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Jim Shannon vs Sir Christopher Chope
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Jim Shannon and Sir Christopher Chope voted the same way 80% of the time, based on 1,191 shared comparable votes.
954 same votes
237 different votes
1,191 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
85.4%
13% above average
Participation
59.3%
13% below average
2,028
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,409
2,376 eligible divisions
1,049
51.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
42.6% of votes cast
979
48.3% of votes cast
No votes
809
57.4% of votes cast
24
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
73
5.2% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Debates
1,277
+1194.8 vs Commons average
Appearances
49
-33.2 vs Commons average
1,632
+1488.7 vs Commons average
Contributions
42
-101.3 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£3,371,512
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
£293,632
30% above average
Latest expenses
£249,241
10% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
304
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
No
Aye
No
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API