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Jim Shannon vs Patrick Spencer

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


Voting alignment

Jim Shannon and Patrick Spencer voted the same way 92% of the time, based on 332 shared comparable votes.

306 same votes 26 different votes 332 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
6 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No
4 Aye 6 No
Energy 100% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 3 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 1 No
Migration 100% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 4 No
Housing 50% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 75% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
7 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 83% aligned 18 shared votes
4 Aye 14 No
6 Aye 16 No
Benefits 86% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 No
23 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 92% aligned 50 shared votes
23 Aye 27 No

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

Voting record

85.3 %
12 % above average
Rank 106 of 648
Participation
68.4 %
5 % below average
Rank 468 of 648
1,971
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
360
526 eligible divisions
1,014
51.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
161
44.7 % of votes cast
957
48.6 % of votes cast
No votes
199
55.3 % of votes cast
24
1.2 % of votes cast
Against party
n/a
rebellion not calculated
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

978
+917.6 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 648
Appearances
0
-60.4 vs Commons average
Rank 639 of 648
1,158
+1049.1 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 648
Contributions
0
-108.9 vs Commons average
Rank 636 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£3,371,512
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£159,842
all imported IPSA years
£293,632
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£159,842
29 % below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
4 registered categories
0
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
4 of 4 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 45 votes
#2
Housing
27 of 31 votes
#3
Defence
19 of 22 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
51 of 61 votes
Benefits
74 of 81 votes
#5
Transport
17 of 21 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API