aye 19 No
Defence 63% aligned 51 shared votes
25 Aye 26 No

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

Voting record

85.3%
13% above average
Rank 78 of 650
Participation
83.4%
11% above average
Rank 120 of 650
2,062
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,015
2,417 eligible divisions
1,065
51.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
964
47.8% of votes cast
997
48.4% of votes cast
No votes
1,051
52.2% of votes cast
24
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

1,431
+1336.8 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 650
Appearances
52
-42.2 vs Commons average
Rank 474 of 650
1,884
+1719.9 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 650
Contributions
74
-90.1 vs Commons average
Rank 462 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
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£293,632
30% above average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Brexit / EU
200 of 212 votes
Environment / Climate
47 of 49 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
#3
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
#4
Trade
86 of 94 votes
Benefits
74 of 81 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

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