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Jim Shannon vs Sarah Russell

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


Voting alignment

Jim Shannon and Sarah Russell voted the same way 10% of the time, based on 448 shared comparable votes.

44 same votes 404 different votes 448 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
10 Aye 6 No
Housing 31% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 26% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 13 No
Benefits 20% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 1 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 17% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 6 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 3 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 1 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
39 Aye 48 No
Tax 2% aligned 87 shared votes
50 Aye 37 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
82.4%
10% above average
Rank 147 of 649
2,028
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
486
590 eligible divisions
1,049
51.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
247
50.8% of votes cast
979
48.3% of votes cast
No votes
239
49.2% of votes cast
24
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

1,295
+1211.3 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649
Appearances
97
+13.3 vs Commons average
Rank 186 of 649
1,661
+1515.1 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649
Contributions
145
-0.9 vs Commons average
Rank 216 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
£179,204
all imported IPSA years
£293,632
30% above average
Latest expenses
£179,204
21% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
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
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Benefits
74 of 81 votes
#5
Education
49 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API