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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 1,593 shared comparable votes.

1,241 same votes 352 different votes 1,593 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
91 Aye 116 No
Tax 89% aligned 207 shared votes
76 Aye 131 No
28 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 87% aligned 53 shared votes
27 Aye 26 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

85.4%
13% above average
Rank 86 of 649
Participation
84.7%
12% above average
Rank 102 of 649
2,028
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,797
2,121 eligible divisions
1,049
51.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
888
49.4% of votes cast
979
48.3% of votes cast
No votes
909
50.6% of votes cast
24
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

1,276
+1193.7 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649
Appearances
18
-64.3 vs Commons average
Rank 602 of 649
1,633
+1489.5 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649
Contributions
23
-120.5 vs Commons average
Rank 595 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
£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
205 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
44 of 46 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
178 of 188 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Benefits
74 of 81 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 87 votes

Recent voting overlap

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