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Jim Shannon vs Ms Abena Oppong-Asare

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


Voting alignment

Jim Shannon and Ms Abena Oppong-Asare voted the same way 32% of the time, based on 1,100 shared comparable votes.

349 same votes 751 different votes 1,100 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
18 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 58% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
66 Aye 37 No
Migration 49% aligned 103 shared votes
31 Aye 72 No
24 Aye 28 No
Benefits 44% aligned 52 shared votes
29 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 15 No
Housing 42% aligned 38 shared votes
25 Aye 13 No
26 Aye 10 No
Trade 42% aligned 36 shared votes
19 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 14% aligned 42 shared votes
23 Aye 19 No
16 Aye 18 No
Energy 15% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
22 Aye 38 No
Education 15% aligned 60 shared votes
43 Aye 17 No
24 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 15% aligned 46 shared votes
25 Aye 21 No
61 Aye 80 No
Tax 16% aligned 141 shared votes
92 Aye 49 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
76.2%
4% above average
Rank 281 of 649
2,028
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,264
1,658 eligible divisions
1,049
51.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
670
53.0% of votes cast
979
48.3% of votes cast
No votes
594
47.0% of votes cast
24
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
14
1.1% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

1,295
+1211.4 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 650
Appearances
19
-64.6 vs Commons average
Rank 599 of 650
1,661
+1515.3 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 650
Contributions
22
-123.7 vs Commons average
Rank 603 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
£1,232,393
all imported IPSA years
£293,632
30% above average
Latest expenses
£288,312
27% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
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
63 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#2
Migration
139 of 154 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
44 of 50 votes
Benefits
74 of 81 votes
#5
Defence
61 of 70 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