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Jim Shannon vs Neil O'Brien

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


Voting alignment

Jim Shannon and Neil O'Brien voted the same way 78% of the time, based on 1,611 shared comparable votes.

1,259 same votes 352 different votes 1,611 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
19 Aye 26 No
Energy 93% aligned 45 shared votes
18 Aye 27 No
20 Aye 36 No
Education 91% aligned 56 shared votes
19 Aye 37 No
92 Aye 116 No
Tax 89% aligned 208 shared votes
77 Aye 131 No
28 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 88% aligned 56 shared votes
27 Aye 29 No
63 Aye 110 No
Brexit / EU 86% aligned 173 shared votes
69 Aye 104 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 56% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No
23 Aye 34 No
Benefits 58% aligned 57 shared votes
25 Aye 32 No
25 Aye 15 No
Housing 60% aligned 40 shared votes
17 Aye 23 No
65 Aye 38 No
Migration 60% aligned 103 shared votes
74 Aye 29 No
36 Aye 20 No
Defence 66% aligned 56 shared votes
29 Aye 27 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
84.0%
12% above average
Rank 108 of 650
2,062
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,817
2,162 eligible divisions
1,065
51.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
899
49.5% of votes cast
997
48.4% of votes cast
No votes
918
50.5% of votes cast
24
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3% of votes cast
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

1,431
+1336.8 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 650
Appearances
19
-75.2 vs Commons average
Rank 611 of 650
1,884
+1719.9 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 650
Contributions
23
-141.1 vs Commons average
Rank 611 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
£1,900,002
all imported IPSA years
£293,632
30% above average
Latest expenses
£311,946
38% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Environment / Climate
45 of 47 votes
Environment / Climate
47 of 49 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
178 of 189 votes
#3
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
#4
Trade
83 of 90 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